Apache2 - local host works; external route error

Rails
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Hi -

I have a RoR installation on debian sarge, serving with Apache2. On the
same machine I also have a phpmyadmin serving. I made a entry in the
/etc/apache2/sites-available/ and did a2ensite .
Also, I edited /etc/hosts to add to the localhost line at the
end, as per directions I found in the Rails Wiki.

These are the symptoms:

From localhost I can get to a controller page with

w3m http:///

and I see the scaffolded data come up. From the external ip I can do

http:////

and I get the welcome to RoR welcome page. So the virtual host setup
seems to work in the

/etc/apache2/sites-available/

file. However, if I try

http:////

I get a route error. Even though this works for localhost with w3m
http://// from the command line.

I have an Alias directive in the virtual host file that reads:

Alias / /var/www/rails//public

without that alias, I wasn’t getting the RoR welcome page from external
before.

The phpmyadmin was also broken after adding my rails virtual host entry
until I added an alias in /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf:

Alias /phpmyadmin /var/www/phpmyadmin

How do I get the pages that are serving from my rails app to localhost
to appear on port 80 from external requests? Anyone else with similar
problems?

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Am Dienstag, den 13.12.2005, 07:24 +0100 schrieb Michae;:

How do I get the pages that are serving from my rails app to localhost
to appear on port 80 from external requests? Anyone else with similar
problems?

You have to specify the host entry for the IP of your server on every
computer you want to access the rails application or point a DNS entry
to your server.

The aliases you defined are for the default Apache VHost. This is why
you get the welcome page or PHPMyAdmin under http:///.

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Norman T. wrote:

Am Dienstag, den 13.12.2005, 07:24 +0100 schrieb Michae;:

How do I get the pages that are serving from my rails app to localhost
to appear on port 80 from external requests? Anyone else with similar
problems?

You have to specify the host entry for the IP of your server on every
computer you want to access the rails application or point a DNS entry
to your server.

The aliases you defined are for the default Apache VHost. This is why
you get the welcome page or PHPMyAdmin under http:///.

But, if this was the case, would i be able to reach the
public/index.html page from outside? I can do this, but get a routing
error if I try to get to the railsapp.

Thanks for the help . . .