Firstly, this is for a personal website. This is the first time that I've set up a server and am trying to host a site myself. I have the server set up home based off of the Perfect Server (11.04 & ISPConfig 3) tutorial. I purchased the domain name through GoDaddy.com. I have an account with DNSExit.com (for synchronizing the dynamic IP at home with GoDaddy). All router settings seems fine: I'm able to access ISPConfig via port 8080 (both inside and outside the network). I'm able to SSH into the server using PuTTY (both inside and outside the network). I'm able to access SquirrelMail inside the network. In ISPConfig, I have created the Client/Domain/Website/FTP user. The Problem: I'm not able to FTP into the server with Filezilla or see any of the default index.html pages when I enter the domain name. I figure that it's probably the settings/configuration I have set in GoDaddy and DNSExit. In GoDaddy, I've set the 4 nameservers pointing to DNSExit: NS1.DNSEXIT.COM NS2.DNSEXIT.COM NS3.DNSEXIT.COM NS4.DNSEXIT.COM In DNSExit I have the hostname pointing to the home router's IP Address. Based on what I know so far, it seems like everything is pointing correctly, so I'm stumped and do not understand why I'm not able to access the site or FTP to the site. Does anyone have any pointers, guidance, or suggestions? Thanks, --Rishi
Hello, Usually with an A record pointing to your IP should work. Check port 80 and 21 tcp in your router and server. Also try to check if apache y pure-ftp are running. You can check this with: Code: netstat -tlpen
Thank you pititis for your quick reply! I'm not sure of a few things: how to check port 80 and 21 in the router/server and what am I checking for? Hehehe, the same goes for checking apache and pure-ftp. I tried restarting apache2: Code: root@ubuntu:/# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart Syntax error on line 6 of /etc/apache2/conf.d/squirrelmail.conf: AddType requires at least two arguments, a mime type followed by one or more file extensions Action 'configtest' failed. The Apache error log may have more information. ...fail! I then tried restarting pure-ftpd: Code: root@ubuntu:/# /etc/init.d/pure-ftpd-mysql restart Restarting ftp server: Running: /usr/sbin/pure-ftpd-mysql-virtualchroot -l mysql:/etc/pure-ftpd/db/mysql.conf -l pam -H -Y 1 -E -8 UTF-8 -b -O clf:/var/log/pure-ftpd/transfer.log -D -A -u 1000 -B Based on this netstat output, I think they're running: Code: root@ubuntu:/# netstat -tlpen Active Internet connections (only servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State User Inode PID/Program name tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8080 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 0 10922 1937/apache2 tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 0 10914 1937/apache2 tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8081 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 0 10918 1937/apache2 tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:21 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 0 1863385 23369/pure-ftpd (SE tcp 0 0 192.168.1.164:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 108 8750 960/named tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 108 8748 960/named tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 0 1009702 18836/master tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:953 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 108 8753 960/named tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:443 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 0 10916 1937/apache2 tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:10024 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 107 8987 1105/amavisd (maste tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:10025 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 0 1009488 18836/master tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:3306 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 104 1676896 22524/mysqld tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:10122 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 0 8535 816/sshd tcp6 0 0 :::21 :::* LISTEN 0 1863387 23369/pure-ftpd (SE tcp6 0 0 :::53 :::* LISTEN 108 8743 960/named tcp6 0 0 ::1:953 :::* LISTEN 108 8754 960/named tcp6 0 0 :::993 :::* LISTEN 0 9518 1681/couriertcpd tcp6 0 0 :::995 :::* LISTEN 0 10606 1731/couriertcpd tcp6 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN 0 8537 816/sshd tcp6 0 0 :::110 :::* LISTEN 0 9527 1703/couriertcpd tcp6 0 0 :::143 :::* LISTEN 0 9514 1653/couriertcpd So, does this look correct?
After a lot of help from pititis, here are the steps taken to solve the problem: I followed instructions from http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-52226.html and http://www.faqforge.com/linux/controlpanels/ispconfig3/how-to-set-the-passiveportrange-in-pure-ftpd-on-denian-and-ubuntu-linux/. I opened the ports in the router, added the port range to the firewall in IPConfig (System > Firewall), enabled the PassivePortRange on the server (using the links above) and it seems that I can access everything now! Also, in Filezilla, I was setting the port to 22 (like how I did for SSH with PuTTY). This was incorrect -- it needed to be blank and set to normal FTP with explicit TLS. Many thanks HowToForge and Many many thanks pititis!
FTP not working again... After shutting off the computer for a little over a week, I'm again having some issues with FTP'ing into the machine from Filezilla. Code: Status: Resolving address of site.domainName Status: Connecting to ipAddressOfMachine:21... Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message... Response: 220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [privsep] [TLS] ---------- Response: 220-You are user number 1 of 50 allowed. Response: 220-Local time is now 13:07. Server port: 21. Response: 220-This is a private system - No anonymous login Response: 220-IPv6 connections are also welcome on this server. Response: 220 You will be disconnected after 15 minutes of inactivity. Command: AUTH TLS Response: 234 AUTH TLS OK. Status: Initializing TLS... Error: Could not connect to server My Filezilla settings: Host: site.domainName Port: empty Protocol: FTP - File Transfer Protocol Encryption: Require explicit FTP over TLS Logon Type: Normal User: userName Password: password Under the Advanced type, I've tried setting the OS to both Autodetect and to Unix. How to tell what is wrong, and how to go about fixing it? Thanks! --Rishi
Do you have many special chars in your password? It might be that FileZilla has problems with it (just had this yesterday...).
