Apache Virtual Hosts
I'm trying to setup virtual hosts on my machine, and they're not really working.
My IP is 72.72.72.72 (my ISP does not block port 80). I setup a virtual host for mytestdomain.com. I point my DNS over to 72.72.72.72 and go to mytestdomain.com and I get /var/www. In my virtual host file, the document root is set to /var/www/mytestdomain.com.
Get what I'm saying? I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do. Any ideas?
I'm using webmin to set them up.
teammatt3 posted this at 00:38 — 2nd February 2008.
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Arg, why do I figure it out right after I post it?
In my apache2.conf file, I had to move
Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/[^.#]*
below my virtual hosts. You think any sites on the internet would mention that little tidbit? Nope.
Megan posted this at 02:40 — 2nd February 2008.
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Oh, you're not the only one who does that!
pr0gr4mm3r posted this at 03:13 — 2nd February 2008.
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That's weird that you have to manually have to edit a config file. When I create a virtual host through Webmin on my home server, I have my settings like this:
I read in a tutorial that the two checkboxes towards the top should be unchecked due to a bug in Webmin. That was a couple years ago that I read it, so the bug may or may not still be there. Nevertheless, I still uncheck them and never have a problem.
teammatt3 posted this at 03:45 — 2nd February 2008.
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Well, because I like to do things the hard way, I decide to click the "Standard httpd.conf file" option. That wrote the virtual hosts to the bottom of the apache2.conf file. Because the include line was still in there (before my virtual hosts), it was reading the data from sites-enabled directory first (and the default host is kind of like a catch all) so my virtual hosts weren't getting any attention. I think that's what was happening.
I deleted that default host, and added my own hosts with the "New file under virtual server directory..." option and it seemed to work ok.
JeevesBond posted this at 05:55 — 2nd February 2008.
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Just out of interest: does
a2ensite <sitename>--from the command line--work?teammatt3 posted this at 19:22 — 2nd February 2008.
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When I run it with a site I setup, I get "This site is already enabled".
I guess it works.
JeevesBond posted this at 02:10 — 4th February 2008.
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Cool, just a FYI: you can also use
a2dissite <sitename>to disable sites. Maybe easier than fiddling with symlinks.ohrana posted this at 15:26 — 25th March 2008.
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Like it. It's great.
tummy posted this at 14:21 — 10th June 2008.
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Has it still been working?
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