Trying to Host Server for External Access - Apache, VirtualBox & Portforwarding
- by Tspoon
Banging my head on the wall at this stage.... trying to host my Apache site on Ubuntu 12.10 with VirtualBox. Running Windows 8 host.
Things I've done:
Ensured Apache is listening on ports 80, 443 and 8080 (for thoroughness)
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:443 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 3355/httpd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8080 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 3355/httpd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 3355/httpd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 681/sshd
VM is using bridged network connection
Assigned a static IP to my Ubuntu VM, which can be accessed fine from within network.
Forwarded TCP ports 80, 8080, 443 on the static IP of VM on my router
Given my VM a static NAT Address
Turned off Ubuntu firewall and router firewall
Read on forums that my ISP (Eircom) allow port 80 to be used
And I still can't access my site using the WAN/External IP (checked internally and using CanYouSeeMe.org). It says all the ports I mentioned are closed.
I'm really at a loss of what to try next... Am I missing something silly here?
Note: I haven't assigned a static IP address within the router, on within the VM. And DHCP server is enabled. Is that bad?
