PHP version...

I guess I don't have a choice. I will either have to install PHP manually or use another Linux distribution. Without PHP4, I cannot get PHPBB2, nor osCommerce to run.

Can you offer any recommendations on installing PHP4 manually? Last time I used the installation instructions from PHP.net and it did not go so well. This is why I had to reinstall my Fedora server. Would it be better to install Apache seperately, then install PHP4 afterwards?

 

This is how you compile PHP4 (in this case it's 4.3.9) with Apache 1.3:

Code:

tar xvfz php-4.3.9.tar.gz
cd php-4.3.9
./configure --with-apxs=/path/to/apxs --enable-track-vars --enable-sockets --with-config-file-path=/path/to/php.ini --enable-ftp  --with-mysql=/usr 
make
make install

Before running configure, you can find out about all configuration options with

Code:

./configure --help

The /path/to/apxs is important, that integrates PHP into your Apache. For Apache2 it's --with-apxs2=/path/to/apxs2 (I think but I'm not quite sure right now...).

After you've compiled PHP you have to restart Apache.

 

Okay. I plan to install Apache2 first, then I will move to the php.net installation instructions which are relevant to Apache2. Only thing, I will have to change the apxs2 path.

I think I can handle this. At least this will be the first and ONLY Apache install on my system until I install ISPConfig.

Thanks for posting the example...

 

It looks like PHP4 installed okay by using:

Code:

./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs --enable-track-vars --enable-sockets --with-config-file-path=/etc/php.ini --enable-ftp  --with-mysql

make

make install

After installing, then restarting httpd I tried to search for my php.ini file and could not locate it. Notice above that I used "--with-config-file-path=/etc/php.ini". I couldn't find it in that location either.

I ran updatedb and searched and it only found one instance of php.ini which is in the PHP-4.4.0 directory which is was was uncompressed from the .gz file.

Any idea what happened? Should I ignore it or did I miss something that you can think of?

 

BTW, for others reading this thread, I had to install http-devel to get aspx2 before configuring the PHP4 install:

Code:

yum install httpd-devel

 

I entered a test .php file to my html directory and opened it in the browser and it seems o be working okay.
Here is the code for the test file test.php:

Code:

<?php

echo phpinfo();

?> 

The results:

Code:

PHP Version 4.4.0

[B]System[/B] 	                       Linux server1.strec.com 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 #1 Thu Jun 2 22:55:56 EDT 2005 i686
[B]Build Date[/B] 	               Oct 22 2005 12:25:30
[B]Configure Command[/B] 	'./configure' '--with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs' '--enable-track-vars' '--enable-sockets' '--with-config-file-path=/etc/php.ini' '--enable-ftp' '--with-mysql'
[B]Server API[/B] 	               Apache 2.0 Handler
[B]Virtual Directory Support[/B] 	disabled
[B]Configuration File (php.ini) Path[/B] 	/etc/php.ini
[B]PHP API[/B] 	                      20020918
[B]PHP Extension[/B] 	           20020429
[B]Zend Extension[/B] 	            20050606
[B]Debug Build[/B] 	              no
[B]Zend Memory Manager[/B]    enabled
[B]Thread Safety[/B] 	             disabled
[B]Registered PHP Streams[/B] 	php, http, ftp

I still don't know why I cannot find the php.ini or php.conf file???

 

Copy that php.ini to /etc and customize it to your needs. php.ini isn't copied automatically to the location you specified using ./configure, it just tells PHP where to look for a php.ini. If it doesn't find one there then PHP uses default values.

 

That was easy enough. Thanks!

I have everything installed now including ISPConfig. Problem is, when I try to access www.mydomain1.com it doesn't open the site. Actually, it doesn't do anything at all; it just stays on the current page I am at--my browser home page. This is what was happening before I had to reinstall???

I can access www.mydomain1.com:81 to get to the ISPConfig panel, phpmyadmin, etc, but I cannot reach the website home page from www.mydomain1.com.

