I followed The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 18.04... to install ISPConfig and the installation completed successfully, however trying to access the ISPConfig admin area from IP-ADDRESS:8080 results into error [ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT]. I am able to access the default apache2 web page from the IP-ADDRESS though. Where did I go wrong? The IP-ADDRESS used is static and accessible publicly. During the installation process, FQDN is entered as abc.xyz.com which is obtained from ping to the IP-ADDRESS. Checking for Common issues shows that ISP Config 3.1.15p3 is installed, screenshot attached below. Checking for active internet connections (by running a netstat -tap) is not showing any program name related to ispconfig.
Is your ip address the same as the a record for abc.xyz.com? is port 8080 open in your firewall? This is normal because ISPConfig has no daemon. It runs as a 'site' in apache. Can you share the output of Code: ls /etc/apache/sites-available
Yes, port 8080 is open in the firewall. the output of sites-available is as follows. Code: 000-default.conf apps.vhost default-ssl.conf ispconfig.conf ispconfig.vhost Now I am getting internal server error without any error code after several reboots. Code: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator at webmaster@localhost to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Can you find anything useful in your logs? (/etc/syslog and /etc/apache2/error.log) Did you run all install steps as sudo?
When the installer asked about Code: ISPConfig Port [8080]: did you change it from 8080? What port is defined in ispconfig.vhost?
You must have left steps out from perfect server guide, otherwise it would not show missing smtps and submission ports in the report,. This is not directly related to the ispconfig access issue, but it shows that you clearly did not follow the whole guide, so it is likely that you did not install everything as required. Beside that, post the full report script result, you left out the important parts.
I simply pressed enter without changing port. ispconfig.vhost has port 8080 defined as Code: Listen 8080 NameVirtualHost *:8080 <VirtualHost _default_:8080> ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost <Directory /var/www/ispconfig/> <FilesMatch "\.ph(p3?|tml)$"> SetHandler None </FilesMatch> </Directory> <Directory /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/web/> <FilesMatch "\.ph(p3?|tml)$"> SetHandler None </FilesMatch> </Directory>
Here is the report script Code: ##### SERVER ##### IP-address (as per hostname): ***.***.***.*** [WARN] could not determine server's ip address by ifconfig [INFO] OS version is Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS [INFO] ISPConfig is installed. ##### ISPCONFIG ##### ISPConfig version is 3.1.15p3 ##### VERSION CHECK ##### [INFO] php (cli) version is 7.2.24-0ubuntu***.***.***.*** ##### PORT CHECK ##### [WARN] Port 465 (SMTP server SSL) seems NOT to be listening ##### MAIL SERVER CHECK ##### [WARN] I found no "submission" entry in your postfix master.cf [INFO] this is not critical, but if you want to offer port 587 for smtp connections you have to enable this. [WARN] I found no "smtps" entry in your postfix master.cf [INFO] this is not critical, but if you want to offer SSL for smtp (not TLS) connections you have to enable this. ##### RUNNING SERVER PROCESSES ##### [INFO] I found the following web server(s): Apache 2 (PID 1375) [INFO] I found the following mail server(s): Postfix (PID 1347) [INFO] I found the following pop3 server(s): Dovecot (PID 927) [INFO] I found the following imap server(s): Dovecot (PID 927) [INFO] I found the following ftp server(s): PureFTP (PID 1609) ##### LISTENING PORTS ##### (only () Local (Address) [anywhere]:993 (927/dovecot) [anywhere]:10050 (786/zabbix_agentd) [anywhere]:995 (927/dovecot) [localhost]:10023 (1385/postgrey) [localhost]:10024 (1631/amavisd-new) [localhost]:10025 (1347/master) [localhost]:10026 (1631/amavisd-new) [localhost]:10027 (1347/master) [localhost]:11211 (916/memcached) [anywhere]:110 (927/dovecot) [anywhere]:143 (927/dovecot) [anywhere]:21 (1609/pure-ftpd) ***.***.***.***:53 (812/named) [localhost]:53 (812/named) ***.***.***.***:53 (654/systemd-resolve) [anywhere]:22 (1099/sshd) [anywhere]:25 (1347/master) [localhost]:953 (812/named) [anywhere]:1883 (1037/mosquitto) *:*:*:*::*:993 (927/dovecot) [localhost]0050 (786/zabbix_agentd) *:*:*:*::*:995 (927/dovecot) *:*:*:*::*:10023 (1385/postgrey) *:*:*:*::*:10024 (1631/amavisd-new) *:*:*:*::*:10026 (1631/amavisd-new) *:*:*:*::*:3306 (1260/mysqld) [localhost]10 (927/dovecot) [localhost]43 (927/dovecot) *:*:*:*::*:8080 (1375/apache2) *:*:*:*::*:80 (1375/apache2) *:*:*:*::*:8081 (1375/apache2) *:*:*:*::*:21 (1609/pure-ftpd) *:*:*:*::*:53 (812/named) *:*:*:*::*:22 (1099/sshd) *:*:*:*::*:25 (1347/master) *:*:*:*::*:953 (812/named) *:*:*:*::*:443 (1375/apache2) [localhost]883 (1037/mosquitto) ##### IPTABLES ##### Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination f2b-sshd tcp -- [anywhere]/0 [anywhere]/0 multiport dports 22 Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain f2b-sshd (1 references) target prot opt source destination REJECT all -- ***.***.***.*** [anywhere]/0 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT all -- ***.***.***.*** [anywhere]/0 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT all -- ***.***.***.*** [anywhere]/0 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT all -- ***.***.***.*** [anywhere]/0 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT all -- ***.***.***.*** [anywhere]/0 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable RETURN all -- [anywhere]/0 [anywhere]/0 If I am about to install ISPConfig in a cloud VPS with a static public IP address, what would be the required FQDN entries? I have entered the domain name abc.xyz.com which is returned while pinging provided public IP address.
ISPConfig is installed and running, you can see it in this line: *:*:*:*::*:8080 (1375/apache2) If you can't connect to it, then you either have a router or firewall on or in front of the server that blocks port 8080 or you are using a wrong IP or hostname. Try using the IP of the server to connect to it like: https://192.168.0.1:8080 The FQDN must exist in DNS and point to the IP address of that server with a DNS A-Record.
I am using the same method to access the installed ISPConfig. https://IPADDRESS:8080 So If I want to make it accessible from IP Address only, I don't have to enter any FQDN during installation right?
No, an FQDN is always required. You can access the panel without a real fqdn, but other parts of the setup like the mail system won't work without it.
Thank you for the support will proceed with reinstalling a VM and start again the procedure carefully. Thanks Again
