Installation questions with ISPconfig using ubuntu dapper drake

[darkomen]

I am new to Linux and somewhat webservers i appreciate the tutorial.
During the installation of ispconfig it would fail at this point.

Please enter the host name: E.g. www
Please enter the domain: E.g. server1.mydomain.com
Url unreachable...

Scary thing is I got past this point around 3:00 in the morning and the system finished the install (I think). I still think i put in server1.mydomain.com and setup https://. But get failures read below.

Now if I type in https://www.server1.mydomain.com:81 or https://server1.mydomain.com:81 it doesn't work it just keeps trying to connect.

If i type in https://externalIpAddress.com:81 it brings up the admin login and once i login it displays this message and kicks me out.
Not Found
The requested URL /nojsindx.htm was not found on this server.

Apache/1.3.36 Server at www.server1.mydomain.com Port 81

I am using godaddy to forward my domains to my routers ip address. I am using their dns name servers.
If I type in www.mydomain.com it brings me to my www directory on the server. However if I type www.server1.mydomain.com it sends me to a parking page on godaddy.com I think this may be the problem. I tried then to create a subdomain on godaddy.com called server1 and forwarded it to www.mydomain.com I am not sure I did this part correctly but it didn't work. If someone has done this before please let me know how you did it step by step.

Here is some information outputs.
/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.1.200 server1.mydomain.com server1

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

dig
; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> www.server1.mydomain.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 47071
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.server1.mydomain.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.server1.mydomain.com. 101 IN A 68.178.232.99

;; Query time: 43 msec
;; SERVER: 68.87.77.130#53(68.87.77.130)
;; WHEN: Sat Jul 22 11:47:43 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 68

root@server1:~# hostname
server1
root@server1:~# hostname -f
server1.mydomain.com

So these are my main questions.
1. How do I patch or reinstall/continue install ISPconfig (including deleting the all previous installation files thru command prompt and root)
2. Forward subdomain on go daddy or do dns stuff with makes my head hurt.
3. Should I use a different distro like fedora 5.

I have been reading the howtos regarding DNS and domains and it still confuses me. I am trying to set up a webserver to host some small websites (joomla) to learn before I go to my server classes this fall.

Thanks again for this wonder site and this open source software.
Darkomen

[falko]

Please enter the host name: E.g. www
Please enter the domain: E.g. server1.mydomain.com
Url unreachable...

If you want to use server1.mydomain.com for ISPConfig, you should have used server1 as host name and mydomain.com as domain.
Anyway, you must make sure that any FQDN you enter exists in DNS.


1. How do I patch or reinstall/continue install ISPconfig (including deleting the all previous installation files thru command prompt and root)You can uninstall it by running
/root/ispconfig/uninstall

3. Should I use a different distro like fedora 5.

This has nothing to do with the distribution.
What's the real FQDN you want to use for ISPConfig, and what's your server's public IP address?

[darkomen]

I did a reinstall but running into same issue. Stuck at the url is unreachable part.

I got this from DynDNS and is a static dns.
darkomenmd.homeip.net

external IP 24.245.62.13

Thanks

output of hosts
27.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.1.110 server1.darkomenmd.homeip.net server1

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

output of host info
root@server1:~# hostname
server1
root@server1:~# hostname -f
server1.darkomenmd.homeip.net

[falko]

Which FQDN did you enter this time? darkomenmd.homeip.net or server1.darkomenmd.homeip.net?
Does your firewall allow pings? What's the output of ping -c2 darkomenmd.homeip.net and ping -c2 server1.darkomenmd.homeip.net?

[gdog05]

Hey guys,

I also would like to thank you for the tutorial all the help you give.

I am receiving the URL not reachable error as well, I have pinged my domain with and without the www, and I get 2 different IP's in the results. Without www, I see the local IP of the server, not the outside IP. With www, I see a wierd IP address, and nothing finishes transmitting.