It does the same when I enter the public IP--it doesn't go anywhere even if I enter http://mywanIP:80

I did do a traceroute and it does arrive to my public WAN IP so it looks like the problem is here locally. It must be something in the main Apache install but can't figure out what???

 

Yes, 192.168.2.50, which is the private IP of my Fedora server.

Port 80 is forwarded to 192.168.2.50, yes. When I try to access 192.168.2.50, the Routers WAN IP, www.mydomain1.com, or any other mix on port 80, nothing happens--it doesn't even try to load a page. When I try from another computer on my network, I get "The page cannot be displayed" message. I presume it is the same trying to access from outside my network.

Yes, I have a WXP client. I tried it and I still get page not found...

On my Fedora server (where ISPConfig is installed), under network configuration, what should be in my hosts file: 127.0.0.1, or 192.168.2.50? Should I do something similar that you explained for the WXP client?

 

"Reply from 192.168.2.50"

It is entered as:

Code:

Include /etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/Vhosts_ispconfig.conf

And here is the content for this file:

Code:

###################################
#
# ISPConfig vHost Configuration File
#         Version 1.0
#
###################################
#
NameVirtualHost 192.168.2.50:80
#
#
######################################
# Vhost: www.mydomain1.com:80
######################################
#
#
<VirtualHost 192.168.2.50:80>
ServerName www.mydomain1.com:80
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /home/www/web1/web
ServerAlias mydomain1.com
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php index.php5 index.php4 index.php3 index.shtml index.cgi index.pl index.jsp Default.htm default.htm
ScriptAlias  /cgi-bin/ /home/www/web1/cgi-bin/
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
AddHandler cgi-script .pl
ErrorLog /home/www/web1/log/error.log
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .php4 .php5
<Files *.php>
    SetOutputFilter PHP
    SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>
<Files *.php3>
    SetOutputFilter PHP
    SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>
<Files *.php4>
    SetOutputFilter PHP
    SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>
<Files *.php5>
    SetOutputFilter PHP
    SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>
php_admin_flag safe_mode On
php_admin_value open_basedir /home/www/web1/
php_admin_value file_uploads 1
php_admin_value upload_tmp_dir /home/www/web1/phptmp/
php_admin_value session.save_path /home/www/web1/phptmp/
AddType text/html .shtml
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
Alias /error/ "/home/www/web1/web/error/"
ErrorDocument 400 /error/invalidSyntax.html
ErrorDocument 401 /error/authorizationRequired.html
ErrorDocument 403 /error/forbidden.html
ErrorDocument 404 /error/fileNotFound.html
ErrorDocument 405 /error/methodNotAllowed.html
ErrorDocument 500 /error/internalServerError.html
ErrorDocument 503 /error/overloaded.html
AliasMatch ^/~([^/]+)(/(.*))? /home/www/web1/user/$1/web/$3
AliasMatch ^/users/([^/]+)(/(.*))? /home/www/web1/user/$1/web/$3
</VirtualHost>
#
#
#
######################################
# Vhost: www.mydomain2.com:80
######################################
#
#
<VirtualHost 192.168.2.50:80>
ServerName www.mydomain2.com:80
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /home/www/web2/web
ServerAlias mydomain2.com
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php index.php5 index.php4 index.php3 index.shtml index.cgi index.pl index.jsp Default.htm default.htm
ScriptAlias  /cgi-bin/ /home/www/web2/cgi-bin/
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
AddHandler cgi-script .pl
ErrorLog /home/www/web2/log/error.log
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .php4 .php5
<Files *.php>
    SetOutputFilter PHP
    SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>
<Files *.php3>
    SetOutputFilter PHP
    SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>
<Files *.php4>
    SetOutputFilter PHP
    SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>
<Files *.php5>
    SetOutputFilter PHP
    SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>
php_admin_flag safe_mode On
php_admin_value open_basedir /home/www/web2/
php_admin_value file_uploads 1
php_admin_value upload_tmp_dir /home/www/web2/phptmp/
php_admin_value session.save_path /home/www/web2/phptmp/
Alias /error/ "/home/www/web2/web/error/"
ErrorDocument 400 /error/invalidSyntax.html
ErrorDocument 401 /error/authorizationRequired.html
ErrorDocument 403 /error/forbidden.html
ErrorDocument 404 /error/fileNotFound.html
ErrorDocument 405 /error/methodNotAllowed.html
ErrorDocument 500 /error/internalServerError.html
ErrorDocument 503 /error/overloaded.html
AliasMatch ^/~([^/]+)(/(.*))? /home/www/web2/user/$1/web/$3
AliasMatch ^/users/([^/]+)(/(.*))? /home/www/web2/user/$1/web/$3
</VirtualHost>
#
#
#

