can’t browse WordPress on local host or local network / but outside is fine
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so as the title reads, I can’t browse the WordPress site using https://localhost on the Ubnutu server or anywhere on my local network LAN // but outside works fine, what should I look into ?
thanks!
- This topic was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by rompstar.
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Hello @rompstar,
It seems like your query is missing some important details that could help us in troubleshooting the issue. Could you provide a bit more information about the following?
- Server Configuration: Are you using Apache, Nginx, or any other web server on your Ubuntu setup? Any specific configuration details for virtual hosts or binding?
- Local Network Configuration: Can you access other services or websites hosted on your Ubuntu server from within the LAN? Is this WordPress site the only service facing the issue?
- DNS Setup: Are you relying on any DNS configurations to access your site? For example, are you using a domain name mapped to your localhost or server IP?
- Firewall Settings: Have you checked the firewall rules on your Ubuntu server or network that might block requests from the local network? Are you using UFW or iptables?
- Hosts File: Have you checked whether the
hosts
file on your server or client machines is correctly set up to handle local network access? - Is the issue only with
localhost
?: Can you try accessing the site using your server’s LAN IP, e.g.,https://192.168.0.0
, and see if it works that way?
I am using Apache on my own Ubnutu server… I can’t access on the localhost (the server) using http or https:// which is setup for localhost or 10.0.0.87.. but I just checked and I am able to access https or https://10.0.0.87 on my LAN computer (not the server) – just for whatever reason not on my server its self.. I have my real IP address setup not the one above and pointing DNS to it and I have port fordwarding setup for 80 and 443 at the ISP to the real IP / like I said the external works… when I am on my cell phone or at work…
My firewall is disabled…
my /etc/hosts is…
GNU nano 7.2 hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 raymond-PowerEdge-R310# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allroutershope this helps…
also here is my wp-config.php file / I recently restored from godaddy to my own server, so I am not quite sure what of these are old godaddy settings I don’t need anymore…
<?php
define( 'WP_CACHE', true ); // Boost Cache Plugin
// BEGIN iThemes Security - Do not modify or remove this line
// iThemes Security Config Details: 2
define( 'DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true ); // Disable File Editor - Security > Settings > WordPress Tweaks > File Editor
// END iThemes Security - Do not modify or remove this line
/**
?* The base configuration for WordPress
?*
?* The wp-config.php creation script uses this file during the
?* installation. You don't have to use the web site, you can
?* copy this file to "wp-config.php" and fill in the values.
?*
?* This file contains the following configurations:
?*
?* * MySQL settings
?* * Secret keys
?* * Database table prefix
?* * ABSPATH
?*
?* @link https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Editing_wp-config.php
?*
?* @package WordPress
?*/
define('WP_HOME','https://kodiakbrewing.com');
define('WP_SITEURL','https://kodiakbrewing.com');
// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');
/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'wordpress');
/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'secret');
/** MySQL hostname */
define( 'DB_HOST', 'localhost' );
/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
/** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */
define('DB_COLLATE', '');
/**#@+
?* Authentication Unique Keys and Salts.
?*
?* Change these to different unique phrases!
?* You can generate these using the {@link https://api.www.ads-software.com/secret-key/1.1/salt/ www.ads-software.com secret-key service}
?* You can change these at any point in time to invalidate all existing cookies. This will force all users to have to log in again.
?*
?* @since 2.6.0
?*/
define('AUTH_KEY', ? ? ? ? 'v4+*ImLS)K(-93M#@MEg');
define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY',? 'xqGRJ(x!RIX8JB/gdAhF');
define('LOGGED_IN_KEY',? ? '2BBZTYFCFH82!#K4HXXU');
define('NONCE_KEY',? ? ? ? '0F)Hz($Ij#JbQ$2SQHpa');
define('AUTH_SALT',? ? ? ? '-P4SVZAac(0G1hA%*a c');
define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'mmG&GMUZ_+)cf7d$s//2');
define('LOGGED_IN_SALT', ? 'nm%fQba&R2-q_rL-TTR@');
define('NONCE_SALT', ? ? ? 'ndT_/vmF1nGR=3/4(5pk');
/**#@-*/
/**
?* WordPress Database Table prefix.
?*
?* You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each
?* a unique prefix. Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!
