simple apache server confirmation

[Jason Miñoza]

guys/gals,

having problem confirming apache web server is running...
was trying to check it via http://localhost but i always get the ISP's page instead of apache local page...
i have the httpd.conf as follows:
Servername localhost
Listen :80

jason

[harry d brown jr]

What kind of server are you running apache on, and when you say ISP, do you mean your internet providers home page, or an Apache page?

[Jason Miñoza]

ISP's page...Internet Service Providers page
its running alright via servername..
my problems is via http://localhost...
i already have /etc/hosts localhost....and no proxy on "localhost"...
but i still get Meridians(ISP) page instead my local apache test page whenever i hit localhost....

[Bernd Reize]

In my eyes i doesn't look like an Apache problem, but like a network problem:
if your apache doesn't run, you would simply get NO page under http://localhost, but if you get a completly different (from your ISP) page, it looks more like a wrong localhost setting.

Your can verify it via 'ping localhost' to see if it is really 127.0.0.1, or the other way, try http://127.0.0.1

To verify if apache is running try
'ps -ef | grep httpd' to see if there are any apache processes and 'netstat' to see if there is anyone listening on port 80.

[Bill Thorsteinson]

/etc/hosts is usually set up at the last place to look for
ip addresses. Check /etc/resolve to see what DNS
may be appending to localhost. If you have domain
or search defined these will be added to localhost
and a lookup attempted. Note: localhost.com resolves
to 63.231.68.113. Partial entries may be attempted.

Assuming your domain is mydomain.com try
nslookup localhost.mycomain.com
nslookup localhost.com
nslookup localhost

The first and last should both return 127.0.0.1. Your
DNS entries should include an entry for
localhost.mydomain.com.

Try using http://127.0.0.1, http://localhost., or
http://myserver.mydomain.com to see if your sever is up.
If you have the server-status page enabled you can
determine the status from
http://127.0.0.1/server-status
This gives status info on all processes.

[Jason Miñoza]

looks like a DNS problem!
i can see the apache test page via its local ip address....this confirms apache is running..
PROBLEM! whenever i hit "localhost", check server name prompts. seems like its always accessing the DNS of our ISP.
could find any /etc/resolve file....
how do i check DNS properties?

[linuxfan]

Hi Jason,

Look at your /etc/nsswitch.conf, it may be pointing to your DNS first, change it to look at files and then DNS

-HTH
Ramesh