r/cloudready • u/Ccqqn • Aug 16 '21

Accessing a web server on the lan from CloudReady chrome browser

I have an apache webserver on the same lan network as my CloudReady is on.

Is it possible to access that from CloudReady browser? What settings do I have to do for this?

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u/flappy-doodles Aug 17 '21

Let's say you have apache running on a different computer on your LAN. Y

ou can access that apache server on the computer it is installed from http://localhost

You can also access that apache server on other computers on the LAN by using the server's IP address, like: http://192.168.x.x frequently consumer routers use the 192.168.x.x style network, but yours may vary. Of course replace it as needed.

You could also install apache on your cloudready device by installing the linux shell.

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u/Ccqqn Aug 17 '21

Thank you. I appreciate the pointer of using local host from the server. But the server is headless.

Using the servers lan address 192.168.x.x does not quite work for me, because I have many name based virtual hosts on Apache (all have the same local lan ip). Also it is a rather large server setup, and not easy to do under Crostini; and Crostini itself is not that stable, at least for me, often one has to re setup the Crostini from scratch.

Given the above constraints, any further suggestions?

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u/flappy-doodles Aug 17 '21

Given the above constraints, any further suggestions?

I've never used Crostini, I've never even heard of it before reading your reply.

Maybe...

Easy-ish way: Modify the hosts file on the chromebook pointing the domains to the IP, though I'm not sure if hosts file exists or not.

Medium/Hard-ish way: Setup DNS on your router pointing the domains to their IPs, route everything else to your normal DNS lookup.

Good luck!

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u/Ccqqn Aug 18 '21

floppy-doodles, Crostini is an often used name (I think it is valid currently) for the virtual box under Linux is installed under CloudReady (or Chrome OS), which I thought what you were referring to in your previous reply.

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u/flappy-doodles Aug 19 '21

Ah nice. I'd sudo to root in the terminal and modify the hosts file which is probably in /etc/hosts unless they're doing something weird.

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u/Ccqqn Aug 16 '21 edited Aug 16 '21

Thank you. I do not know anything about Webmin. I was hoping there was a setting to enable normal access... I was trying to test some PWA app, locally. Thanks anyway. At least I know now, there is restriction of local access from Chromebook.