Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost

[brett]

My linux box is not connected to the internet right now but was working on some web pages but when I type http://localhost/index.html firefox displays the message Unable to connect the Firefox can't establish a conneciton to the server at localhost. The address http://localhost/index.html should take me directly to the file. Anyone have an idea what's going on???

[th350urc3]

have you checked that file exist? in your /var/www/html directory? Also is your apache server installed and running?

[brett]

Yes the file is there I also tried http://localhost/phpinfo.php and get the same unable to connect message...also tried http://127.0.0.1/index.html and get the same...not sure how to check if apache is running though...also if I right click on the file and click on Open with Firefox Web Browser the web page displays....

[stevea]

To test if apache is running

$ service httpd status
httpd (pid 3030) is running...

[brett]

tried $ service httpd status and it says bash: service: command not found...but thanks anyway I shutdown the system and restarted and all is working well...thanks again

[th350urc3]

type
/sbin/service httpd status

remember that your /sbin directory is not in the default user profile PATH variable.

if apache is not instlalled type

as root
STEP 1
#yum -y install httpd

when complete
type
STEP 2
chkconfig httpd on

STEP 3
service httpd start (if this doesnt work remember the /sbin)

STEP 4 go to your browser and type http:/<yourcompuernamehere> or that http://localhost/index.html that should work.

[danfe]

Hi stevea,

I have hosted web using apache and httpd service. It works fine on localhost but i am unable to access it from LAN. I checked the service is running. I have also set no proxy for host IP on the other computer on LAN, but still it says "Firefox cannot establish connection with host server".