Cannot access Linode via browser, although SSH is fully functional.
Good evening. I have spent hours trying to figure this out. It is probably something simple that I have messed up lol.
I am able to SSH into my site with no issues via Bash and Putty using CENT OS 8.
However, when I tried to access the IP address, or the name associated with it in the hosts file, it continues to time out. I have changed settings in the browsers to not timeout, but it is still unsuccessful.
I have performed MTR and Tracert to determine packet loss and timed out identification. Both show 2-3 steps where the request times out, but the final trace shows the site is accessed successfully.
Please help and let me know if I can add any more clarification. I tried to post screenshots of the MTR report and tracert output, but was unable to do so.
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@larndon --
In order to access your server using a browser, you need to have a server for the http protocol (a web server) listening on port 80. You didn't mention anything about that in your post.
There are lots of web servers out there but the two most popular you'll read about in this forum are apache(1) or nginx(1).
Linode has lots of guides about how to set up & configure a web server here:
https://www.linode.com/docs/web-servers/
If you have a web server (and it's configured properly), you probably need to open ports 80 & 443 in your firewall:
https://www.linode.com/docs/security/firewalls/
-- sw