Hostname ends up in defaultwebpage.cgi

Martin Werner

• December 04, 2015 13:55

Hi! I am trying to connect to a website that I have set up in my WHM. Since I want to be able to test websites with their real domain in the future and not just

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  cPanelMichael

  • December 04, 2015 18:58

  Hello :) Did you configure the correct IP address for the domain name in the hosts file on your computer? It should match the IP address the domain name is assigned in Web Host Manager. Thank you.

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  Martin Werner

  • December 04, 2015 19:00

  Yes, it's pointing towards the correct IP address. Thanks for replying so rapidly! :)

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  cPanelMichael

  • December 04, 2015 19:10

  Is it possible you have not setup the entry in the hosts file for the "www" prefix to the domain name and the script is redirecting you to that subdomain automatically? Thank you.

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  Martin Werner

  • December 04, 2015 19:12

  It is true that I have only setup the entry without a "www-prefix" but it is redirecting me here(the domain name is is replaced);

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  cPanelMichael

  • December 04, 2015 19:35

  Try loading a single HTML page (e.g. test.html) instead of the script you have uploaded to see if that makes a difference. You can also try rebuilding the Apache configuration file:
  /scripts/rebuildhttpdconf
  Thank you.

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  Martin Werner

  • December 04, 2015 19:43

  I tried to create a test.html file, it gave a 404 error. When I tried with

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  Martin Werner

  • December 05, 2015 15:20

  Okey I found the problem! It appears that apache was bound to my external ip rather than my internal. I had: When I changed to my internal IP, it started working!

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  cPanelMichael

  • December 07, 2015 13:22

  I am happy to see you were able to address the issue. Please make note of the 1:1 NAT feature documented at: 1:1 NAT - Documentation - cPanel Documentation Thank you.

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