[Koha] Re:Re: I can connect to Koha locally, but not from another

[Craig Andersen]

Thank you for replying.  That was the problem.  When KOHA set itself up it
used the server name instead of the ip address for the Virtual host name.

I  had to add in two NameVirtual Host Lines

NameVirtualHost=ipaddress:80
NameVirtualHost=ipaddress:8080

and change the <VirtualHost name:port> to <VirtualHost ipaddress:port>

After that worked I made the koha.http.conf a bit more generic by using 
wildcards instead of  ip addresses.  I thought you may find it interesting. 
It allows you to set up your virtual host files independent of ip address so 
it is possible to use a dhcp assigned address or in my case have the server 
on a test network and then move it to a production network.  I included my 
koha.http.conf which is made part of my apache2.conf with an include.

NameVirtualHost *:80
NameVirtualHost *:8080

# KOHA's OPAC Configuration
<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerAdmin craigrandersen at hotmail.com
   DocumentRoot /usr/local/koha/opac/htdocs
   ServerName dino
   ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/koha/ /usr/local/koha/opac/cgi-bin/
   Redirect permanent index.html http://dino:80/cgi-bin/koha/opac-main.pl
   ErrorLog /usr/local/koha/log/opac-error_log
   TransferLog /usr/local/koha/log/opac-access_log
   SetEnv PERL5LIB "/usr/local/koha/intranet/modules"
   SetEnv KOHA_CONF "/etc/koha.conf"

</VirtualHost>

# KOHA's INTRANET Configuration
<VirtualHost *:8080>
   ServerAdmin craigrandersen at hotmail.com
   DocumentRoot /usr/local/koha/intranet/htdocs
   ServerName dino
   ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/koha/ "/usr/local/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/"
   Redirect permanent index.html http://dino:8080/cgi-bin/koha/mainpage.pl
   ErrorLog /usr/local/koha/log/koha-error_log
   TransferLog /usr/local/koha/log/koha-access_log
   SetEnv PERL5LIB "/usr/local/koha/intranet/modules"
   SetEnv KOHA_CONF "/etc/koha.conf"

</VirtualHost>

Your documentation is very impressive.

Thanks Again
Craig

>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:16:10 +0000
> From: Martin Woolley <sysadmin at handsworth.bham.sch.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] I can connect to Koha locally, but not from
> another machine
> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Message-ID: <200602270816.10511.sysadmin at handsworth.bham.sch.uk>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> On Saturday 25 Feb 2006 05:00, Craig Andersen wrote:
>> I can connect and use Koha locally, either by using http://machinename or
>> by http://127.0.0.1 and it works fine.
>>
>> If I try to connect to it using http:/IPaddress or http://machine name
>> from
>> another machine I get following error:
>>
>> NOT FOUND the requested URL/ was not found on this server.
>>
>> I checked the Apache error log which showed:
>>
>> [error] [client ipaddress] file does not exist /htdocs
>>
>> If I type the ip address into the browser on the server, rather than
>> http://127.0.0.1 I get the Not Found error.
>>
>> I'm at a loss.  When I first installed Koha I'm pretty sure that I was
>> able
>> to connect to it from another machine, but now when I'm ready to start
>> testing some things out, it seems to get lost after connecting to the
>> apache server.
>>
>> I'm using Firebox to connect.  Same thing happens with IE.  The server is
>> running Debian Sarge and Apache2.
>
> You have an error in your apache config, but from your description I can't
> tell what it is.  This url http://www.openhgs.org.uk/it.cgi/koha shows how
> I
> fixed a similar problem on our koha box (scroll down to 24/11/2005)
>
> -- 
> Regards
> Martin Woolley
> ICT Support
> Handsworth Grammar School
> Isis Astarte Diana Hecate Demeter Kali Inanna
>
>
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