This is mainly just a self-reference but when working on a Linux machine you may want to try to confirm the websites being hosted off of it with Apache and what links/URLs are specified/configured. In this case, you first would want to find out Linux OS you’re on:

cat /etc/*-release

TEST SERVER : cat /etc/*-release
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11
PATCHLEVEL = 1
TEST SERVER :

In my case above the system is a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 64 bit version.

Once you know the Linux/OS version; you can then run the associated apache command below with the -S flat to then view the ports and IP addresses or domain names that are configured for each website being served. This also confirms the configuration file for each VirtualHost that is located on the system and performs a syntax check.

apache2ctl -S

apache2ctl -S
VirtualHost configuration:
wildcard NameVirtualHosts and _default_ servers:
*:* TEST_SERVER (/etc/apache2/vhosts.d/virtualhost.conf:1)
TEST SERVER :

From the above; the system then shows the VirtualHost name is: TEST_SERVER

Additionally, if you read the configuration file you can see the sites that are in use/available for loading

cat /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/virtualhost.conf

<VirtualHost *>
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|TRACK)
 RewriteRule .* - [F]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/mcgui$
 RewriteRule ^.*/mcgui$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}:8543/mcgui.jsp [R,L]
 RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^80$
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/avi$
 RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} ^(.*)\:(.*)$
 RewriteRule ^.*/avi$ http://[%{SERVER_NAME}]/avi/ [R,L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/avi$
 RewriteRule ^.*/avi$ http://%{SERVER_NAME}/avi/ [R,L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/aam$
 RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} ^(.*)\:(.*)$
 RewriteRule ^.*/aam$ http://[%{SERVER_NAME}]/aam/emlink.action [R,L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/aam$
 RewriteRule ^.*/aam$ http://%{SERVER_NAME}/aam/emlink.action [R,L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/aamh$
 RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} ^(.*)\:(.*)$
 RewriteRule ^.*/aamh$ http://[%{SERVER_NAME}]/aam/helpinit.action [R,L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/aamh$
 RewriteRule ^.*/aamh$ http://%{SERVER_NAME}/aam/helpinit.action [R,L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/dtltr$
 RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} ^(.*)\:(.*)$
 RewriteRule ^.*/dtltr$ http://[%{SERVER_NAME}]/dtlt/restoreinit.action [R,L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/dtltr$
 RewriteRule ^.*/dtltr$ http://%{SERVER_NAME}/dtlt/restoreinit.action [R,L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/dtltb$
 RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} ^(.*)\:(.*)$
 RewriteRule ^.*/dtltb$ http://[%{SERVER_NAME}]/dtlt/backupinit.action [R,L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/dtltb$
 RewriteRule ^.*/dtltb$ http://%{SERVER_NAME}/dtlt/backupinit.action [R,L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/dtlth$
 RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} ^(.*)\:(.*)$
 RewriteRule ^.*/dtlth$ http://[%{SERVER_NAME}]/dtlt/helpinit.action [R,L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/dtlth$
 RewriteRule ^.*/dtlth$ http://%{SERVER_NAME}/dtlt/helpinit.action [R,L]
 RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^80$
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/mc/lib/.*
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/axion.*
 RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} ^(.*)\:(.*)$
 RewriteRule ^.*$ https://[%{SERVER_NAME}]%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]
 RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^80$
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/mc/lib/.*
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/axion.*
 RewriteRule ^.*$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R]
</VirtualHost>

ServerSignature Off
ServerTokens Prod

So from the above we have several sites from the grid which may include:

http://TEST_SERVER:8543/mcgui.jsp

http://TEST_SERVER/avi

http://TEST_SERVER/aam

http://TEST_SERVER/dtlt

And more sites.

This is mainly just an initial tidbit but can help for initial checks with a site. In some cases, you may only be able to load the site via the hostname, IP or FQDN or may only be able to use HTTPS and not HTTPS or may be required to use the explicit port to load the site.

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How to confirm the vhost sites hosted off of a Apache Linux Server