Cloud address takes me to site no NAS

[ozstar]

HI,

I have a TS231P and all has been good until now.

When I enter my cloud address from outside my LAN I don't get the NAS, I get a website I have been trying to set up on an Apache webserver on a Linux box that is on my Win 10 LAN.

It is all on my same static IP and I have been setting up host files on the Linux box.

Obviously I need to either make some change in my NAS or somewhere in the webserver.

Any suggestions please?

Thanks

oz

[OneCD]

Modify the port-forward (usually 80) in your router to point to the NAS IP instead of your Apache server IP.

[ozstar]

Many thanks.

When I do this, can I still access the websites on the server from outside the LAN or will this always direct me to the NAS ?

oz

[OneCD]

If your external request is always to the same external port at your public IP, your router will always forward to the same private IP.

So, you can either use a different external port for your Apache requests, or else investigate using virtual hosts on your Apache server, with one entry for the NAS.

[ozstar]

Thanks again.

Yes I think the later will be the best. I am setting up virtual hosts on 80 for each of the sites, but of course didn't think to add the NAS.

I will have to see how I add the NAS to the host/ conf files.

oz

[ozstar]

Hi back again.. a little more confused..

To re summerise

I have a QNAP NAS TS231P which we access through.. myname.myqnapcloud.com when out of the office away from the LAN.

When I enter that address from outside the LAN we would normally get the NAS okay, but since I have setup the Linux webserver, it resolves at the apache default page page not the NAS.

It is using the same static IP as the webserver and I was sure I had to set up a .conf file for it however I am unsure how to do this.

I have tried to setup a .conf file in sites-available with this inside as I was unsure what else to do.

ServerName myname.myqnapcloud.com.conf
DocumentRoot 192.168.20.13 (which is its LAN IP)

I did the a2ensite and systemctl commands but it still resolves at the apache page. Obviously not redirected to the NAS

IN the Router I had the QNAP 443 and I have now added 80 to it, which is the webserver port also.

Are there any suggestions how I can get access to the NAS not the apache default page please?

Thanks

BTW I will not the Android App still get to the NAS even since I did the webserver, but I see they use the 443 port.

[OneCD]

Are there any suggestions how I can get access to the NAS not the apache default page please?

I generally try to stay out of other people's web-server configs.

Did you create a new virtual host entry for the NAS on your Apache server? It should direct name-based requests for myname.myqnapcloud.com toward the NAS instead of processing them on the web-server.

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/vhost ... based.html

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/vhosts/details.html

Maybe some of the hard-core web-server admins can advise on this?

[ozstar]

Many thanks OneCD. They are great links.

I am trying to read more into the links than what I already have, but just can't see in there what I need for this problem. Although someone who knows could take me straight to it I guess.

Yes I have added the IP and URL to the 'hosts' file, like this

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx myname.myqnapcloud.com

Its the same static IP # as the webserver.

Also created a

myname.myqnapcloud.com.conf

'.conf' file in the sites-available folder with this content..

ServerName myname.myqnapcloud.com

but wasn't sure what to put for DocumentRoot . I tried the NAS LAN IP 192.168.20.13 but that didn't work so not sure.

This is the normal entry in the .conf file. For the other normal sites it is <VirtualHost *:80> but maybe it should be 443 ?

ServerName www.example.com
ServerAlias example.com
DocumentRoot "/www/domain"

I have also asked on the Qnap forum but so far no answers.

Thank you again

[OneCD]

I think this post has the basic syntax you'll need: https://stackoverflow.com/a/49271504/6182835

Yes I have added the IP and URL to the 'hosts' file, like this

No need to edit the server 'hosts' file. You make these changes in your server's Apache configuration file.

I have also asked on the Qnap forum but so far no answers.

I thought this was the QNAP forum?

[ozstar]

Doh..

Of course it is the Qnap forum ! My head is spinning trying to settle this as I will need to access the NAS in 2 days when away.

I actually meant the Apache and Linux forums trying to cover all bases as it is maybe not too common.

I not quite up to speed understanding Linux and Apache for the bells to ring with that link post, unfortunately.

I tried this but no good.

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName myname.myqnapcloud.com
ServerAlias myname.myqnapcloud.com

DocumentRoot //server2:443 Not sure thispart

<Directory //server2:443>
Options -Indexes
AllowOverride All
<IfModule mod_auth_core.c>
Require all granted
</IfModule>
</Directory>

... and activate the host:

a2ensite myname.myqnapcloud.com.conf

[OneCD]

I actually meant the Apache and Linux forums trying to cover all bases as it is maybe not too common.

That's where you're more likely to get a useful response as this problem isn't specific to QNAP - it's more an advanced Apache configuration thingy.

Did you try the proxy redirect as shown in that post?

Sorry, I'm unable to advise further. It's something I know can be done, but have not done it myself.

Maybe someone else can help?

[ozstar]

You've been great OneCD.

I really do appreciate your help.

As you know it's a lonely place when trying something really challenging by yourself with limited knowledge of the subject.

I am just about to try the other proxy one to see what happens.

If it is a clanger, hopefully the other forums can help me.

Thanks.. Will let you know what happens..

[ozstar]

Well gave that a try and still no joy..

ServerName StarliteNAS.myqnapcloud.com
ProxyPass /app http://server2:80/app (Also tried 443 as that is in Pt Fwd for NAS)
ProxyPassReverse /app http://server2:80/app (Also tried 443)

Did these ..

a2ensite StarliteNAS.myqnapcloud.com

and

a2enmod proxy
a2enmod proxy_http

I still land on the Apache default page for the static IP, not redirected to the NAS

[ozstar]

Well I don't believe how simple this was.

I have been trying to get there just with http:// however as it is enabled as SSL in Pt Forwarding, once I did https:// I got to the NAS login.

Hooray !

Now what do I need to do to stop prying eyes trying to get in?

[OneCD]

Good work, and just in-time.