I am trying to make something work but I am not sure it is even possible. Here is the rundown on the devices I have connected.
Main linux webserver - Authenticated website, controls some things, ran on device 1, IP address exposed to the internet.
2nd linux webserver - Accessed on local network only, device controls different things than the 1st. Ran on device 2.
3rd linux webserver - Once again, accessed on local network only, device controls different things than the 1st and 2nd. Ran on device 3.
Is it possible to display the webpage of the 2nd and 3rd web server via an iframe off the first main device webpage? I first thought I could do a reverse proxy but, when I followed guides on the internet, I could get the iframe to only display off the main webserver page when the client device was on the local network, otherwise it looks like the iframe is trying to connect to the ip address of the 2nd and 3rd device which is not exposed to the internet.
Would a reverse proxy be able to achieve this without exposing the other 2 devices directly to the web and I just didn't set it up correctly? Is there another way to do this or just deal with this limitation?
Thank you!
I tried setting up a reverse proxy from this guide: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-apache-as-a-reverse-proxy-with-mod_proxy-on-ubuntu-16-04 and https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-apache-http-server-as-reverse-proxy-using-mod_proxy-extension
'Main linux webserver' must be able to ping the other two servers.
The other two local servers have a unique IP address - right?
On the other two local servers you could have apache serving up web pages.
Then 'Main linux webserver' can then request the URL pages from other two servers to get the pages into iframes.
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How can i host a website through my computer using server softwares?
I tried to host a website through my own computer using apache tomcat server but it didnt work ( please briefly explain every point )
The main issue that you need to deal with is getting the clients to your computer.
Yes, it is possible and yes I have done it, albeit a while ago.
You need to see if you can browse to your computers website from another device on your network, this will ensure that apache is working. Try another computer/laptop/tablet/whatever to see if this site reachable by other computers using the IP Address and possibly port number. If you cannot get to the site, there are settings in apache to deny certain ip's, google it to get the exact steps for your version. If it works, move on to step 2.
You will need a static IP Address to ensure that all further steps stay working, google this if you are not sure how to do it
You need to have the external IP address of your router(whatsmyip.org) or use Dynamic DNS to route traffic from an address to your ip and there are services that allow this. I can recommend no-ip.com - This is all assuming that you have access to the router.
You would be required to set up port forwarding on your router. This will direct the internet traffic to your computer. You will need to get the exact instructions for your specific model of router.
Please be aware that you need to have proper firewalls and systems in place to prevent attacks. I am sure that you are just testing at this point though...
All the best!
I have a netgear router and a PC that functions as the server. On the server I have a website that is hosted on a WAMP solution (windows, apache, mysql, php). Linux is an option, but Windows is first prize in this specific scenario.
What I need:
If someone connects to the wireless network, the splash page that is hosted on the server must be displayed.
All users must have bandwidth limits that are configurable for each user
I must be able to interact with the router via PHP code, in order to execute certain functions when certain users logon, etc.
So, my question is, how do people normally do this? Is there a way to configure this on the router (users connect to ROUTER), or is this something that can only be accomplished with a PROXY (users connect to proxy on server, server connects to internet via router).
Is this possible? Is there software available that does this? Is a proxy what I really need?
If your router supports it, you can install DD-WRT onto the router and use NoCatSplash to capture the connected user's first HTTP request and redirect it as needed.
I have a development server (Java servlet container) running on my computer inside my private network (IP range 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255). This development server executes my integration testing environment. This testing environment has its own Facebook App ID. Having the server run in the 192.168.x.y range allows my colleagues to test the website, login to my local website with their Facebook accounts etc..
At https://developers.facebook.com -> in the Facebook Apps settings -> located under "Basic settings" -> in the "Website with Facebook Login" field, I have set http://192.168.2.106:8080, as this is the address-port combination that my development server binds to.
Due to DHCP, my computer now has a slightly different IP address, namely 192.168.2.109. Whenever I start up my server and then try to do anything Facebook-API related (e.g. Facebook Login), I get the following error message from Facebook
{
"error": {
"message": "Invalid redirect_uri: Given URL is not allowed by the Application configuration.",
"type": "OAuthException",
"code": 191
}
}
Is there a way to have a Facebook App allow a "range of IP address websites with Facebook Login"? What other solutions can you suggest?
My colleagues shall be able to also start up the development server on their own machines, with their own private network addresses. Therefore, the same Facebook App ID shall work on different machines with different IP addresses and still be accessible to everybody inside the private network.
Notice that setting "Website with Facebook Login" to localhost makes the development server only available to the same machine it is running on. This unfortunately prevents colleagues from accessing this development server instance.
