ISPconfig doesn't work after restart

[Upyr]

Hello Guys:

I installed ISPconfig following the openSUSE 10.3 HOW-TO (http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_server_opensuse10.3), everything seemed to work fine after the installation, I opened ISPconfig with https://127.0.0.1:81 and it worked, I didn't change anything inside the control panel. The problem is that now, after restarting the system I can't get to ISPconfig.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

[finity]

Try this in an terminal window

chkconfig --add ispconfig-server
/etc/init.d/ispconfig-server start


Hope this helps

Gabi

[Upyr]

Gabi:

Thanks for the help, I ran the init script and it works fine, my problem is that I Encrypted the keys in Step7 and Step8 of the ISPconfig installation so I can't automatically start the server. The good thing is that this is a test system (on my laptop actually) and not a production one, I will be more carefull when I install this for production.


Greetings

[finity]

Same thing happened to me ... so, glad I could help!

Bye bye!

Gabi

[Upyr]

Now I got ISPconfig up and running.... I haven't been able to test it over the Internet with the domain names I have registered, so I cannot see if the pages are serving right yet.

On the other side I test FTP in my local set-up and I can't log in through the Web-FTP it reads unable to connect as user "blah", but using a FTP client I can connect as Anonymous.... Any clue what this error is?

Greetings

[finity]

No, sorry ... I didn't get to that point.

If I can't make BIND work in the local network I don't really care about the ftp.

I was kind of disappointed when I tried the virtual appliances from ipsconfig site and in a simple scenario it just does not work. I run the iso image into vmware server, in a simple network with a rooter, added a reseller, a client and a site something like testdomain.ltd
I was hopping to see some default page when accessing www.testdomain.ltd in the internal network.
I also installed an openSUSE and ISPconfig control panel acording to the HowtoForge tutorial on this topic. All whent well ... but the same issue ... can't see the www.testdomain.ltd

Did you manage to pass this step ?

Gabi

[Upyr]

Well, when I point to my loopback address I get a welcome message from ISPconfig telling me that the IP adress is shared... Since ISPconfig manages the sites as name based virtual hosts (or at least I whink it does :P) I can't try it. Fortunatelly I have 2 domains which I can use to make some tests, just let me check if it works as soon as I get home and I will tell you what I get. I think if the domains are all administered by an external DNS BIND doesn't have to be configured...

Greetings

[falko]

I think if the domains are all administered by an external DNS BIND doesn't have to be configured...

Greetings
That's right.

All whent well ... but the same issue ... can't see the www.testdomain.ltdEither create DNS records for www.testdomain.ltd that point to the right server, or modify the hosts file of your client computers: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=432&highlight=hosts+file+windows

[Upyr]

Falko, thanks for the reply. I have the DNS record for both domains that will be hosted for now registered with dnsexit and at least the records seem to work when I ping from the outside. Right now I'm not home so I can't really test the configuration. I will do it tonight or this afternoon and post the outcome here to see if it helps others.

Thanks again

[Upyr]

I did it!!!!!

I tried again putting my ISPconfig box in the DMZ and now it seems to be working fine. When I try to access my sites by domain name I get the default index ISPconfig sets up for me. Now I just have to try the mail system. I asked a friend of mine to send an e-mail to my dummy account and he hasn't got a response from the mailer daemon now. The only thing is I dunno how to configure my mail client to retrieve the mail or even to test if i got it. On the other side, i'm planning on installing a web mail and I found two suggestions on the ISPconfig site: Squirrelmail and RoundCube. Any suggestions on which one is better?


Greetings

[till]

Any suggestions on which one is better?

Both are great applications. I recommend to install both and see which one is your personal favorite.