BTW, I have replaced my actual domains with mydomain1 and mydomain2 for privacy. I can provide this info should you need it though.

 

I ran a ping and traceroute for www.mydomain1.com from my Fedora server to see if it would return 192.168.2.50 like the WXP client did. Well, it did not. It returned my WAN (public) IP. This tells me that it is not routing to my private IP 192.168.2.50. Is this assumption correct?

 

That's funny. Falko said the same thing just before I reinstalled my server.

I just don't understand...this system worked perfectly before. Everything was functional until I tried installing PHPBB2 and osCommerce on one of my sites. Neither application would accept the main Apache's PHP5. This is when I attempted to downgrade to PHP4 and when this problem began. I reinstalled and started from scratch, but the only thing I did different was in "Fedora-The Perfect Setup" instructions, I didn't install PHP5 as directed, rather I installed PHP4. That is it though, I don't understand why it doesn't work. The vhosts seem correct, dns, routing, etc... I am lost too and am unsure where to go with this.

If PHPBB2 and osCommerce were compatable with PHP5, I wouldn't have a problem. They have mods for this, but they still didn't help. I think this system is cursed...

 

Just to update, I have been pulling my hair out trying to figure this problem out. It must have something to do with the PHP4 installation on my main Apache since the PHP5 setup with "The Perfect Setup" worked fine last time. With this in mind, does it clue you in to any possibilities?

 

But Apache is running? Do you see it when you run

Code:

netstat -tap

? Can you also post the output of

Code:

iptables -L

?
Anything in the Apache error logs?

 

It appears to be:

Code:

Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address               Foreign Address             Stat                                              e       PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 *:imaps                     *:*                         LIST                                              EN      2004/xinetd
tcp        0      0 *:32769                     *:*                         LIST                                              EN      1619/rpc.statd
tcp        0      0 *:pop3s                     *:*                         LIST                                              EN      2004/xinetd
tcp        0      0 server1.strec.com:32775     *:*                         LIST                                              EN      2699/nautilus
tcp        0      0 *:mysql                     *:*                         LIST                                              EN      2095/mysqld
tcp        0      0 *:netbios-ssn               *:*                         LIST                                              EN      31168/smbd
tcp        0      0 *:pop3                      *:*                         LIST                                              EN      2004/xinetd
tcp        0      0 *:imap                      *:*                         LIST                                              EN      2004/xinetd
tcp        0      0 *:sunrpc                    *:*                         LIST                                              EN      1601/portmap
tcp        0      0 *:81                        *:*                         LIST                                              EN      27551/ispconfig_htt
tcp        0      0 *:ftp                       *:*                         LIST                                              EN      28757/proftpd: (acc
tcp        0      0 server1.strec.com:ipp       *:*                         LIST                                              EN      15612/cupsd
tcp        0      0 server1.strec.com:5335      *:*                         LIST                                              EN      1899/mDNSResponder
tcp        0      0 *:smtp                      *:*                         LIST                                              EN      28725/master
tcp        0      0 *:microsoft-ds              *:*                         LIST                                              EN      31168/smbd
tcp        0      0 localhost:netbios-ssn       localhost:4024              ESTA                                              BLISHED 5199/smbd
tcp        0      0 server1.strec.com:42157     server1.strec.com:5335      ESTA                                              BLISHED 2699/nautilus
tcp        0      0 server1.strec.com:5335      server1.strec.com:42157     ESTA                                              BLISHED 1899/mDNSResponder
tcp        0      0 *:http                      *:*                         LIST                                              EN      24070/httpd
ESTA                                              BLISHED 7337/2

