Ubuntu access problem

[travelbones]

Our sugar is hosted on an Ubuntu server. We can access it from inside the network via a local address of:
192.168.1.101/sugar. It loads fins from any station and prompts for the sugar login information. However, the ability to set the server up to login from the WAN has eluded me. I know Ubuntu a little bit but am primarily a Windows server guy.

I have poked a hole in the firewall and the routing device to point all port 80 requests to the inside local IP of the Ubuntu box. When trying to access the system from externally, I get a white page that says "Forbidden, you do not have permissions to access this server" and then it gives the Apache version and Ubuntu Os. So at this point I know it is communicating with the server, it is just getting a denail from some setting in the Ubuntu OS.

As simple as it may be to fix, I am not savvy with this system and need some lamens help!!!

Thanks a million...

[Snooze]

Hi travelbones,

You might also try posting your problem on Ubuntu forums:

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Regards,

Snooze

[mattt]

Travelbones,

Check your Apache error log, but it sounds like it (Apache) has been configured to only allow access to your local subnet (192.168.1.x).

Cheers,
Mattt.

[travelbones]

SOLVED!!!

Hidden in the apache2 folder (exact path /etc/apache2/allow_sites_available) the file called "allow_list_internal" is nothing more than a document file with some simple lines for IP addresses to allow for incomming such as:

allow from 192.18.1.99
allow from 192.168.1.101
allow from 192.168.1.134


.......and so on.....

I had 2 options, either to type:
allow from all

...which would allow everything in the world to come in, or just type my external address:

allow from xx.xx.xxx.xx

......And then restart apache2 in the terminal window and its good to go!!