[Koha] odd error messages setting up Apache during install

[Alvaro Cornejo]

Hi David

Apache is trying to look for your host on the internet (
Dalkoha.yourdomain.com) so you need to create a FQN on the DNS of your
domain.

You can test your DNS config with the command " ping Dalkoha.yourdomain.com"
from the koha server itself and from other host to be sure DNS is set
correctly.

You can also define the host "Dalkoha" in your /etc/host file
assigning 127.0.0.1 to Dalkoha

However, when connecting from the outside world, apache might still have
issues to validate the host in order to serve the right pages.

Regards

Alvaro

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Le ven. 28 mai 2021 à 17:37, David Lesniaski <dalesniaski at stkate.edu> a
écrit :

> Ok, I'm installing the current version of koha on a debian server.  I have
> a DNS and have pointed it to the IP address.
>
> Installed Koha. I think.  Ditto Apache.
>
> When I get to creating the name of the library:
>
>  sudo koha-create --create-db libraryname
> and I create a name for the library, say MYLIB
>
> I get this error message:
> ----------
> sudo: unable to resolve host dalkoha: Name or service not known
> AH00557: apache2: apr_sockaddr_info_get() failed for dalkoha
> AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified
> domain name, using 127.0.0.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to
> suppress this message
> AH00557: apache2: apr_sockaddr_info_get() failed for dalkoha
> AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified
> domain name, using 127.0.0.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to
> suppress this message
> AH00557: apache2: apr_sockaddr_info_get() failed for dalkoha
> AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified
> domain name, using 127.0.0.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to
> suppress this message
> adduser: Please enter a username matching the regular expression configured
> via the NAME_REGEX configuration variable.  Use the `--force-badname'
> option to relax this check or reconfigure NAME_REGEX.
> -----------
>
> dalkoha is the "internal" name of my server (I'm using Linode to host the
> server, and I picked "dalkoha" as the name of my server).
>
> So why apache is looking for this in the first place I have no idea.  I did
> edit the config file to replace the domain with my actual DNS -- so I am
> not sure why apache isn't looking for that.
> the 127 ... stuff is in the config file (I really don't know what it's
> doing there) but I did not see any instructions during the install that
> said to change this.
>
> So how do I get apache to "find" my actual web address?
> Should I just ditch all this and do an IP address install?
>
> Many thanks for any advice you can give.
>
> If this is so basic or obscure  that there is no need to clutter the list
> with a list reply, just reply to me at the email below.
>
> -- David
>
> Dr. David Lesniaski
> Associate Professor
> MLIS Program
> St. Catherine University
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> St. Paul, MN 55105
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