want my welcome page as default page

[Guest]

Hi All,


when I type http://ip_address:8080/ it redirect to http://ip_address:8080/apache-default so to stop that redirection I comment the line #RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/ in /etc/apache2/sites-available/default.

Now http://ip_address:8080/ is showing the files in /var/www directory

I have few queries to ask

1. How to do that if I type http://ip_address:8080/ I want one welcomepage.html to come up , so how to do that.
2. I don’t want 8080 to type all the times so what to do in that case

Thanks & Regards
Gauri Agrawal

[Jeroen]

1. Configure 'DirectoryIndex' (default something like index.html index.htm, in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf), you probably want to add welcomepage.html there -- alternatively, rename welcomepage.html to 'index.html' and be done with it.

2. Configure apache to listen on port 80 (the default) instead of 8080. Probably see /etc/apache2/port.conf or so. If you've got something else running on port 80 already, uninstall that.

[Guest]

1. but i dont have inde.html file though it is mentioned in httpd.conf under 'DirectoryIndex' so how sud i replace the file.

2. Configure apache to listen on port 80 (the default) instead of 8080. Probably see /etc/apache2/port.conf or so. If you've got something else running on port 80 already, uninstall that.[/quote]

for that i changed port 8080 to 80 in httpd.conf but still it didn't work. also the content of my port.conf file is

Listen 80

Regards
Gauri

[Jeroen]

... that config file indicates what filename apache will *look* for. So rename your welcomepage (or copy it, whatever) to index.html -- if it exists, it'll be used, otherwise, you get a apache-generated index.

And did you restart apache2 after changing the config?

[geoffb]

Keep in mind that some ISPs do not allow servers to run on port 80. Check with your service provider.

[Jeroen]

Keep in mind that some ISPs do not allow servers to run on port 80. Check with your service provider.

Indeed, but locally (on the same computer) it should work. An ISP can only make it not work for connection from the outside to your computer.

[geoffb]

Keep in mind that some ISPs do not allow servers to run on port 80. Check with your service provider.

Indeed, but locally (on the same computer) it should work. An ISP can only make it not work for connection from the outside to your computer.

I assumed that since he replaced the IP address he was using with "ip_address" that he didn't want to show his external IP address (since most people are quite comfortable with putting localhost, 127.0.0.1, or a local subnet address [i.e. 192.168.0.101]).

But yes, you're absolutely right.