When I installed/configured moodle the local ip address has been used which is behind NAT. So all works fine when I'm on my local network at home but I cant access it from the WWW.
I dont think its a problem with my NAT or DNS etc as I can access a test.php from the WWW
I noticed that in config.php I have the line
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://192.168.1.254/moodle';
I'm guessing I need to change this to something like
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://my.domian.com/moodle';
However just editing this on its own this doesn't fix things, I'm guessing I need to rerun some script to action it?
Any help appreciated
Wayne
Config uses local ip address behind NAT so I cant access from WWW
by Wayne Hamilton -
Number of replies: 7
You will have to modify it for your use..
I made it accesable iinside the FW and outside.
Comment out $CFG->wwwroot = 'http://192.168.1.254/moodle';
Add:
if($ipstr == '10.')
{
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://10.1.1.75/moodle;
}
else
{
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://[firewall IP address]/moodle';
}
Simple and works well!
I made it accesable iinside the FW and outside.
Comment out $CFG->wwwroot = 'http://192.168.1.254/moodle';
Add:
if($ipstr == '10.')
{
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://10.1.1.75/moodle;
}
else
{
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://[firewall IP address]/moodle';
}
Simple and works well!
BTW, 10.1.1 is my NAT network, yours is 192.168.1, but I'm sure you already know that. Just want to be clear..
Ok.. let me fix this one more time. It seemed to work from 1.4, but not
on 1.5, though I don't know if that really was the problem. If
you do this... it will work...
$ipstr = getenv('REMOTE_ADDR');
$ips = substr($ipstr, 0, 3);
if (ips == '10.')
{
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://[trusted IP]/moodle';
}
else
{
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://[firewall IP]/moodle';
}
This really works...
$ipstr = getenv('REMOTE_ADDR');
$ips = substr($ipstr, 0, 3);
if (ips == '10.')
{
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://[trusted IP]/moodle';
}
else
{
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://[firewall IP]/moodle';
}
This really works...
Hi Mark,
I did it and it still didn't work....
Any other ideas...
Jeannie
I tried and didn´t work
Do you´ll know other news tips???
Regards.
You need to set up a domain name that is mapped to from outside (www) and internal network with DNS. Then in config.php change $CFG->wwwroot = 'http://192.168.1.254/moodle' to $CFG->wwwroot='http://yourdomainname.com/moodle.
After doing this, you need to restart apache. Then you will need to run replace.php on your database to update all the references there.
On a side note, to make this work best, you should direct apache to your moodle folder by default, then you will not need the /moodle at the end of your domain name.
^^ This.
This sort of thing isn't ideal either way (use proper hosting, or find a server with a 'real' IP address) but it's preferable to use a split DNS over the config.php 'fiddle'.
Both have slight security issues unfortunately.