VPL jail server not connecting

VPL jail server not connecting

by Kees van Heuven -
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Hi there,

I have installed virtual programming lab on my moodle server and i installed a jail server. My Moodle server is accessible from outside my home netwerk. I have a startssl certificate and al works fine. I have put my NAS in the dmz and all traffic is directed to my nas.

But when i us vpl from outside my home lan it can't connect to the jail server, my guess is that the browser from wich i am setting up a connection to the jail server can"t access the jail server over port 80, my moodle server takes port 80....

I have tried to install my ssl certificates so i could setup a ssl connection but no luck, when i test my jail server on port 80 it comes op with " ok" but on port 443 it fails.

From inside my lan it all works fine, when i put the test server in the config all works fine inside and outside.

Does anybody know how i can make this work so my students can get access to the jail server? 


Thanks for your time.

Greetings,


Kees van Heuven


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Re: VPL jail server not connecting

by Usman Asar -
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Kees, have you opened firewall ports 443 to your server? in your router as well as server firewalls?

try accessing your ports from outside using open port check tool here http://www.canyouseeme.org 

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Re: VPL jail server not connecting

by Kees van Heuven -

Good morning Usman,


Thanks for your re[ly.


Both ports are open but my moodle (synology) is my dmz host so all traffic is redirected to my nas. 


My guess is that i need a second public ip adres for my jail server....


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Re: VPL jail server not connecting

by Usman Asar -
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Kees, dont you think putting a server on DMZ would be a security risk? Why not just open ports that are required, freeing up 443 and 80 for moodle server, unless you are giving access on port 80 to NAS as well.

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Re: VPL jail server not connecting

by Kees van Heuven -

Hi Usman,

My synology has a firewall and only ports whom are needed are open, my synology indeed uses port 80/443.

I will ask my isp for the possibility's of a second public ip that should be maybe the best solution, if there is a other solution for my setup please let me know smile

Again thanks for replying. 


Greetings,


Kees van Heuven

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