Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1

[teedo757]

Ok I setup ISPconfig and now I am having trouble connecting to it. I am able to connect https://192.168.1.xxx:81 from on the server (fedora core 5) but not from any other computer on the network. When I restart ISPconfig i get this alert:"ispconfig_httpd: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName." I dont know if this is part of the problem but it might be. I have opened port 81 on the firewall but I continue to get a page not displayed message. Also I have a domain name setup for the server however even on the server itself I need to put in https://192.168.1.xxx:81 and cant put in https://sitename:81 for it to work. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks

[edge]

Ok I setup ISPconfig and now I am having trouble connecting to it. I am able to connect https://192.168.1.xxx:81 from on the server (fedora core 5) but not from any other computer on the network. When I restart ISPconfig i get this alert:"ispconfig_httpd: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName." I dont know if this is part of the problem but it might be. I have opened port 81 on the firewall but I continue to get a page not displayed message. Also I have a domain name setup for the server however even on the server itself I need to put in https://192.168.1.xxx:81 and cant put in https://sitename:81 for it to work. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks

Why are you hiding the xxx part of that IP if I may ask?
I mean.. If you do it for that IP you should also do it for the 127.0.0.1 IP! :-)

[teedo757]

Please respond to the question.....127.0.0.1 is a special address that calls your own computer everyone knows that, i did not show my internal ip address for my network because that could compromise my network and allow others to know how things are setup internally. If you have an answer to the question it would be greatly appriciated if not please do not respond!

[edge]

Ok I setup ISPconfig and now I am having trouble connecting to it. I am able to connect https://192.168.1.xxx:81 from on the server (fedora core 5) but not from any other computer on the network. When I restart ISPconfig i get this alert:"ispconfig_httpd: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName." I dont know if this is part of the problem but it might be. I have opened port 81 on the firewall but I continue to get a page not displayed message. Also I have a domain name setup for the server however even on the server itself I need to put in https://192.168.1.xxx:81 and cant put in https://sitename:81 for it to work. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks

What did you use as the fully qualified domain name when you installed ISPconfig?

[till]

Ok I setup ISPconfig and now I am having trouble connecting to it. I am able to connect https://192.168.1.xxx:81 from on the server (fedora core 5) but not from any other computer on the network. When I restart ISPconfig i get this alert:"ispconfig_httpd: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName." I dont know if this is part of the problem but it might be. I have opened port 81 on the firewall but I continue to get a page not displayed message. Also I have a domain name setup for the server however even on the server itself I need to put in https://192.168.1.xxx:81 and cant put in https://sitename:81 for it to work. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks

It seems you did not configure a hostanme for your server. What is the output of:

hostname -f

and what is in the file: /etc/hosts

[teedo757]

you are right but I dont know how to name it.

[root@zuzu install_ispconfig]# hostname -f
hostname: Unknown host

/etc/hosts - contains
[root@zuzu etc]# cat hosts
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost zuzu


Do I make the change in the /etc/hosts file to change the domain name?

[narut0b0y]

if your going to access it on your local network,

* edit the network file under /etc/sysconfig and put HOSTNAME=[your hostname]

# cd /etc/sysconfig
# vi network

HOSTNAME=testserver <--- network file should contain this, just change the "testserver" with your choice hostname. don't forget to save.

* on your hosts file, add 192.168.1.xxx [your hostname]

# cd /etc
# vi hosts

# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost zuzu
192.168.1.xxx testserver <--- change the "testserver" with your choice hostname. don't forget to save.

* restart network service and ispconfig <--- not sure if you still have to this

# service network restart
# service ispconfig_server restart

* also add 192.168.1.xxx [your hostname] on the hosts file of the client pc or workstation that will access your ispconfig. if the client workstation o.s. is windows 2000 professional, the hosts file is located at [windows folder]\system32\drivers\etc

127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.1.xxx testserver <--- change the "testserver" with your choice hostname. don't forget to save.