If I put www.mydomain.com in my browser, it does go to the index of my server. I don't know if that means anything however. Any help is appeciated. Thanks,

[falko]

Please post your real domain name here.

[gdog05]

It's alexanderclarkuploader.com. Thanks again for your help.

[falko]

Your DNS records are ok:

mh1:~# dig www.alexanderclarkuploader.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> www.alexanderclarkuploader.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4401
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.alexanderclarkuploader.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.alexanderclarkuploader.com. 3600 IN CNAME alexanderclarkuploader.com.
alexanderclarkuploader.com. 3594 IN A 64.202.189.170

;; Query time: 176 msec
;; SERVER: 81.169.163.104#53(81.169.163.104)
;; WHEN: Sat Oct 28 17:34:56 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 78

mh1:~# dig ns alexanderclarkuploader.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> ns alexanderclarkuploader.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 22285
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;alexanderclarkuploader.com. IN NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
alexanderclarkuploader.com. 3585 IN NS PARK5.SECURESERVER.NET.
alexanderclarkuploader.com. 3585 IN NS PARK6.SECURESERVER.NET.

;; Query time: 2 msec
;; SERVER: 81.169.163.104#53(81.169.163.104)
;; WHEN: Sat Oct 28 17:35:05 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 100

But it seems you haven't created any web sites yet with ISPConfig?

[gdog05]

Yes, that's correct. I'm stuck in the installation of ISPConfig still. I get URL not reachable when ISPConfig installer asks me for my domain name, and I give it: www
alexanderclarkuploader.com

[till]

What is the output of:

ping -c 3 www.alexanderclarkuploader.com

when you execute it on the shell on your server.

[gdog05]

I get:

ping -c3 www.alexanderclarlkuploader.com
PING c17-ss-2-lb.cnet.com (216.239.113.148) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from c17-ss-2-lb.cnet.com (216.239.113.148): icmp_seq=1 ttl=235 time=39.8 ms
64 bytes from c17-ss-2-lb.cnet.com (216.239.113.148): icmp_seq=2 ttl=235 time=41.8 ms
64 bytes from c17-ss-2-lb.cnet.com (216.239.113.148): icmp_seq=3 ttl=235 time=39.5 ms

--- c17-ss-2-lb.cnet.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2018ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 39.585/40.424/41.805/0.984 ms

If I ping -c2 I get:

ping -c2 www.alexanderclarkuploader.com
PING alexanderclarkuploader.com (64.202.189.170) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- alexanderclarkuploader.com ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 1014ms

I did a whois lookup on 64.202.189.170 and it's godaddy, which is where I registered the domain. The 216.239.113.148 is not my address though. Can't say I know where that one came in.

[till]

Please make sure that your domain points to your server IP address.

Until that, you may install ISPConfig by leaving the host field empty and enter your IP address as domain.

[gdog05]

I just saw a typo when I was reviewing my previous post. The ping -c3 address was www.alexanderclarkl.. not www.alexanderclark... In my GoDaddy account, my domain is forwarded to the correct IP, (I just copy and pasted the forward address in a browser and it went to my root directory) but in the list it shows as alexanderclarkuploader.com, not www.alexanderclarkuploader.com. Do I have to do anything to make a www. entry? Is GoDaddy maybe not forwarding correctly? Thank you for putting in so much effort on this. I've tried the Perfect install probably a dozen times, learning a lot each time. But, a dozen is a lot of times to reformat that computer to start from scratch. This time is going really well, and I just want to make sure I give it a good solid effort.

[till]

Does you forward the domain or do you create a DNS-A record for the domain pointing to your server IP. A DNS-A record is nescessary, for the domain and for www.yourdomain.com too.

[gdog05]

That's awesome, that did the trick. I'm new to GoDaddy, and I didn't realize I had to dig that far. I had to change the @ record. Thank you very much, I am up and running, and most appreciative.