redirect port 80 to 8080 problem apache

[errorman]

Hello everyone,

I am using apache on backtrack.
Everything worked fine, but when i want to redirect port 80 to 8080,
I could not connect to my apache server anymore.
I tried myipaddress:8080/index.html --> The requested URL /index.html was not found on this server.
I also portforwarded port 8080.
Here are the steps I took :

/etc/apache2/ports.conf --> I changed the listen port to 8080 and also the Virtualhost to that port.

# If you just change the port or add more ports here, you will likely also
# have to change the VirtualHost statement in
# /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default

NameVirtualHost *:80
Listen 80

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
    # SSL name based virtual hosts are not yet supported, therefore no
    # NameVirtualHost statement here
    Listen 443
</IfModule> 

After that I changed also the VirtualHost statement in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000
to port 8080.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    
    DocumentRoot /var/www/
    <Directory />
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
    </Directory>
    <Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>

    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
    <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
        AllowOverride None
        Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

    # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
    # alert, emerg.
    LogLevel warn

    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined

    Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
    <Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
        Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
        Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost> 

[espreto]

Will need to add a virtualhost for instance:

<VirtualHost *:8080>
DocumentRoot /var/www
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Then edit ports.conf.

NameVirtualHost *:8080
Listen 8080

Save, restart apache and see if it works!
Take a look at:

Documentation: Apache HTTP Server - The Apache HTTP Server Project

Remember, make the appropriate changes to your case.

Regards,

[thorin]

Uh errorman all the config you posted says port 80.... Did you do the forwarding at your router/FW? Is Apache configured to listen on 8080 aside from the config details in your OP?

If your router/FW is doing the port forwarding i.e.: taking request for port 80 and remapping them to 8080 there still has to be a service on 8080 to reply.....

[lupin]

You reloaded/restarted Apache after you changed those values to 8080 I assume? Did you do a netstat on your local BackTrack system to confirm that Apache was listening after the restart/reload, and did you do a ps to confirm that the Apache processes were running?