[kaanadanali]

"ispconfig_httpd: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName."

not to get that alert

in
/root/ispconfig/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

i change ServerName like this:

ServerName hostname.domain.tld.

[till]

To set the hostname of your server, execute these two commands:

echo server1.example.com > /etc/hostname
/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname

"server1.example.com" must be replaced with your hostname

[teedo757]

Ok it fixed the error message by using what kaanadanali said (also tried everyone elses fixes) but I am still unable to connect to ISPconfig via the web address. I still get a page cannot be displayed error. Any suggestions on where to start looking?

Plus when I go to the website (not the https) it says that the address is a shared Ip but I am pretty sure I set up the web site correctly in ISPconfig...actually its the only one I have setup.

[till]

Ok it fixed the error message by using what kaanadanali said (also tried everyone elses fixes) but I am still unable to connect to ISPconfig via the web address. I still get a page cannot be displayed error. Any suggestions on where to start looking?

Does the domain / hostname exists in DNS?

Plus when I go to the website (not the https) it says that the address is a shared Ip but I am pretty sure I set up the web site correctly in ISPconfig...actually its the only one I have setup.

You have to connect on port 81, not port 80.

[teedo757]

I purchased the domain name and pointed it to my web server. I am assuming that is what you meant by your question. I have another box running ispconfig at home and have never had problems with but the one in the office is giving me trouble. I know i need to connect using https to access ispconfig I was just saying that when I try to browse to the website I get the shared IP error. I was not sure if this would help anyone narrow down what my problem was.

[falko]

when I try to browse to the website I get the shared IP error. I was not sure if this would help anyone narrow down what my problem was.
What's the output of ifconfig? What's in Vhosts_ispconfig.conf?

[teedo757]

Works! I checked the Vhosts_ispconfig.conf file and it had a www in front of my domain which was incorrect. Fix it and BAM everything looks great. Thanks for all the help.

[zenny]

I came across a similar problem which reports error as:

[alert] ispconfig_httpd: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName

This happened after I upgraded from v2.2.9 to v2.2.12 to find out whether the problem posted here (http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12666) is associated with the formerversion. But the problem in the thread still exists besides a new error popped up! :-(

My Vhosts_ispconfig.conf reads like:

NameVirtualHost 81.216.xxx.yyy:80
<VirtualHost 81.216.xxx.yyy:80>
ServerName localhost
ServerAdmin root@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/sharedip
</VirtualHost>
#
#
######################################
# Vhost: www.domain.com:80
######################################
#
#
<VirtualHost 81.216.xxx.yyy:80>
ServerName www.domain.com:80
ServerAdmin webmaster@domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/web1/web
ServerAlias domain.com www.81.216.xxx.yyy

[till]

You mix up different things ispconfig_httpod has nothing to do with the Vhosts_ispconfig.conf file. Also the alert is just a warning that can be ignored, it has no impact on your setup.

[zenny]

Thank you, Till for the info. However, I could create the A records and other CNAME and other records after I deleted all other entries from the DNS manager.

My situation is that I have a static public IP which has been defined as ns1.domain.com in the domain registrar's domain control panel and tried to follow Falko's tutorial with a second nameserver from another host (actually I am the one who handles them, too)

However, when I type the domain.com on the browser it does not point to my server.

And interestingly, after I upgraded from the 2.2.9 to 2.2.12, the page rendered by entering the IP (as the domain.tld does not load) address, gives me an apache2 index page default to centos rather than ISPconfig page.

Looking forward to reply. thanks.

[falko]

My situation is that I have a static public IP which has been defined as ns1.domain.com in the domain registrar's domain control panel and tried to follow Falko's tutorial with a second nameserver from another host (actually I am the one who handles them, too)

However, when I type the domain.com on the browser it does not point to my server.So you want to host records for domain.com on ns1.domain.com? Then you need a glue record: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dns#Circular_dependencies_and_glue_records

And interestingly, after I upgraded from the 2.2.9 to 2.2.12, the page rendered by entering the IP (as the domain.tld does not load) address, gives me an apache2 index page default to centos rather than ISPconfig page.

