ISPConfig - URL Not Reachable

[zog]

I have installed OpenSuSe 11 following the instructions on the HowToForge site, setting the machine up as a server.

My aim is to use this as a webserver - I am a home user.

The installation all seems to have completed successfully, however I am unsure how I can connect to the machine via another PC in the house (all other machines are Windows XP/Vista), but I assumed I would be able to connect to my server via the IP address or something similar. If I can do this, could you advise what I should be looking for to indicate a problem?

Also, I have downloaded ISPConfig and run the installation. All seems ok until I get to the please enter your mysql user etc. The first questions are ok, then it says "Please enter the host name", I put www. Next, "please enter the domain" whatever I try at this point i get "The URL is not reachable!"

I am now stuck.

I am totally new to all of this, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for you help!

Thanks,
Zog.

[zog]

I have managed to set the domain to belkin.com, belkin being the make of my router.

So, how do I connect to the web server? How do I ftp a file on to the server?

Can anybody help?

Thanks.

[falko]

Originally Posted by zog

then it says "Please enter the host name", I put www. Next, "please enter the domain" whatever I try at this point i get "The URL is not reachable!"

You must use an FQDN that is existing in DNS. As a temporary workaround, you can as well put the FQDN in /etc/hosts before you run the installation.

So, how do I connect to the web server?

Have you already created virtual hosts?

[zog]

Thank you for you reply.

I have actually managed to get this working, kind of.

I can now get to the machine using ISPConfig from another PC and have successfully FTP'd a file onto the machine.

I am now just trying to work out how I get to see that file (index.html) via www on my other PC. Any tips?

Thanks,

[falko]

Let's assume you've created a web site www.example.com in ISPConfig and uploaded index.html to its document root. All you have to do now is open a browser and type in http://www.example.com/index.html. Of course, www.example.com must point to your server.

[zog]

Thanks for the reply.

I have copied the file from it's location to the root folder, but still no joy. I have chmod'd the file to give access, still no joy.

Could it be that the web server is blocking access?

Thanks.

[falko]

Did you copy it to the root folder or to the web site's document root (something like /var/www/web1/web)?

Is your FTP user the admin of that web site?