[SOLVED] Virtual Hosting Help Needed, Apache2 Ubuntu Intrepid

[sjl127]

Thank you, I'm new...

 

I have on my linux box apache2 and a wordpress install.

 

my /var/www directory is empty except for my website folder, mysitedotcom.

 

I have in my /etc/apache2/sites-available two files, default and mysitedotcom configured using this information:

 

http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/0...l-machine.html

 

In my /etc/apache2/sites-enabled I have two links named default and mysitedotcom

 

From my host box, it seems I can access everything fine.

 

But, when I'm outside of my lan, and either go to mysite.com or www.mysite.com, I get put into /var/www and not /var/www/mysitedotcom

 

Please help...  ??? ??? ???

[wildteen88]

The link you posted doesn't work. Post your configuration for mysitedotcom here.

 

For your domain to work you'll need to setup DNS entries so it points to your computers IP Address.

[sjl127]

This is what's in /var/www/sites-available/mysitedotcom

 

 

# FILE /etc/apache2/sites-available/mysitedotcom

NameVirtualHost mysite.com:80

<VirtualHost  mysite.com:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName mysite.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/mysitedotcom/
<Directory />
	Options FollowSymLinks
	AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/mysitedotcom/>
	Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
	AllowOverride None
	Order allow,deny
	allow from all
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
	AllowOverride None
	Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
	Order allow,deny
	Allow from all
</Directory>

ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn

CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined

    Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
    <Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
        Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
        Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

[sjl127]

I’ve searched everywhere and could not find a clear-cut way to configure Apache 2’s new design for linux for virtual hosting.

 

Let my trial-and-error help you have an easier time configuring your set-up.

 

My initial problems were learning how the old httpd.conf differed from the new apache2.conf with the addition of the new folders, sites-available and sites-enabled folders for virtual hosting.

 

When I found some other references and configured as told, when I would go to one of my sites, it would put me into my /var/www/ directory, which of course, has nothing in it except my two website folders.

 

Here’s how it worked for me.

 

I have two website that I host through one IP address.  This is my hosting directory structure:

 

/var/www/    contains no files and two folders:

 

/var/www/mysiteone

and

/var/www/mysitetwo

 

my    /etc/apache2/apache2.conf      contains nothing new, I did not touch it.

 

my  ./etc/apache2/sites-available/mysite1dotcom                contains:

    # FILE /etc/apache2/sites-available/mysite1dotcom

    NameVirtualHost *:80

    <VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    ServerName mysite1dotcom.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/mysite1dotcom/
    <Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    </Directory>
    <Directory /var/www/mysite1dotcom/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
    </Directory>

    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
    <Directory “/usr/lib/cgi-bin”>
    AllowOverride None
    Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

    # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
    # alert, emerg.
    LogLevel warn

    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined

    Alias /doc/ “/usr/share/doc/”
    <Directory “/usr/share/doc/”>
    Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
    Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
    </Directory>

    </VirtualHost>

 

The important things are at the very top of this file:

 

NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>

 

This is what each of your virtual host site files should say.  *:80

 

All I did was copy the ‘default’ file in my sites-available folder, pasted it twice and renaming them mysite1dotcom and mysite2dotcom.

 

Edit them, and make the necessary changes and additions:

 

    # FILE NEW VIRTUAL HOST FILE FOR MYSITE1DOTCOM

    NameVirtualHost *:80

    <VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

    DocumentRoot /var/www/
    <Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    </Directory>
    <Directory /var/www/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
    </Directory>

    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
    <Directory “/usr/lib/cgi-bin”>
    AllowOverride None
    Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

    # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
    # alert, emerg.
    LogLevel warn

    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined

    Alias /doc/ “/usr/share/doc/”
    <Directory “/usr/share/doc/”>
    Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
    Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
    </Directory>

    </VirtualHost>

 

What’s in RED are either additions or changes.

 

Then I created a link to these files in sites-enabled, restarted apache, and it works.

 

I hope this helps!

[wildteen88]

NameVirtualHost *:80 should only have to be used once /etc/apache2/apache.conf

 

For understanding Apaches file structure under Ubuntu I found the articles from http://articles.slicehost.com/ubuntu-intrepid very helpful.