?*/
$table_prefix? = 'wp_kn3f07md92_';
define('ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', true);?
/**
?* For developers: WordPress debugging mode.
?*
?* Change this to true to enable the display of notices during development.
?* It is strongly recommended that plugin and theme developers use WP_DEBUG
?* in their development environments.
?*
?* For information on other constants that can be used for debugging,
?* visit the Codex.
?*
?* @link https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Debugging_in_WordPress
?*/
define('WP_DEBUG', false);
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', '/tmp/wp-errors.log' );
//
/* require_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/gd-config.php' ); */
define( 'FS_METHOD', 'direct');
define('FS_CHMOD_DIR', (0705 & ~ umask()));
define('FS_CHMOD_FILE', (0604 & ~ umask()));
define( 'FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true );
/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
/** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
/** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');let me know if you want to see anything else… thanks!
- This reply was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by rompstar.
Hello @rompstar ,
From what you’ve shared, here are a few things you could check to resolve this:
I) Apache Configuration (Virtual Hosts):
- Ensure that your Apache configuration is properly set up to handle requests from both
localhost
and your LAN IP. Sometimes, virtual hosts may be set to listen only to certain IP addresses or domains. Check/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
or any custom virtual host configurations for properServerName
orServerAlias
settings. - Also, check that Apache is set to listen to both
localhost
and your LAN IP. You can verify this in/etc/apache2/ports.conf
by ensuring it includes the following:
Listen 80
Listen 443II) Hosts File:
- Your hosts file is likely fine, but just ensure there’s no typo or missing configuration. Since you’re trying to access it from your server itself, ensure
127.0.0.1 localhost
is correctly set and that there are no conflicts.
III) Firewall:
Although you mentioned the firewall is disabled, double-check that no other networking rules are blocking local access (e.g., iptables or any external security service on the server that might restrict loopback requests).
IV) DNS Resolution:
- Given that your site is accessible externally, it’s possible that requests to
localhost
or your LAN IP are being redirected or blocked internally. If you’re using a custom domain likekodiakbrewing.com
, ensure that your DNS settings are correctly resolving to the internal server when accessed from within the LAN. - Try accessing your server via
https://127.0.0.1
instead oflocalhost
directly on the server itself to see if it resolves.
V) WP-Config Settings:
- In your
wp-config.php
, you’ve definedWP_HOME
andWP_SITEURL
ashttps://kodiakbrewing.com
. When you access the site locally vialocalhost
or10.0.0.87
, WordPress may redirect to the domain you’ve set. You could try temporarily changing these values tohttps://localhost
(orhttps://10.0.0.87
) to test whether that resolves the issue:
define('WP_HOME','https://localhost');
define('WP_SITEURL','https://localhost');VI) SSL/HTTPS Configuration:
- You have
FORCE_SSL_ADMIN
set totrue
, which forces HTTPS for admin access. If your SSL is misconfigured forlocalhost
, it could be causing access issues. You can try setting this tofalse
temporarily:
define( 'FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', false );
By testing with these changes and checking your Apache configuration, you should be able to figure out why
localhost
access is failing.I will give this a shot later and report back, might not happen right away, as I am a bit busy with non-hobby work stuff ?? thanks!
here is my wordpress.conf file / does it look good to you ?
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName kodiakbrewing.com
ServerAlias www.kodiakbrewing.com
DocumentRoot /srv/www/wordpress
<Directory /srv/www/wordpress>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride Limit Options FileInfo
DirectoryIndex index.php
Require all granted
</Directory>
<Directory /srv/www/wordpress/wp-content>
Options FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
</Directory>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.kodiakbrewing.com [OR]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =kodiakbrewing.com
RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent]
</VirtualHost>Hello @rompstar ,
- You’ve set
AllowOverride Limit Options FileInfo
, which is fine for enabling specific types of overrides, but if you want to ensure WordPress works optimally, you might want to setAllowOverride All
. This allows.htaccess
to manage all the necessary directives (like mod_rewrite for permalinks). - The
RewriteRule
you’ve set for forcing HTTPS looks good, but make sure that your SSL certificate is correctly installed and active for bothwww.kodiakbrewing.com
andkodiakbrewing.com
. - The
Require all granted
directive is set correctly, which means access shouldn’t be an issue. However, double-check that file permissions on/srv/www/wordpress
and its subdirectories are correct (755 for directories and 644 for files). - Since you’re able to access the site externally but not via
localhost
or on the server itself, there might be some issues with howlocalhost
is being handled. Review your Apache error logs to see if there’s any additional information being logged when you try to access the site via localhost on your server. - You’ve already shared your
hosts
file, and it looks fine. However, ensure the machine’s/etc/hosts
file includes an entry like:
127.0.0.1 kodiakbrewing.com
127.0.0.1 www.kodiakbrewing.comIf everything else looks fine, and you’re still facing issues, you could try to restart Apache after making the changes:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Let me know if this helps or if there are still issues to look into!
