Apache2

Maedhros ~V~ · June 22nd, 2004, 09:49 AM

I have installed Apache to test my site but I can't get it to work. I've followed all the steps in the book but I think my problem is my firewall. I am connected to the internet through a router and I have Norton Firewall running. Any ideas? Thanks

Ankur_Verma · June 23rd, 2004, 02:39 AM

Turn your proxy settings off, if its a windows machine you r working on, stop IIS if it is running. This should resolve the problem.

Regards

Ankur Verma
.Net and C++ Specialist
Wiley Tech Support

Maedhros ~V~ · June 23rd, 2004, 02:18 PM

Where do I turn off IIS?

Ankur_Verma · June 24th, 2004, 01:45 AM

Start->Settings->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Internet Information Services

In the tree right click on
Internet Information Services->YourComputerName(Local Computer)->Web Sites->Default Web Site and select Stop

Ankur Verma
.Net and C++ Specialist
Wiley Tech Support

Maedhros ~V~ · June 24th, 2004, 10:11 AM

I checked and I don't have IIS installed at all.

Ankur_Verma · June 25th, 2004, 08:49 AM

I guess I have explored every other possibility regarding your problem and I think we should go back to where we started. I dont have the same firewall as yours with me but every firewall gives you a log of what it has blocked. try to run apache and see if new entries get added to your firewall's log.

This will give you an idea if your firewall is acutally blocking Apache and if it is, you should be able to use your firewall's options to allow/unblock apache or its services.

You may also consider going through Apache's installation process once again, that helps when nothing else seems to work.

Ankur

Maedhros ~V~ · June 25th, 2004, 06:36 PM

I disconnected from the router and disabled my Norton Firewall and managed to get it to work once, but it won't work again. If it is my Norton Firewall that is creating the problems does anyone have a suggestions for fixing it?

Daniel Walker · June 28th, 2004, 09:13 AM

Sorry to come in late on this one, and I may have missed some of the conversation, if it's been shifted in here from somewhere else... but, what response do you get when you ask for:

apache âk restart

At the command line?

Dan

Maedhros ~V~ · June 28th, 2004, 10:53 AM

[error] <os 2>The system cannot find the file specified. : No installed service named "Apache2".

Maybe that will shed some light on things. I also tried

apache -k start
apache -k stop

and got the same message.

Daniel Walker · June 29th, 2004, 05:27 AM

Sounds like the service wasn't installed during the installation of the database. ("netstat -a" will also tell you if there's anything already hogging port 80). Is this XP Home edition? If so, that may be the problem. Most of the self-extracting packages are designed with one of the "Server" or "Professional" (aka. "rank amature"?) versions in mind. Try looking in your "Services" tab (which is found under - oh, God, where is it found under? Thinking back to my WierdOS days, I think it was somewhere like Settings > Control Panel > Services, or maybe Progarm Files > Acessories > System Tools > Information, or somewhere like that :).

Anyway, see if Apache is listed and, if not, install the service by cd'ing your way to: "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\bin\" (or somewhere very similar) and running:

apache.exe -k install -n "Apache2" (addd a " -D SSL" argument, if your intend to use Secure Sockets Layer).

There's probably a pointy-clicky way of installing the service, too.

Best of luck.
Take it easy,
Dan