CentOS BIND DNS Not Responding To DNS Queries
KB ID 0000906 Problem While moving my DNS records from my old hosting company, I finally got round to pointing my domain name server records at my own server. I then saw my web traffic nose dive! Some troubleshooting steps later I realised I could not connect to my server on TCP port 53 (use an online port scanner to test yours). Solution Allow Access to DNS BIND From Remote Clients 1. Firstly let’s make sure that the firewall...
CentOS – Setup the iptables Firewall
KB ID 0000938 Problem I was a little perturbed to find out the firewall on my CentOS web server was wide open today. My server setup notes yielded no clues, so it was time to put my ‘Linux Head’ on and fix it. Solution 1. Connect to the server via console or SSH. As I’m going to change the iptables config file lets back it up (always assume you are going to smash something!) cp /etc/sysconfig/iptables iptables.bak 2....
Apache Web Server – Change the Default Page
KB ID 0000882 Problem Out of the box, Apache expects your website homepage to be called index, on this site the homepage is called home, here’s how to change it. Solution 1. Connect to the server via SSH, (or open a terminal session). The file you need to edit is called httpd.conf. This server is running CentOS, so you should find that file in the /etc/httpd/conf folder. 2. I’m going to edit it with nano. 3. Locate the...