"localhost" works for web page, but not 127.0.0.1

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Joel

I've got 2 win2k3 servers both running apache tomcat web server. I can't
figure out if this is a dns issue or not.

I have a problem with one of the servers. When I type in
"localhost/webpage" in the url box of IE I get the correct home web page.
If I try any other of the following, I only get a blank page:

127.0.0.1/webpage
servername/webpage
serveripaddress/webpage

Any ideas? Thanks, Joel
 
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Joel said:
I've got 2 win2k3 servers both running apache tomcat web server. I
can't figure out if this is a dns issue or not.

I have a problem with one of the servers. When I type in
"localhost/webpage" in the url box of IE I get the correct home web
page. If I try any other of the following, I only get a blank page:

127.0.0.1/webpage
servername/webpage
serveripaddress/webpage

Any ideas? Thanks, Joel
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It depends on the hostheaders, if using them, or if you are using IPs
instead of "all unassigned" (which I'm not sure how APache handles that).
Can you elaborate on the site's configuration?

This is more of a webserver config question, and not necessarily DNS, since
the examples you stated are not necessarily DNS related. Now if you stated:
http://servername.domain.com/webpage, then that would be a DNS lookup. Using
just 'servername', the system will try to resolve it by suffixing the search
suffix, that is if the machine name itself is not that name or that if not
in DNS, it will broadcast out for it. Once again, not sure how Apache
handles that sort of thing. I know IIS does it that way. 127.0.0.1 may need
to be allowed in Apache, along with the other names.

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J> I can't figure out if this is a dns issue or not.

I can:

J> http://127.0.0.1/webpage

It isn't.

J> Any ideas?

Read the manual for your HTTP server software to find out how to
configure its virtual hosting mechanism.
 
Ace,

Thanks for your reply--it is helpful and helped define what actually belongs
in the realm of dns. I believe I am all set now.


"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
 
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Joel said:
Ace,

Thanks for your reply--it is helpful and helped define what actually
belongs in the realm of dns. I believe I am all set now.
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Good to hear!


Ace
 
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