Looking forward to reply. thanks.What's the output of ifconfig and what's in Vhosts_ispconfig.conf?

[zenny]

Dear Falko:

But how to create a glue record with ISPConfig.

And the output of ifconfig (hosted in the openvz virtual environment) is:


# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:336 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3227093782 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3227114968 (3.0 GiB) TX bytes:21963 (21.4 KiB)

venet0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
inet addr:127.0.0.1 P-t-P:127.0.0.1 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:47092 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:54422 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:25121772 (23.9 MiB) TX bytes:21531826 (20.5 MiB)

venet0:0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
inet addr:192.168.1.204 P-t-P:192.168.1.204 Bcast:192.168.1.204 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1




The contents of the /etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/Vhosts_ispconfig.conf are:


NameVirtualHost 81.216.XXX.YYY:80
<VirtualHost 81.216.XXX.YYY:80>
ServerName localhost
ServerAdmin root@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/sharedip
</VirtualHost>
#
#
######################################
# Vhost: www.domain.tld:80
######################################
#
#
<VirtualHost 81.216.XXX.YYY:80>
ServerName www.domain.tld:80
ServerAdmin webmaster@domain.tld
DocumentRoot /var/www/web2/web
ServerAlias aristoli.com www.81.216.XXX.YYY
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php index.php5 index.php4 index.php3 index.shtml index.cgi index.pl index.jsp Default.htm default.htm
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/web2/cgi-bin/
....

[falko]

Dear Falko:

But how to create a glue record with ISPConfig.This is not created within ISPConfig. You must ask your domain registrar to create one for you.

And the output of ifconfig (hosted in the openvz virtual environment) is:


# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:336 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3227093782 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3227114968 (3.0 GiB) TX bytes:21963 (21.4 KiB)

venet0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
inet addr:127.0.0.1 P-t-P:127.0.0.1 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:47092 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:54422 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:25121772 (23.9 MiB) TX bytes:21531826 (20.5 MiB)

venet0:0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
inet addr:192.168.1.204 P-t-P:192.168.1.204 Bcast:192.168.1.204 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1




The contents of the /etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/Vhosts_ispconfig.conf are:


NameVirtualHost 81.216.XXX.YYY:80
<VirtualHost 81.216.XXX.YYY:80>
ServerName localhost
ServerAdmin root@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/sharedip
</VirtualHost>
#
#
######################################
# Vhost: www.domain.tld:80
######################################
#
#
<VirtualHost 81.216.XXX.YYY:80>
ServerName www.domain.tld:80
ServerAdmin webmaster@domain.tld
DocumentRoot /var/www/web2/web
ServerAlias aristoli.com www.81.216.XXX.YYY
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php index.php5 index.php4 index.php3 index.shtml index.cgi index.pl index.jsp Default.htm default.htm
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/web2/cgi-bin/
....You are using the wrong IP address in ISPConfig. You must use the IP address that you see in the ifconfig output (i.e. 192.168.1.204), not 81.216.XXX.YYY.

[zenny]

Thanks Falko:

After I changed the IP address to 192.168.1.204, when I try to access the site, then it gives an Shared IP message rather than a Welcome! page:

This IP address is shared. For access to the web site which you look for, enter its address instead of its IP.

For questions or problems please contact the server administrator.

Now what does this mean and where should I need to make the changes?

[till]

Do you access the website by IP address or domain name?

[zenny]

I tried to access with the domain name but it does not render anything even after I created the glue records in domain control panel (creating child nameservers pointing to the 81.216.xxx.yyy which is the static public IP of the machine) of domain registrar.

But when I try to access with the IP address, it gives Shared IP error.

My architecture is like this:

Internet-->>Cable Modem-->> Shorewall firewall on Hardware Node (a static public IP of 8.216.xxx.yyy) in the OpenVz machine and trying to have shared webhosting on other VEs in the rest of the 80 GB HDD (one of them with venet0:0 is assigned IP:192.168.1.204 and installed ISPConfig).

