Cannot access cms panel in the same network

Question

I have installed and configured neos cms on an ubuntu machine on my network.
The problem is that I cannot access the cms control panel or website from another pc on the network. The link I should type in the browser is 192.168.1.8:8081 but it gives me an 'Unable to connect' error. On the other hand I am capable of accessing the apache index.html file. What could be the problem?

Answer 1

Errr wait so it works as 127.0.0.1:8081 but not 192.168.1.8:8081?

1. Confirm that IP is correct with ipconfig -all
2. If IP is correct your app is probably only configured to listen on local interface. Confirm that with netstat -an | grep 8081 if you see 127.0.0.1:8081 than that's the case. Edit app configs to listen on correct interface/s