XAMPP Access forbidden error

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I was trying to host a simple website from my home computer.I have static IP and set it from conf file but it gives access error.

Access forbidden!

New XAMPP security concept:

Access to the requested object is only available from the local network.

This setting can be configured in the file "httpd-xampp.conf".

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster. Error 403

As far as I can tell it manages to find the site but there is an authorization problem.What can I do to make it open to public?It's running on Windows 7.There are solutions for mostly Linux.I tried them but didn't work :-(

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Try the following (assumes Windows 7 XAMPP install):

  • Open your XAMPP control panel
  • On the line for Apache click on "Config"
  • Click on Apache (httpd-xampp.conf) (Or use notepad to locate c:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-xampp.conf)
  • Scroll to the bottom or until you see "# New XAMPP security concept"
  • If you don't care about security: change "Deny from all" to "Allow from all"
  • Otherwise:
    • locate the last line in the "Allow from" section: (usually 169.253.0.0./16)
    • add a new entry with your static IP address here's the tricky bit: you'll need to add "/8", "/12", or "/16" after this IP address, depending on what it is. If it's a 192.168.x.x address, add "/16". If it's a "10.x.x.x" address add "/8". If it's an address supplied to you by an ISP, you'll have to experiment. The "/NNN" notation indicates the number of bits in front which represent the network portion of the address.
  • Save the file
  • Stop and Start Apache