forbidden error

I have installed ubuntu 10.04 on a computer as per instructions given on this link http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-10.04-lucid-lynx-ispconfig-2 and everything went on smoothly. I am intending to use this server as intranet server for developing php sites as well as training sites for internal users.

Though when I configure a site using ispconfig3, It creates the site but shows error 403, forbidden, when I try to navigate to that site. Though I can ftp and upload files to this site.

 

Did you install ISPConfig 2 or 3? Because the guide you used is for ISPConfig 2 and cannot be used for ISPConfig 3.

Here's the guide for ISPConfig 3: http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-10.04-lucid-lynx-ispconfig-3

 

Wrong link

Thanks for your reply. I installed using the http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-10.04-lucid-lynx-ispconfig-3.

While posting here I posted link to ispconfig2 by mistake.

 

Any errors in Apache's error log?

 

error log

Here is the copy of log file for 12th July located at /var/log/apache2/error.log.

Code:

[Mon Jul 12 11:33:44 2010] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/lib/apache2/suexec)
PHP Deprecated:  Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/imagick.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0
PHP Deprecated:  Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/imap.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0
PHP Deprecated:  Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/mcrypt.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0
[Mon Jul 12 11:33:44 2010] [notice] Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) mod_fcgid/2.3.4 PHP/5.3.2-1ubuntu4.2 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8k configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Jul 12 11:36:42 2010] [error] [client 192.168.100.103] File does not exist: /var/www/favicon.ico
[Mon Jul 12 11:36:50 2010] [error] [client 192.168.100.103] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/learn.it/test.php
[Mon Jul 12 11:37:23 2010] [error] [client 192.168.100.103] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/learn.it/test.php

 

Solved

Ok, thanks to this post, I was able to resolve this issue by changing /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/learn.it.vhost

Code:

<Directory /var/www/learn.it>
    AllowOverride None
    Order Deny,Allow
    Allow from all
</Directory>

 

Not 100% solved

Well, I was excited to see the directory listing after applying above solution that I posted success messages without testing all functionality.

Now, when I go to url http://192.168.100.250/learn.it, browser displays the directory listing instead of showing up the default welcome screen of ispconfig. This default screen is shown up when I click on the web folder in the directory listing. Some mapping issue ?

 

Thanks for security warning

Thanks for the security warning, I have reverted the changes. Though problem is not solved yet for me.

My files are in the /var/www/learn.it/web directory. I am not able to view any of these in the browser.

Again attaching warning msgs and directory structure for learn.it

Code:

root@ubuntu:/var/www/learn.it# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
 * Restarting web server apache2                                                                                                        [Mon Jul 12 16:11:42 2010] [warn] NameVirtualHost 192.168.100.250:80 has no VirtualHosts
[Mon Jul 12 16:11:42 2010] [warn] NameVirtualHost 192.168.100.250:443 has no VirtualHosts
 ... waiting [Mon Jul 12 16:11:43 2010] [warn] NameVirtualHost 192.168.100.250:80 has no VirtualHosts
[Mon Jul 12 16:11:43 2010] [warn] NameVirtualHost 192.168.100.250:443 has no VirtualHosts
                                                                                                                                 [ OK ]
root@ubuntu:/var/www/learn.it# ls
cgi-bin  log  ssl  tmp  web
root@ubuntu:/var/www/learn.it# cd web
root@ubuntu:/var/www/learn.it/web# ls
error  favicon.ico  index.html  robots.txt  stats
root@ubuntu:/var/www/learn.it/web#

 

Success Message

http://learn.it show default success message of apache "It works". But in the /var/www/learn.it/web folder, I have some other index.html (default index.html generated by ispconfig3).

 

Settings

I was missing A record and auto subdomain, have made these changes

Code:

1) The Domain learn.it has a IP address that points to your server.

server name : ubuntu.WORKGROUP
IP Address : 192.168.100.250

Code:

2) That you have a DNS A-Record for ww.learn.it that points to the server.

Host Name : ubuntu.WORKGROUP
IP Address : 192.168.100.250


[B]DNS Zone entries[/B]

server: ubuntu.WORKGROUP
Client: sli
zone : sli.com. [B](not sure what to put here)[/B]
NS : 192.168.100.250

Code:

3) That you created a website for learn.it and that you selcted auto subdomain www in the website settings.

was missing subdomain, added now

Code:

4) That you selcted the same IP address in the website settings that you used in the dns record. If the IP address does not show up in the list, add it under system > server Ip and then select it in the website settings.

I am using same ip address 192.168.100.250 everywhere

I am new to ubuntu and linux, thanks for your help and patience.

 

Thanks

Thanks for your time and help. I really appreciate it. Guess, I need to study about linux and apache. This is my first linux installation. And yes, I am trying to create a development server in my intranet where I can work on different projects as separate virtual directories. Any advice will be welcome.

What I intend to do is access this machine as...

http://192.168.100.250/proj1

http://192.168.100.250/proj2... and so on

 

reinstall apache

Alright, I will try to implement it tomorrow in the office. Thankyou very much.