How to connect to my Chromebook's Apache server from another computer?

How to connect to my Chromebook’s Apache server from another computer?

Get your Chromebook’s IP address

1. In Settings, go to Linux development environment (Beta) > Port forwarding

4. Google, “what is my ip address” ‘70.113.50.4 Your public IP address`

5. Open Terminal Run hostname -I 100.115.92.205
6. Run cd to make sure you’re in your home directory.

Set the IP address where you’ll receive the Apache requests

Do this using the NameVirtualHost directive within the apache configuration i.e. httpd.conf/apache2.conf file.

1. Copy the 000-default.conf file to your home directory: cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf ./
2. Open the 000-default.conf in your text editor.
3. Edit <VirtualHost *:80> to <VirtualHost *:8080>

4. Move 000-default.conf back to : sudo cp 000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

5. Copy the ports.conf file to your home directory: cp /etc/apache2/ports.conf ./

6. Move ports.conf back to : sudo cp ports.conf /etc/apache2/ports.conf

7. Similarly, enable files and directory listing: /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
8. Change <Directory /var/www/> to <Directory /path/to/home/directory/www/>

Restart the server

1. Then restart the apache server: sudo service apache2 restart

Sources

• https://support.google.com/chromebook/thread/106121945?hl=en&msgid=106207522#
• https://chromeos.dev/en/web-environment/port-forwarding
• https://www.thegeekdiary.com/beginners-guide-to-apache-http-server/
• https://www.thegeekdiary.com/apache-http-server-most-commonly-used-configuration-directives/
• https://www.guru99.com/apache.html

Written on April 12, 2021