Site displays with Curl but not within the browser

Question

I've set up a dev-enviroment on Debian 7 and installed the following services:

Apache
Bind9

I have one site that is reachable through "asix.debian.local". I've set up the zone and added NS and A registry to the db.debian.local file.

Everything is working, this is the response I get with curl:

"curl asix.debian.local" Apache default

It works!!

Aquest es la pagina de benvinguda de ASIX

So I guessed I got everything up and working, but when I type in the same URL in browser, I get "Server not found error - Iceweasel can't find the server at asix.debian.local."

Only nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf is the local IP of the server.

Why can't browser reach the website if curl did?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

What you have configured in /etc/nsswitch.conf? Did you try to add record in /etc/hosts? — Romeo Ninov, Jun 07 '15 at 18:26
/etc/nsswitch.conf hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] mdns4 — Borjante, Jun 07 '15 at 18:28
And if I define the hosts in /etc/hosts manually it does work :S — Borjante, Jun 07 '15 at 18:29

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 07 '20 at 10:53

For someone reading this in the future:

For me it wasn't a DNS issue but one with https:

curl my-domain.com worked because it used http protocol. However, modern browsers seem to always attempt to use https nowadays and that's not always obvious.

So for me, setting up letsencrypt and enabling https solved the issue.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 07 '15 at 18:30

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For such case please add line in /etc/nsswitch.conf

hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] mdns4

to be

hosts: dns files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] mdns4

answered Jun 07 '15 at 18:30

Romeo Ninov

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Did it sir, still the same, curl works, ping works, wget works, just the browser ain't finding the server. It's really strange :S – Borjante Jun 07 '15 at 18:34
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Please restart the browser and try again, because some time browser cache DNS requests – Romeo Ninov Jun 07 '15 at 18:35
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I feel so stupid... That's what happens when you don't stop to think. I knew it was a stupid thing. Thanks a lot, it works now – Borjante Jun 07 '15 at 18:37
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@Borjante, there are no stupid questions, there can be stupid answers :) And sometime everyone just stuck – Romeo Ninov Jun 07 '15 at 18:40
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You are completely right – Borjante Jun 07 '15 at 18:41

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 12 '22 at 13:34

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Removing the headers is what worked for me:

  // headers: {
  //   "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data"
  // },

answered Apr 12 '22 at 13:34

Aakash

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Site displays with Curl but not within the browser

It works!!

Aquest es la pagina de benvinguda de ASIX

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