Web app with Codeigniter using IP address

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I built a web app in Codeigniter and want to deploy it on a server that will only be for internal use. I can access it by an ip address 55.555.555.555/app but it gives me codeigniter's default 404 page even though I have a custom coded 404 page. I checked to make sure my htaccess file is working by creating an error and it is being read. Currently I have the following code in my htaccess file next to my index.php.

 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [R]
 </IfModule>

The server is running 14.04.1-Ubuntu not sure if that helps. Any help to point me in the right direction is much appreciated.

what's your question? how to create a custom 404? or how to access the app? — FuzzyTree
– FuzzyTree, Commented Sep 15, 2015 at 13:00
If you are stuck in redirecting your app to 404 page, Have $route['404_override'] = 'controller/function_name' as a variable in config/routes.php. — Amith Raj Shetty
– Amith Raj Shetty, Commented Sep 15, 2015 at 13:16
I access it localhost/app/ but I uploaded it to the live server that will be using only and ip address(no domain name, its an internal app only) so it should now be 44.494.494.494/app and I was hoping it would be a seamless transfer. When I visit that I am expecting my app to be there but I get a default 404 page. The reason I threw that in there was to let someone know I built a custom 404 page that is not being routed also but the codeigniter install is somewhat working. — Brian
– Brian, Commented Sep 15, 2015 at 13:49

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:22:42Z

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If you try to access the app locally, use the local network ip(usually 192.xxx.xx.xx..) in your url, not the external one. If you use the external ip, you must forward a port, usually port 80, which is the default for web http protocol.

EDIT: And that's how you find your local ip on Ubuntu: https://askubuntu.com/questions/430853/how-do-i-find-my-internal-ip-address

edited Apr 13, 2017 at 12:22

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answered Sep 16, 2015 at 6:34

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