ok / I did these two and now I can access on the local host / not sure of which of these two worked… but I can access the site now normally on the server it’s self local host…
but if I try to access it on my other computer on my local LAN, it don’t work, if I type kodiakbrewing.com on my laptop which is connected to the same exact network at the server (internally), it don’t work… and if I do https://10.0.0.87 it sometimes works, but its very slow to load anything, takes forever and then I think, the REWRITE engine kicks in and tried to forward it all to kodiakbrewing.com, so nothing works / but at least on the local-server it works now, which is good, but not on my other laptop, not sure…
also, I am pretty sure my SSL is setup correctly, I did the CertBot and it tested all fine and it works wonders and I even have a Cron line added to renew it every 90 days for free – I wasn’t going to pay godaddy some ridiculous $150 a year for a SSL key, because they don’t want to support open standard as it is not profitable for them.
btw, what does this do ? I have commented this out..
define('ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', true);
Hello @rompstar ,
Great to hear you can now access the site on
localhost
! As for accessing the site from other computers on your LAN, here are some points to consider:I) Internal DNS/Hosts Setup: It seems that the rewrite rule is kicking in when you’re trying to access it via
https://10.0.0.87
, and it’s trying to redirect tokodiakbrewing.com
. Since you’re using an internal network, your other LAN devices might not be resolvingkodiakbrewing.com
properly.- Try adding an entry to the
hosts
file on your laptop (the one you’re using on the LAN) like
10.0.0.87 kodiakbrewing.com
10.0.0.87 www.kodiakbrewing.comThis will tell your laptop to resolve
kodiakbrewing.com
to the local IP10.0.0.87
instead of looking it up on an external DNS.II) Slow Loading on LAN: If the site is loading slowly when using the LAN IP, it could be related to a few things:
- Check the network speed and see if there are any issues or bottlenecks between the devices.
- If you’re trying to access the site via
https://10.0.0.87
, but your rewrite rules force everything tokodiakbrewing.com
, this might cause a conflict if the browser is looking for valid SSL certificates for the internal IP. This could cause delays. You may want to test without the redirect by commenting out the rewrite rule and checking the loading speed. - Clear your browser cache or try another browser to make sure it’s not using cached DNS information or SSL settings.
About
ALTERNATE_WP_CRON
You asked about the
ALTERNATE_WP_CRON
line:define('ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', true);
This defines an alternate way for WordPress to run its scheduled tasks (CRON jobs). Normally, WordPress relies on visitors to trigger scheduled tasks (like publishing scheduled posts), but if you have issues with CRON not running on time due to low traffic or hosting limitations, this alternate method triggers CRON jobs on every page load.
It’s a fallback mechanism for setups where the default method doesn’t work well. Since you’ve commented it out, WordPress is likely relying on its default CRON setup, which should work fine if you have regular traffic. If you’re not having scheduling issues (like missed scheduled posts or updates), you can leave it commented out.
You can find about
ALTERNATE_WP_CRON
in the official WordPress documentation: Alternative Cronthanks I will check those things out / are you using ChatGTP or some other model to generate answers ? its ok if you are, because I am learning that too, recently installed the 7B llama3.1 model, but soon will try the 40B as soon as I get more ram..
??
Hello @rompstar,
- I follow official WordPress developer resources which include the code reference, https://developer.www.ads-software.com/
- I use Grammarly to avoid grammar mistakes and spelling.
- Also, I use Online Text Formater to write the text in an appealing format.
Grammarly has some AI integration but the other two have not integrated with AI.
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