Friendica Ubuntu Server: APT-GET No Longer Works! Help please!

[bytedeez]

I have my Ubuntu 12.04 server set to static IP on my router and in /etc/network/interfaces i transferred my domain name from domain.com to my home IP (comcast) and my dns is set to use comcast as well:

/etc/network/interfaces

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.0.0.211
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 10.0.0.1
dns-search http://www.comcast.com
dns-nameservers 75.75.75.75 75.75.75.76

I can confirm that my /etc/resolv.conf is picking up my dns

# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
#     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 75.75.75.75
nameserver 75.75.75.76
search http://www.comcast.com

Not sure if it matter but here is my host file as well:

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.1.1       mysite.net
127.0.1.2       Social.mysite.net
10.0.0.211      mysite.net
10.0.0.211      Social.mysite.net

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

I can ping mysite.net and i can access it from the outside web. as well as security.ubuntu.com

but when i tried to do an apt-get update or install (when trying to install the postfix mail stuff for friendica)

I receive an Error issue with resolving:

root@hostname:~# apt-get update
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
0% [Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com]
 

I have also tried setting my DNS to use Google's but received the same resolving error.

I've been working on this for 3 days and still can't figure out why i can't resolve this resolving issue.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

[barry99705]

Try using a mirror instead of Ubuntu's repo. Could be a local area dns issue. Can you open http://us.archive.ubuntu.com in a browser?

[bytedeez]

Yes I can. Ok I will try that

[bytedeez]

What else puzzles me is i used the same setup running LAMP on openwrt and had no problems running opkg update or install.

[bytedeez]

I created a new and went back through the steps of setting up a static IP.

Meaning i set it up on the server side and set the IP to static within my router as well.

Something i noticed is when i log into my router's UI.

I can no longer see my server as a connected device.

This is strange because i can clearly see my test webpages externally.

EDIT:

ok after some playing around this is what i figured out:

I can manual set my IP to static in /etc/network/interfaces, while in my router keeping the IP dhcp and apt-get update works fine until i set up my FQDN in /etc/hosts.

Once i set my FQDN in /etc/hosts i loss the ability to use apt-get.

EDIT # 2 :

Instead of setting my FQDN to 10.0.0.211 as shown above, i can set it to

127.0.0.1  mysite.net localhost

And i can still access my site externally my going to mysite.net and use apt-get update.

From what i have read in the Ubuntu documentation this is a in correct configuration though.

Edited May 16, 2015 by bytedeez