Update
Filed bug: https://developers.facebook.com/bugs/606277079382609
If you could get away of using localhost, then there is a very simple way:
Make the facebook app redirect to http://lvh.me:3000/ (or whatever port your server is listening on localhost). A benevolent developer owns the lvh.me domain and had the DNS setup to point to localhost. I've tried this and that's what I used for development testing.
Similarly, you could do stuff like that and points a DNS record of a domain you own to a range of local ip. I am not familiar with DNS so I am not sure how to set it up or if it's possible.
If you're running on Windows you could try changing your hosts file in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
and add your IP to an imaginary domain (your colleagues should do it too) and put that domain in Facebook Settings panel.
I'm not sure about this so tell me if it works :)
As far as i know you cannot setup an IP range in your application setting, the redirect_uri is typically meant to handle urls with domain names, which is usually the case with with public websites.
The best way to avoid this problem is to make sure you local development server has always gets the same IP, which is generally a good practice if you are writing a server.
there are several ways to do it depending on the network setup, here are two option:
Setup your DHCP server to always assign the same IP to your dev server MAC address
Bend the rules a little bit and setup your computer to claim an unused IP address. DHCP servers typically assign IPs in order (will start from 192.168.1.1 and work up to 192.168.254.254) so have your computer claim an IP in the higher part of the range (Ping the IP first to make sure it's not being used)
Instead of using an IP address, use localhost.
So hxxp://192.168.1.20 would become hxxp://localhost
(replace xx with tt)
This resolves back to the local machine, whatever its IP address is. I am assuming that your development server is running on your PC, using WAMP or something similar. I draw this assumption because you state that it must run on any laptop in any network environment.
If you own a domain you could create a subdomain test.mydomain.com pointing to 192.168.2.109.
When your address should change again, you can change the entry accordingly.
There is no reason why a DNS entry could not point to a IP address from the 192.168 range. For someone outside your network it will not be of much use, because he can't access your IP address from the outside, but for your co-workers within the network it will work.
If a coworker wants to run the web app on his own PC, he can of course override this setting using his own hosts file.
In short I'm trying to browse a Mac's web site on the local wifi network under a .local hostname that is not the same as the machine's 'computer name' and think I'm missing a setup step.
I have a local install of nginx on my Macbook, with the proper /etc/hosts and nginx.conf entries to serve multiple sites, each with their own distinct local hostname. Assume the Macbook's network name is computername.local, and I have 2 sites running, one at http://computername.local and another at http://servicename.local. I can access each of these sites just fine from the local machine, but also want to be able to access http://servicename.local from an iPhone on the same WiFi network. I'm getting a timeout for that URL, but the other one works just fine.
I'm guessing something has to be done to allow servicename.local to be used on the local network, which I've left out. What is required to do that? Do I need to use Bonjour for that? Where would I add this new local hostname?
Another Mac on the same network can access this one under servicename.local just fine if I define the IP in its /etc/hosts file too, but I can't modify that file on the iPhone obviously. It's not jailbroken, and I'm not really interested in doing that just to get this working.
Not sure if it will help the OP, but another way of doing this - besides running a DNS server or jailbreaking the phone - is to run an HTTP proxy on the Mac, and configure the iPhone to use the proxy. Then the iPhone will pick up the Mac's local hosts file entries because it resolves DNS queries through the proxy. I've blogged about how to do this using the free Mac proxy "SquidMan" here: http://egalo.com/99j
I want to create an iPhone app which makes calls to a web service. For testing, I want to first create the API calls on my mac (server running XAMPP) and if it works fine there I want to port it to the actual server.
If my iPhone and mac are on the same network, can I access the web service using the IP address of my mac?
Thanks.
Any time someone answers with "why not," ignore the post. This just takes up space and adds absolutely no value...their post imitating their life.
Anyway, I access my laptop localhost (WAMP stack) from my iPod Touch by entering the IP address of my laptop on my Touch location bar. There is some configuration that needs to happen for this to work. I found what I needed at:
http://www.frihost.com/forums/vt-88381.html
Good Luck!
I can not speak about actual development, however I access intranet pages from a Ipod Touch all the time by either typing http ://ip or http://local_dns_name
As long as the iphone / ipod is on the network correctly (e.g. through standard wifi and not 3g/whatever) you should be able to access any and all local resources.
What I do:
Connected to the same network, I go in to the wireless settings and create a manual proxy that points to my machine. I use Charles proxy for testing a lot/seeing traffic, works like a charm and it lets me use my macbook hosts file so I don't need to do any funky listening rules in apache - just the same vhost settings I use on my machine already.
http://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/faqs/using-charles-from-an-iphone/
Why not?
Have you tried it and have some problems?