Code:

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain RH-Firewall-1-INPUT (0 references)
target     prot opt source               destination
ACCEPT     all  --  anywhere             anywhere
ACCEPT     icmp --  anywhere             anywhere            icmp any
ACCEPT     ipv6-crypt--  anywhere             anywhere
ACCEPT     ipv6-auth--  anywhere             anywhere
ACCEPT     udp  --  anywhere             224.0.0.251         udp dpt:5353
ACCEPT     udp  --  anywhere             anywhere            udp dpt:ipp
ACCEPT     all  --  anywhere             anywhere            state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            state NEW tcp dpt:ssh
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            state NEW tcp dpt:http
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            state NEW tcp dpt:ftp
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            state NEW tcp dpt:smtp
REJECT     all  --  anywhere             anywhere            reject-with icmp-host-prohibited

I looked through the logs and didn't see much rel. info. I will look again and see if something has popped up...thanks!

 

Here is something I found in the httpd error log that seems to generate during an httpd restart:

Code:

[Sun Oct 23 20:50:31 2005] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Sun Oct 23 20:50:32 2005] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)
[Sun Oct 23 20:50:33 2005] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Sun Oct 23 20:50:33 2005] [notice] Digest: done
[Sun Oct 23 20:50:33 2005] [notice] LDAP: Built with OpenLDAP LDAP SDK
[Sun Oct 23 20:50:33 2005] [notice] LDAP: SSL support unavailable
[Sun Oct 23 20:50:33 2005] [notice] mod_python: Creating 4 session mutexes based on 256 max processes and 0 max threads.
[Sun Oct 23 20:50:34 2005] [notice] Apache/2.0.54 (Fedora) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sun Oct 23 20:51:23 2005] [notice] child pid 24092 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Sun Oct 23 20:52:12 2005] [notice] child pid 24093 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Sun Oct 23 20:52:41 2005] [notice] child pid 24094 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Sun Oct 23 20:52:44 2005] [notice] child pid 24095 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Sun Oct 23 20:53:12 2005] [notice] child pid 24099 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Sun Oct 23 21:12:17 2005] [notice] child pid 24100 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Sun Oct 23 21:14:05 2005] [notice] child pid 24096 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Sun Oct 23 21:40:06 2005] [notice] child pid 24098 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Sun Oct 23 21:47:34 2005] [notice] child pid 24911 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Sun Oct 23 22:11:49 2005] [notice] child pid 24473 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Sun Oct 23 22:22:31 2005] [notice] child pid 24486 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Sun Oct 23 23:09:23 2005] [notice] child pid 24949 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Sun Oct 23 23:20:39 2005] [notice] child pid 26439 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Mon Oct 24 00:40:44 2005] [notice] child pid 25790 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Mon Oct 24 00:40:44 2005] [notice] child pid 25939 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Mon Oct 24 00:40:44 2005] [notice] child pid 26654 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Mon Oct 24 00:40:44 2005] [notice] child pid 27621 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)

In the ispconfig_access_log (in /etc/httpd/logs/) I found only one entry:

Code:

www.mydomain1.com||||309||||67.141.155.36 - - [23/Oct/2005:18:06:11 -0400] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 400 309 "-" "-"

Any other logs to look at?

 

Hm, your firewall seems to be ok, but your Apache is dying for some reason, and it's hard to find out why without having a look at the machine...

Is it necessary that you stick to Fedora? If not I'd suggest you try the Debian setup ( http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_debian_sarge ), it comes with PHP4 (btw, there are also PHP5 packages available for Debian).