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I am trying to install istSOS following these instructions from the website:

Installation

Install PostgreSQL

$ sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-client postgresql-contrib pgadmin3

Install PostGIS

$ sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.1-postgis

Configure PostgreSQL password

$ sudo -u postgres psql > alter user postgres password 'postgres';

Install Apache2

$ sudo apt-get install apache2

Install mod_wsgi

$ sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-wsgi

Install psycopg2

$ sudo apt-get install python-psycopg2

Download istSOS and unpack it in /usr/local/istsos

$ wget http://istsos.googlecode.com/files/istSOS-2.0.tar.gz

The download location actually has changed to SourceForge.

$ sudo tar -zxvf istSOS-2.0.tar.gz -C /usr/local/

Set executing permission and owner for the folders services and logs

$ sudo chmod 755 -R /usr/local/istsos $ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/local/istsos/services $ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/local/istsos/logs

Configure Apache and WSGI

  • Open /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf and add the following lines just before the tag </VirtualHost>

    WSGIScriptAlias /istsos /usr/local/istsos/application.py Alias /istsos/admin /usr/local/istsos/interface

Restart apache2 server

$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Check the installation success on the browser loading the page

http://localhost/istsos/admin

Problem

However, the webserver returns Unable to connect.
When I try http://localhost:8080/istsos/admin instead I receive:

Not Found The requested URL /istsos/admin was not found on this server.

Searching for an answer

As suggested by krisfr I try to find out why the server responds on port 8080 instead of port 80.

$ apache2ctl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS VirtualHost configuration: *:80 is a NameVirtualHost default server localhost (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf:1) port 80 namevhost localhost (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf:1) port 80 namevhost localhost (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf:1)

There seems to be no configuration for this?!

Update

I extracted the Apache/Port problem into another question and received a helpful answer. Then I configured the server to listen to port 80 and restarted the server. When I access http://localhost/istsos/admin I receive the following message:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /istsos/admin on this server.
Apache/2.4.6 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80

The owner settings for the folders are set as the instructions tell. I found alternative installation instructions for istSOS which I still have to understand but I already want to share with you.

Tutorial moved!

There is a new page for the tutorial!

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Any reason why you want to access istsos admin page on port 8080 ? I cannot see any reference to this port in the doc you provided.

In the doc they say to modify file /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf. This file is the default Virtual Host configuration for Apache. It is configured on port 80.

From now, it seems you already have a Virtual Host setup to listen on port 8080. So, open the configuration file for this Virtual Host and do the same you have done for the default one :

add the following before the tag </VirtualHost> :

WSGIScriptAlias /istsos /usr/local/istsos/application.py Alias /istsos/admin /usr/local/istsos/interface
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  • Where can I find the "the configuration file for this Virtual Host"? Commented Apr 14, 2014 at 15:22
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    @JJD You should know that, are you the Web Server admin ? Try apache2ctl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS to find some clues about where port 8080 is defined. Commented Apr 14, 2014 at 15:41
  • It is my machine. Nonetheless, I do not understand why it responds to port 8080 instead of port 80. I posted the result of the command at the end of the question. Commented Apr 15, 2014 at 13:03
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    @JJD What is the result for netstat -anp | grep :8080 ? Commented Apr 15, 2014 at 13:06
  • tcp6 0 0 :::8080 :::* LISTEN 1804/apache2 tcp6 0 0 127.0.0.1:8080 127.0.0.1:45608 TIME_WAIT - Commented Apr 16, 2014 at 7:54
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Try adding the trail / at the end of interface. the 8080 is actually the wsgi app(application.py) and 80 is frontend in apache for it.

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  • Can you please update your post an give an example configuration? Commented May 6, 2014 at 20:04
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Finally, I got the server running after posting the problem to the istSOS mailing list. Here is the essential part of the answer by Milan:

This version of Ubuntu [13.10] comes with a newer version of Apache. In my case I solve the issue configuring Apache and WSGI in the following way:

I post the whole configuration file so it easier to understand. Here is the content of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf on my machine:

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost DocumentRoot /var/www ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined WSGIScriptAlias /istsos /usr/local/istsos/application.py Alias /istsos/admin /usr/local/istsos/interface <LocationMatch /istsos> Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews AllowOverride all Require all granted </LocationMatch> </VirtualHost>

Please remember to restart Apache after the configuration change:

$ sudo service apache2 restart
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