I hope I made my point clear. Thanks again,

[till]

You can not access sites in ISPConfig by IP address, you must use the domain name.

wht is the output of:

dig @localhost yourdomain.com

where you must replace yourdomain.com with the domain name of your domain that is not working.

[zenny]

the output is:

# dig @localhost mydomain.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @localhost mydomain.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached


However, I get the following results with dig ns mydomain.com:

# dig ns mydomain.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> ns mydomain.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 9034
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

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

;; ANSWER SECTION:
mydomain.com. 86400 IN NS ns1.mydomain.com.
mydomain.com. 86400 IN NS ns2.differentdomain.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.domain.com. 86400 IN A 81.216.xxx.yyy

;; Query time: 375 msec
;; SERVER: 81.216.aa.bb#53(81.216.aa.bb)
;; WHEN: Mon May 21 07:22:04 2007
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 99


I could not locate what is the problem and the relevant solution? :-(

[till]

The above output means that no DNS server is started on your server.

Please start the dns server with:

/etc/init.d/bind9 start

or

/etc/init.d/named start

or similar. The exact name of the start / stop script dpends on your linux distribution.

[zenny]

Got the following when I tried to start the dns server:


# vzctl exec 204 /etc/init.d/named start
Starting named:
Error in named configuration:
/etc/named.conf:3: change directory to '/home/admispconfig/ispconfig/web/multidoc/edit' failed: file not found
/etc/named.conf:3: parsing failed
[FAILED]


Do I need to manually create the file: /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/web/multidoc/edit ? But when I checked there is an edit directory there with several other files inside. Please suggest.

[zenny]

After some search, i tried to solve the problem by following from page 1 to 3 (including an extensive reply by Falko in the thread), but the problem of non-starting dns persists.

When I manually changed the zonefiles directory from /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/web/multidoc/edit to /var/named/chroot/var/named in the /etc/named.conf, the error does not show up, but the named fails to start.

PS:I am using centos4.4 (both in HN node and also in VEs under OpenVZ).

[falko]

Please configure your named exactly as shown in chapter 8 on http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_centos_4.4_p4 . Then create or modify a DNS record. Does it work then?

What settings do you have on the DNS tab under Management > Server > Settings?

[zenny]

Dear Falko:

I setup the server exactly as specified in the perfect setup you posted. Your guide is what I am trying to follow up from the beginning till end. Still the DNS server and smtp server does not seem to run.

The settings under DNS tab are:

BIND User: named
BIND Group: named
named.conf: /etc/named.conf
Zonefiles Dir.: /var/named/chroot/var/named
Default Ns1: ns1.mydomain.com
Default Ns2: ns2.externaldomain.com
Admin Email: myemail
Default MX: checked

I hope this info is helpful. Thanks again!

[falko]

Ok, can you post the output of
ls -la /var/named/chroot/var/run/named/
ls -la /var/named/chroot/var/run/
ls -la /var/named/chroot/var/
ls -la /var/named/chroot/
ls -la /var/named/?

Did you disable SELinux?

[zenny]

The SELinux is disabled.

The outputs, as you asked for, are:

# ls -la /var/named/chroot/var/run/named/
total 8
drwxrwxrwx 2 named named 4096 May 13 09:22 .
drwxrwxr-x 3 root named 4096 Mar 14 2003 ..

# ls -la /var/named/chroot/var/run/
total 12
drwxrwxr-x 3 root named 4096 Mar 14 2003 .
drwxrwxr-x 5 root named 4096 Mar 14 2003 ..
drwxrwxrwx 2 named named 4096 May 13 09:22 named


# ls -la /var/named/chroot/var/
total 20
drwxrwxr-x 5 root named 4096 Mar 14 2003 .
drwxrwxr-x 6 root named 4096 Feb 7 12:35 ..
drwxrwxr-x 4 root named 4096 Aug 25 2004 named
drwxrwxr-x 3 root named 4096 Mar 14 2003 run
drwxrwx--- 2 named named 4096 Mar 14 2003 tmp

