Topic: Server Manager Console

[randy_orr]

I go to www.mysite.com/server manager and I get the following message

Proxy Error
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request GET /server-manager.

Reason: Could not connect to remote machine: Connection refused


I have even tried the ip address of the machine from behind my firewall and get this message. any ideas?

[arthurhanlon]

Hi there,

Firstly, you can only access the server-manager via HTTPS, not standard HTTP.

Secondly, you need to allow external access to the server-manager via the server-manager from within your local network. This can be done through the server panel by going to Remote Access > Remote Management and adding the IP address of the machine you wish to use when accessing it externally. I currently have mine set to only allow access from my workplace's IP.

As an alternative, you can always enable VPN and VPN into your network in order to gain access to the server-manager. The choice is yours.

I believe that this is all covered in the documentation

Hope this helps,

Arthur

[CharlieBrady]

Proxy Error
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request GET /server-manager.

Reason: Could not connect to remote machine: Connection refused

That sounds like the admin web server is down (presumably crashed). Check for errors in admin_error_log.

[randy_orr]

this thingis ticking me off. I have tried to get into the server console from internal computers via http:/servername/server-manager, http://ip address/server manager, I even tried putty and go in text only but to no avail.. I am about ready to scrap it and put on windoze or something... Any ideas on a fix? would rebooting it work?

[byte]

Randy,

Can you get access via...

http://192.168.1.1:980/e-smith-manager

If not try checking status of the server manager to do this run at command...

/etc/init.d/httpd-admin status

and/or

/etc/init.d/httpd-e-smith status

The above commands will tell you whether its up or not running

see how you get on with that...

[randy_orr]

I checked if it was running and it said it wasn't so i tried a reboot (i thought you didnt have to do this with sme! lol) and it came back up. not sure why it went down though... but hey, it works and my confidence is restored time for a beer now  

[CharlieBrady]

I checked if it was running and it said it wasn't

How did you check?

... so i tried a reboot (i thought you didnt have to do this with sme! lol)

You didn't *have* to. If you knew the correct incantation, that is. In your case:

/etc/rc7.d/S86httpd-admin restart

[f21970]

I'm havin the same sort of problem...have tried the command to see if the service was up and running (PID, number of seconds running and the text 'normally down' reported - does that mean it's running or not?!?), but still can't connect via https to the server manager console.