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How to enable loopback connections over HTTP

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#1 Wed, 07/22/2015 - 01:30

fuggi

How to enable loopback connections over HTTP

Hello, I've to enable loopback connections over HTTP for a specific website (virtual server), because I would like to use the CMS KOKEN (koken.me). May I add the following section to my Apache configuration:

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
DocumentRoot /home/[username]/public_html
ServerName www.mydomain.com
ServerAlias mydomain.com
ServerAdmin webmaster@mydomain.com                                                                           
ErrorLog /var/log/virtualmin/mydomain/error_log
CustomLog /var/log/virtualmin/mydomain/access_log combined
</VirtualHost>

Would this confuse Virtualmin? Or is there an option in Virtualmin to enable loopback connections over HTTP for virtual servers?

Thank you very much in advance!

Best regards, fuggi

#2 Wed, 07/22/2015 - 02:04

tpnsolutions

Hi,

You may modify the Apache config however you'd like. Virtualmin won't mess with most modifications so you should be fine.

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#3 Wed, 07/22/2015 - 03:06 (Reply to #2)

fuggi

Hi Peter,
I thought so. However, what about my second question? Is there an option in Virtualmin to enable such functionality directly?

Best regards,
fuggi

#4 Wed, 07/22/2015 - 03:46

fuggi

For some reason, my solution mentioned above does not work. After adding that part to /etc/apache2/sites-available/[mydomain].conf, loopback connections over HTTP are still not possible. Any ideas?

Thanks a lot in advance!

PS: Of course, the /etc/hosts file does contain the lines 127.0.0.1 localhost and [PublicIP] [ServerName]. However, [ServerName] is different from [mydomain].

#5 Wed, 07/22/2015 - 03:54 (Reply to #4)

fuggi

Solved: My .htaccess directory protection blocked the connection, of course. Stupid me.

#6 Thu, 07/23/2015 - 12:29

tpnsolutions

Hi,

It looks like in your original sample code, you didn't specify "port".

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>

Should be:

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80>

*** you can change "80" to different non-standard port as desired. ***

Best Regards,
Peter Knowles
TPN Solutions

Email: pknowles@tpnsolutions.com
Phone: 604-782-9342
Skype: tpnsupport
Website: http://www.tpnsolutions.com

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