# ls -la /var/named/chroot/
total 20
drwxrwxr-x 6 root named 4096 Feb 7 12:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root named 4096 Feb 7 12:35 ..
drwxr-xr-- 2 root named 4096 Feb 7 12:35 dev
drwxr-x--- 2 root named 4096 Feb 7 12:35 etc
dr-xr-xr-x 95 root root 0 May 22 20:43 proc
drwxrwxr-x 5 root named 4096 Mar 14 2003 var

# ls -la /var/named/
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 5 root named 4096 Feb 7 12:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Nov 19 2006 ..
drwxrwxr-x 6 root named 4096 Feb 7 12:35 chroot
drwxrwx--- 2 named named 4096 Feb 7 12:35 data
drwxrwx--- 2 named named 4096 Feb 7 12:35 slaves

[falko]

The permissions are ok... :confused:

[zenny]

Dear Falko:

Do you think this is a problem without any ends? Actually I have been struggling for months to make it work. I scanned through several threads in this forum, but in vain. So, I decided to post it here, again there does not seem any light in the horizon. :-(

I queried with dnsreports.com and it shows everything okay (green) except the internal DNS server unreachable.

Since I am learning myself to create my own datacenter (at home), I need to learn the basics myself rather than having someone help me out. Else, the amount of time I spend is more dearer than having someone to do the setup.

I wish with the help of experts here, I am optimistic that I could overcome the problem. Z

[falko]

You could post your real domain name here so that I can run a few tests myself.

[zenny]

Falko: the domain is:

aristoli.com

Thanks again!

[falko]

It seems you haven't even set up namservers for your domain:

mh1:~# dig ns aristoli.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> ns aristoli.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 57646
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

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

;; Query time: 5009 msec
;; SERVER: 213.191.92.84#53(213.191.92.84)
;; WHEN: Sat May 26 19:25:09 2007
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 30Your domain registrar should have a web interface where you can specify nameservers. Please do that. Afterwards, at least the nameservers should show up, and we are a step further.

[zenny]

That is already done from the very beginning. The whois gives the following:

Domain servers in listed order:
ns2.freeregistrar.net
ns1.aristoli.com

Note that ns1.aristoli.com is assigned the IP address of the ISPconfig server. I don't see any other changes that can be made except assigned the two nameservers or create a child nameserver on the domain registrar's control panel. If there is anything specific. let me know. Thanks again!

[falko]

If you want to host aristoli.com on ns1.aristoli.com, you need a glue record: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dns#Circular_dependencies_and_glue_records
http://www.howtoforge.com/ispconfig_dns_providerdomain_schlund

[zenny]

Dear Falko:

Thank you for your instructions. If I understand right the glue records are created in domain as the primary and secondary nameservers by creating child namservers. Which I did earlier or did I miss something? And a test at dnsreport.com states that the glue records were created and the test passes as attached below (http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?%26domain%3Daristoli.com):

PASS Glue at parent nameservers OK. The parent servers have glue for your nameservers. That means they send out the IP address of your nameservers, as well as their host names.

And the problem, in my novice opinion, is the result of the not-running BIND server? You know the best, indeed!

[falko]

The dig output looks ok now:

dig ns aristoli.com

; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> ns aristoli.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59566
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

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

;; ANSWER SECTION:
aristoli.com. 172800 IN NS ns1.aristoli.com.
aristoli.com. 172800 IN NS ns2.freeregistrar.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.aristoli.com. 172800 IN A 81.216.202.218

;; Query time: 53 msec
;; SERVER: 213.191.92.84#53(213.191.92.84)
;; WHEN: Mon May 28 19:11:05 2007
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 99Sometimes you have to wait a day or two until DNS changes propagate.

[zenny]

I am just wondering what is causing the DNS server not to start on my ISPconfig machine? Any pointers? Thanks again, Falko.

[falko]

If your named isn't running, and I'm still getting dig results, then the records must be served by some other DNS server...

To be honest, I have no idea. Please make sure that you've followed the tutorial as close as possible, because I know that everything's working then as expected.