Hi again,


I've recently subscribed to a dedicated at Saburovo.com (btw: they rock :) ), and my dns-servers/domains have just propagated.

I have already pointed one domain of mine (www.cool-portal.net) to this server using the new nameservers, and the info has propagated, since the aliases mail.cool-portal.net and ftp.cool-portal.net work fine in Outlook and WS_FTP.

BUT... :(
I can't reach the domain normally in my browser (with http://cool-portal.net and www. in front of it).
It gives the 'Could not connect to server, please contact the administrator'-error.

On the other hand, if I type httpS://www.cool-portal.net:8443 in my browser to access Plesk Control Panel, it works PERFECTLY! :rolleyes: :confused:

There is one thing you should know: on the server itself the DNS template was malconfigured, but I changed that. Still won't work.
But I thought maybe that's normal since that info maybe needs to propagate again? On the other hand that would be unlogical since it is a change made directly on the server, and not at the domain's registrar, so changes would need to apply within a second after they've been made... right? :confused:
So probably the DNS-template has nothing to do with this...

Any idea(s) howcome the domain won't connect to the server using cool-portal.net and www.cool-portal.net ?

I really am starting here and am sort of new to managing a ded, so I may be missing something here.... :rolleyes:

Thanks a lot for any reply guys (& girls :D)


Thomas
(thomas.k@genius-hosting.com)

you don't have a webserver running. Start one up and it'll work

Owwkay... and how do I do that, may I ask?
Doesn't that come as a standard? :D

Sorry, I think I'm acting really stupid here for you all, but anyways; people learn from their mistakes. :)

Could you tell me how to do that then?
Thanks

... also; how can I check if I do have one running?

thx ;)

if you use some admin panel or something like that, I have no clue since i hate them and don't use them. If not goto http://www.apache.org and go into the httpd section and download whatever you need and read the INSTALL files and documentation.

Err... I have apache running, I believe...
How can I check this?

ps aux | grep httpd

or

ps aux | grep apache

I don't think you do since I did a port scan of your domain and it doesn't show port 80 being open.

ps aux | grep apache

gives following output:

[root@customer28 /root]# ps aux | grep apache
root 14296 0.0 0.1 1620 592 pts/0 R 16:20 0:00 grep apache


Now... is this good or bad news? What does this mean?


Thanks.

btw: I appreciate what you're doing here, zupanm ;)

btw: I have apache installed; that's for sure, but how do I activate it? :confused:

for status : service httpd status

to start : service httpd start

I think you have two problems likely here.

#1: It seems Apache isn't running. It depends on what version of Apache you run and the path to start it. However, I'll assume you're on Linux RedHat for this example, '/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start' will start it if you get an error about SSL, use startssl, in place of start. You can also search for the apachectl file and use that in the same manner using the correct path.

#2: I don't know if your control panel added the Vhost info in your web server configuration. If it didn't, even if it's started, you'll have to add those directives for Apache to be able to serve up the page.

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start

Err... it seems I totally screwed up the apache httpd.conf file.
I was trying to let customers be able to visit their site through http://serverIP/theirdomain.com , but it didn't work and I totally screwed up. :bawling:

I am now solving this problem with Denis (from Saburovo.com) and I have found the backup I made :) from the file, so everything should work fine from now on.

THANK YOU ALL FOR TRYING TO FIND THE PROBLEM. ;)

I owe you :cool: .


Thanks