WAMP server name queries

[Gibbo]

Hello all

 

I've just retired our old VLE IIS webserver and replaced it with one running Apache

 

I've got our external domain name redirecting to the web server. But in the browser address bar it shows the server name rather than the www. domain, and it can't be accessed outside school.

 

I've changed the servername and serveralias entries in the httpd-vhosts.conf file as per this article

 

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/vhosts/examples.html

 

and added the address in the Windows hosts file but I think I'm still missing something. I know the answer is on the web but I just can't get my search wording right to find the right article!

 

TIA

[mavhc]

Firstly test if the port is open externally, can you telnet to the server, from outside, on port 80?

 

telnet School.com 80

 

If not, but you can internally, then either it's not listening on the right network socket, or the port isn't open, because a) the ip is wrong, b) the router isn't forwarding to the server, c) there's a firewall

[Gibbo]

All sorted, what an idiot I was!

 

Had a redirect on the index page going to http://servername/site/index.php rather than http://www.mywebsite.com/site/index.php