Unable to browse to ispconfig admin

Hi, I'm very new to Linux and web server administration so apologies if this is a simple fault.

I'm trying to set up an internal web server on our University network. I've installed OpenSuse 10.2 according to the 'Perfect Setup' tutorial and I've installed ISPConfig. Everything seems to have gone well with the exception that when I try to browse to the server to enter the ispconfig interface I just get page not found or timed out (depending on whether I have proxy on or off)

I have chosen the ssl option during set up so I'm trying to access the given address https://172.16.169.10:81 (sorry networks won't give me an external address)

The networks team have suggested that it is a firewall issue but when I check this out via yast it says firewall is disabled so I'm assuming it is an ispconfig firewall setting, but how do I fix this if I can't get to the admin interface?

A hundred thanks to anyone who can help.

 

sorry for delay had to type this up.

results of netstat

Active internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local address Foreign address State PID/Program name
tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 3916/mysqld
tcp 0 0 *.sunrpc *.* LISTEN 3396/portmap
tcp 0 0 localhost:novell-zen *.* LISTEN 3618/zmd
tcp 0 0 OpenSuse1.hope.a:domain *.* LISTEN 3908/named
tcp 0 0 localhost:domain *.* LISTEN 3908/named
tcp 0 0 localhost:ipp *.* LISTEN 3856/cupsd
tcp 0 0 *:smtp *.* LISTEN 4223/master
tcp 0 0 localhost:953 *.* LISTEN 3908/named
tcp 0 0 localhost:732 *.* LISTEN 3948/famd
tcp 0 0 *:imaps *.* LISTEN 3659/couriertcpd
tcp 0 0 *op3s *.* LISTEN 3642/couriertcpd
tcp 0 0 *op3 *.* LISTEN 3646/couriertcpd
tcp 0 0 *:imap *.* LISTEN 3655/couriertcpd
tcp 0 0 *:www-http *.* LISTEN 4286/httpd2-prefork
tcp 0 0 *:domain *.* LISTEN 3908/named
tcp 0 0 *:ssh *.* LISTEN 3691/sshd
tcp 0 0 localhost:ipp *.* LISTEN 3856/cupsd
tcp 0 0 *:smtp *.* LISTEN 4223/master
tcp 0 0 localhost:953 *.* LISTEN 3908/named
tcp 0 0 *:https *.* LISTEN 4286/httpd2-prefork

results of iptables
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

thanks for responding

 

Thanks Till, particulary for the putty advice

The ispconfig system wasn't running, however, I'm now getting another issue. When I try to browse to the admin page now in Firefox I get the following messsage ' Could not establish an encrypted connection because certificate presented by 172.16.169.10 has an invalid signature'. In IE I still get the usual Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage.

The network team have suggested that this is because the certificate was created for OpenSuse1.hope.ac.uk (on their advice) but as we don't have an internal DNS Server (!!!) that address will never be resolved so I need to now create a certificate for 172.16.169.10.

Does this sound correct and how can I do this without being able to access the ispconfig interface?

Thanks again for your help

 

Thanks Till,
That worked great, success at last