404 not found while setting up

  • I am new to linux and wordpress installing LOCALLY on fedora 9 linux LAMP.
    I downloaded the tar.gz file and untarred into /var/www and renamed wordpress to blog (/var/www/blog).
    created mysql database with access to my id
    cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php and modified as per the instructions.
    apache and mysql is running
    I can access the apache test page via https://localhost as well as https://127.0.0.1 and https://192.168.2.88 (my local machine ip)
    When I try to access https://localhost/blog to try and get to wordpress I am getting 404 not found error.

    I had previously installed wordpress using YUM and it had worked but I didn’t understand the structure or how i was able to create multiple blogs so I removed it and the database to start from scratch to install manually. Am I missing something that could be messing with the manual install?
    I am really a newbie here so please assume I am ignorant about working through this.

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  • Thread Starter gnwest2

    (@gnwest2)

    This is what I am seeing in the logs.

    [root@Goober httpd]# pwd
    /var/log/httpd
    [root@Goober httpd]# more access_log
    127.0.0.1 – – [17/Sep/2009:21:17:10 -0400] “GET /blog HTTP/1.1” 404 312
    127.0.0.1 – – [17/Sep/2009:21:17:10 -0400] “GET /blog HTTP/1.1” 404 312
    122.227.164.96 – – [17/Sep/2009:21:20:07 -0400] “GET https://proxyjudge2.proxyfire.net/fastenv HTTP/1.1” 404 331
    122.227.164.96 – – [17/Sep/2009:21:20:07 -0400] “GET https://proxyjudge2.proxyfire.net/fastenv HTTP/1.1” 404 331
    [root@Goober httpd]# more error_log
    [Thu Sep 17 21:17:11 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /var/www/html/blog
    [Thu Sep 17 21:20:07 2009] [error] [client 122.227.164.96] File does not exist: /var/www/html/fastenv

    I have no idea what this is https://proxyjudge2.proxyfire.net/fastenv

    Thread Starter gnwest2

    (@gnwest2)

    I can tell you I eliminated the possibility of it being a previous install… I completely formatted and reloaded the fedora 9 OS and followed wordpress manual install process as in first post and I still get 404 error on https://localhost/blog.

    I know the OS reload may have been extreme but it’s just a sandbox with nothing to lose. Duel booting Win 2000 and fedora 9.

    By the way I found out the first YUM install of wordpress was 2.6 so I am wondering if there is an issue with 2.8… I’ve been searching and seeing a lot of the same problems with 404 errors and blank pages.

    Can anyone help!?

    I downloaded the tar.gz file and untarred into /var/www and renamed wordpress to blog (/var/www/blog).

    Isn’t the default path for serving web docs in Fedora /var/www/html

    thus making your path /var/www/html/blog instead of /var/www/blog ?

    I have no idea what this is https://proxyjudge2.proxyfire.net/fastenv

    I think this is most likely just your web server being scanned for open proxy configuration. The 404 probably means the script was not successful in this case. But I’m just guessing.

    If fedora is serving your default documents from /var/www/html, then just install wordpress at /var/www/html. No “blog” sub-directory. Otherwise look into the configuration of virtual hosts for apache and make sure to serve your wordpress documents from /var/www/html/blog instead.

    Just a tip. If you are going to setup and run a home development server, ditch Fedora and install CentOS. CentOS is RHEL without the branding. It’s just my opinion, but every installation of every flavor of Fedora (it is a test bed platform) I have ever used has shown significant instability and dependability issues when operating in a “server” environment.

    Some Quick references.

    https://www.centos.org/

    https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/

    See the following: Name-based Virtual Hosts (More than one web site per IP address)

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