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How to Set Up Linux Apache Server

Page 17: Testing the Apache Webserver (Part 2)

Testing on Other Computers

Open the browser in any computer in your LAN or any computer outside your LAN. Type the following url in the address box of your browser:

http://xxx.xxx.xx.x

where xxx.xxx.xx.x is your WAN IP Address. You can find your WAN Address in the staus of router.

WAN IP address

The following Test Page of Apache Webserver should also be displayed, indicating that Apache Webserver has been started:

Test Page

This page is used to test the proper operation of the Apache Web server after it has been installed. If you can read this page, it means that the Apache Web server installed at this site is working properly.

If you are the administrator of this website:


You may now add content to this directory, and replace this page. Note that until you do so, people visiting your website will see this page, and not your content.

If you have upgraded from Red Hat Linux 6.2 and earlier, then you are seeing this page because the default DocumentRoot set in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf has changed. Any subdirectories which existed under /home/httpd should now be moved to /var/www. Alternatively, the contents of /var/www can be moved to /home/httpd, and the configuration file can be updated accordingly.
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