I can’t seem to figure out how to do this. I have a server with an active website (actually two, via virtual hosting). I want to have a second server, basically a mirror, where I can make changes, repairs, etc and test before going live. Probably scp or something from the test site to the active site. Both sites are Debian Linux (one is 10.6, the other is 12.7), running apache2. The development system is not visible on the internet (port 80 forwards the main system). Development work is done on a Win 10 system. I have copied the main web tree from the active site (server7) to the development site (server5). From the windows box I can enter //server7 in a browser and it finds and loads the site. When I enter //server5 in the same browser, I get a “Forbidden” error. Both servers are visible, pingable, etc. Not sure what else I can say except that I need help.
I would expect to see the server5 site from my browser and editors. Both instances of apache2 run under www-data, there may be some permisions differences for some individual files but most are owned by root:root. Log file shows “client denied by server configuration /web/httpd/htdocs/” groups issue?