Question
With the
TwikiVMDebianStable, I can't seem to be able to access the TWiki-vm as a true webserver. I'm running a
VMWareVirtualMachine with the
TwikiVM I downloaded as a
VirtualAppliance. The Twiki appears to be functioning, as i can browse to
http://twiki-vm on any machine on its subnet, but nowhere else. Other Virtual Machines (one is a phpbbforum) work as fully functional webservers.
I'm probably missing a fundamental step somewhere. any help would be sincerely appreciated.
Thanks
LorenMcnett
Environment
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LorenMcnett - 04 Apr 2006
Answer
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I am not sure that I understand exactly what you are trying to achieve. If you want to access the TWiki appliance from outside the VMware host system and its virtual networks, you need to find a way to get its network address known externally. The name "twiki-vm" is known only between the guest and the host.
What is the network setup of your twiki-vm? With "bridged" you can access it from the "outside" using its IP address (which usually is assigned using DHCP), with "NAT" you need port forwarding to make it accessible from outside your host, and with "host-only" it is, well, host only.
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HaraldJoerg - 04 Apr 2006
it sounds to me like the
TwikiVMDebianStable hasn't got the gateway set correctly for your network - if you are using DHCP this might mean that your DHCP server is not quite right, or otherwise, you'll need to set that manually - see /etc/gateway in that case.
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SvenDowideit - 07 Apr 2006
This is an old problem and answered-closed. I found it while searching some other
TWikiVMDebianStable related problem and found the answer is not clear enough because I had this problem in my network.
The real problem here is that VMWare bridged network interfaces are only accessible from the same subnet. If access from other subnet is needed it is mandatory to use NAT and implement the proper port mappings.
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EnriqueCadalso - 23 Mar 2008
See the 'going public' sections of
TWikiVMDebianStable - they cover how to assign a static IP address etc, which you will need to make this useful as a server. The security checklist is also important as the included version of TWiki may need some security patches, and the VM has some default passwords, etc.
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RichardDonkin - 24 Mar 2008