Setting up apache web server behind a router

[Steve Reilly]

Marco Segreto wrote:
> I have Ubuntu 8.10 server set up on my network which is connect to the 
> internet through a linksys router. I wanted to be able to access 
> websites on my server but need to go through a port besides 80 because 
> the router blocks this port. I've enabled port forewarding on port 8080 
> on my router and have set up a static IP for my linux machine. When I 
> try and connect to my server with myserver.net:8080 it still times out. 
> I'm pretty sure I set up everything correctly though.  Here's my 
> ports.conf file in the apache2 folder:
> 
>    NameVirtualHost *:80
>    Listen 80
>    Listen 8080
> 
> <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
>    #
>    #
>    Listen 443
> </IfModule>
> 
> I tried switching to VirtualHost *:8080 as well as changing it in the 
> default file in the sites-available folder but it didn't work either. 
> I've done this before on my Hardy system and I had no NameVirtualHost 
> option so I'm not really sure why it's there now.
> 

does your /etc/apache2/sites-available/default   look like this?

NamevirtualHost *:80
        <VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName mysite.com
        ServerAlias mysite.com
        ServerAdmin sfreilly at roadrunner.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/serendipity
        CustomLog /var/log/apache2/mysite-access.log common
        </VirtualHost>

but with the port changed to 8080?  and have you restarted apache for
changes to take effect.


steve