ISPConfig Installation complete but Cannot access page with IP (Debian 3.1)

[alexan]

Hi,

I managed to install ISPConfig successfully on Debian 3.1
(using the perfect installation guide by Falko)

The problem is that I do not currently have a domain pointing
to my server.. so i need to use the IP address to access the
software...

so i got:
Please direct your browser to
https://www.xyz.org:81
and log in:
Username: admin
Password: admin

but I cannot access anything with my IP
e.g. https://www.123.243.34.34.org:81

How can I access the page using my IP

Thanks a lot,
Alex

[Naeh]

https://www.123.243.34.34.org:81

https://123.243.34.34:81

[alexan]

Thanks Naeh,

i had used https://123.243.34.34:81 and i still cannot connect (i misspelt the www earlier sorry!)

Any ideas?

[till]

Yes, when you use a IP to connect to a server, use only the numbers as www is part of the domainname

[till]

Originally Posted by alexan

Thanks Naeh,

i had used https://123.243.34.34:81 and i still cannot connect (i misspelt the www earlier sorry!)

Any ideas?

What is the output of:

netstat -tap

[alexan]

Hi Till,

This is the output of netstat -tap

xyz.org is the domain that i do not have yet (not the real one of course)

Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State                                                                                     PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 localhost.localdo:mysql *:*                     LISTEN     2                                                                              0165/mysqld
tcp        0      0 *:www                   *:*                     LISTEN     6                                                                              289/apache
tcp        0      0 *:auth                  *:*                     LISTEN     1                                                                              756/inetd
tcp        0      0 *:81                    *:*                     LISTEN     1                                                                              7958/ispconfig_htt
tcp        0      0 *:ftp                   *:*                     LISTEN     1                                                                              8111/proftpd: (acc
tcp        0      0 xyz.org:domain      *:*                     LISTEN     1                                                                              8098/named
tcp        0      0 localhost.locald:domain *:*                     LISTEN     1                                                                              8098/named
tcp        0      0 localhost.localdoma:953 *:*                     LISTEN     1                                                                              8098/named
tcp        0      0 *:smtp                  *:*                     LISTEN     1                                                                              8081/master
tcp        0      0 *:https                 *:*                     LISTEN     1                                                                              5586/apache-ssl
tcp        0      0 localhost.localdoma:ftp localhost.localdo:32912 TIME_WAIT  -                                                                              
tcp        0      0 localhost.localdo:32911 localhost.localdoma:www TIME_WAIT  -                                                                              
tcp6       0      0 *:imaps                 *:*                     LISTEN     1                                                                              7735/couriertcpd
tcp6       0      0 *:pop3s                 *:*                     LISTEN     1                                                                              7652/couriertcpd
tcp6       0      0 *:pop3                  *:*                     LISTEN     1                                                                              7596/couriertcpd
tcp6       0      0 *:imap2                 *:*                     LISTEN     1                                                                              7687/couriertcpd
tcp6       0      0 *:ssh                   *:*                     LISTEN     1                                                                              762/sshd
tcp6       0      0 ip6-localhost:953       *:*                     LISTEN     1                                                                              8098/named
tcp6       0      0 *:smtp                  *:*                     LISTEN     1                                                                              8081/master
tcp6       0      0 xyz.org:ssh         athedsl-06868.ote:58691 ESTABLISHED2                                                                              7040/sshd: root@no
tcp6       0   2816 xyz.org:ssh         athedsl-06868.ote:58716 ESTABLISHED2                                                                              7082/0

Looks ok? no? but still cannot access the server via IP

Alex

[alexan]

also if go to:
http://123.243.34.34:81

i get this:

Bad Request
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Reason: You're speaking plain HTTP to an SSL-enabled server port.
Instead use the HTTPS scheme to access this URL, please.


Hint: https://www.xyz.org:81/


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Apache/1.3.37 Server at www.xyz.org Port 81

but still https://123.243.34.34:81 does not work

could it be because I have installed apache1.3 and not apache2?
and that i am running both apache and apache-ssl (that is how debian does it)?

and if so how do i correct this?

[falko]

I guess you created an invalid SSL certificate during ISPConfig installation (you should have accepted the default values).

What's the error message you get when you use Firefox to connect to https://123.243.34.34:81?

[alexan]

my debian 3.1 installation was just like the recommenced perfect set up
except that i used apache 1.3 and there were 2 apache
installations one normal and one for ssl (different folders and
different http.conf using the apt-get apache-ssl package)

and checked the ispconfig installation files
and it seemed to have recognized only
my normal apache (not the ssl).. i think
that is the reason why it did not work..

the error message did not say anything about invalid
certificates.. it could not even connect.. my certificates
were invalid (not from an authority).. but it should have
asked whether i accept to use them no?

so now i have uninstalled everything and i will try to
create ONE apache installation with one
httpd.conf file...

Could this be the right way to go?

[Hans]

ISPConfig makes use of its own apache webserver listening to port 81.
The websites you are going to create with ISPConfig are published via http port 80.

If you try to setup ISPConfig using only 1 apache webserver instead of 2, ISPConfig will not work as it should!

I think that FAlko is right, probably something was not going right when you've setup the certificates.

Maybe it is also possible that port 81 is blocked within your router/gateway or whatever.