Re: Problem with accessing Document Root (?) (Apache Users)

Ubuntu changed the configuration to require config files end with ".conf". You didn't give the full path, but since you said "In my virtual-sites file", I was guessing that was /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/virtual-sites (or conf.d/virtual-sites) which would need to be renamed in order to be loaded under the new default Ubuntu configuration.

- Y

On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Stephen <stephen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Background

I run Ubuntu.

I have run a LAMP server for a number of years for my web development. Never had any problems. Installed using the Synaptic package manager.

I use virtual hosting. My development site's file structure mirrors my public server's file structure.

My hosts file directs my test urls to my server.

I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04. This is when the problem began.

In trying to solve my problem I removed apache completely and reinstalled.

Any and all help very much appreciated.

Issue

I cannot access my files. It seems that apache is looking in the wrong place for document root and I cannot figure out what is causing this.

When I try to access a virtual site, in my browser (http://www.roissytest.ca/), I get:

Index of /
[ICO] Name Last modified Size Description
Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) Server at www.roissytest.ca Port 80

In my virtual-sites file I have:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /home/stephen/www/roissy.ca/public_html
ServerName www.roissytest.ca
ErrorLog /home/stephen/www/roissy.ca/public_html/error.log
TransferLog /home/stephen/www/roissy.ca/public_html/transfer.log
</VirtualHost>

Now I step back and use my browser to connect to 127.0.0.1:

Index of /
[ICO] Name Last modified Size Description
Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) Server at 127.0.0.1 Port 80

In /var/www I have a index.html file with Hello World.

My error log file shows nothing unusual:
[Sun Jun 07 09:34:23.113963 2015] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 23492:tid 140001970190208] AH00489: Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sun Jun 07 09:34:23.114018 2015] [core:notice] [pid 23492:tid 140001970190208] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/sbin/apache2'

My access.log file shows:

192.168.0.77 - - [07/Jun/2015:09:35:09 -0400] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 584 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0"
192.168.0.77 - - [07/Jun/2015:09:37:40 -0400] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 586 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0"
192.168.0.77 - - [07/Jun/2015:09:37:40 -0400] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 506 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0"
192.168.0.77 - - [07/Jun/2015:09:37:40 -0400] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 506 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0"
127.0.0.1 - - [07/Jun/2015:09:40:53 -0400] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 581 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0"
127.0.0.1 - - [07/Jun/2015:09:40:53 -0400] "GET /icons/blank.gif HTTP/1.1" 200 430 "http://127.0.0.1/" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0"
127.0.0.1 - - [07/Jun/2015:09:40:53 -0400] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 498 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0"
127.0.0.1 - - [07/Jun/2015:09:40:53 -0400] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 498 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0"
127.0.0.1 - - [07/Jun/2015:10:02:27 -0400] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 581 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0"

My apache2.conf has not been touched from the install:

# This is the main Apache server configuration file. It contains the
# configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
# See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/ for detailed information about
# the directives and /usr/share/doc/apache2/README.Debian about Debian specific
# hints.
#
#
# Summary of how the Apache 2 configuration works in Debian:
# The Apache 2 web server configuration in Debian is quite different to
# upstream's suggested way to configure the web server. This is because Debian's
# default Apache2 installation attempts to make adding and removing modules,
# virtual hosts, and extra configuration directives as flexible as possible, in
# order to make automating the changes and administering the server as easy as
# possible.

# It is split into several files forming the configuration hierarchy outlined
# below, all located in the /etc/apache2/ directory:
#
# /etc/apache2/
# |-- apache2.conf
# | `-- ports.conf
# |-- mods-enabled
# | |-- *.load
# | `-- *.conf
# |-- conf-enabled
# | `-- *.conf
# `-- sites-enabled
# `-- *.conf
#
#
# * apache2.conf is the main configuration file (this file). It puts the pieces
# together by including all remaining configuration files when starting up the
# web server.
#
# * ports.conf is always included from the main configuration file. It is
# supposed to determine listening ports for incoming connections which can be
# customized anytime.
#
# * Configuration files in the mods-enabled/, conf-enabled/ and sites-enabled/
# directories contain particular configuration snippets which manage modules,
# global configuration fragments, or virtual host configurations,
# respectively.
#
# They are activated by symlinking available configuration files from their
# respective *-available/ counterparts. These should be managed by using our
# helpers a2enmod/a2dismod, a2ensite/a2dissite and a2enconf/a2disconf. See
# their respective man pages for detailed information.
#
# * The binary is called apache2. Due to the use of environment variables, in
# the default configuration, apache2 needs to be started/stopped with
# /etc/init.d/apache2 or apache2ctl. Calling /usr/bin/apache2 directly will not
# work with the default configuration.

# Global configuration
#

#
# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
# configuration, error, and log files are kept.
#
# NOTE! If you intend to place this on an NFS (or otherwise network)
# mounted filesystem then please read the Mutex documentation (available
# at <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#mutex>);
# you will save yourself a lot of trouble.
#
# Do NOT add a slash at the end of the directory path.
#
#ServerRoot "/etc/apache2"

#
# The accept serialization lock file MUST BE STORED ON A LOCAL DISK.
#
Mutex file:${APACHE_LOCK_DIR} default

#
# PidFile: The file in which the server should record its process
# identification number when it starts.
# This needs to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars
#
PidFile ${APACHE_PID_FILE}

#
# Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out.
#
Timeout 300

#
# KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than
# one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate.
#
KeepAlive On

#
# MaxKeepAliveRequests: The maximum number of requests to allow
# during a persistent connection. Set to 0 to allow an unlimited amount.
# We recommend you leave this number high, for maximum performance.
#
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100

#
# KeepAliveTimeout: Number of seconds to wait for the next request from the
# same client on the same connection.
#
KeepAliveTimeout 5

# These need to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars
User ${APACHE_RUN_USER}
Group ${APACHE_RUN_GROUP}

#
# HostnameLookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP addresses
# e.g., www.apache.org (on) or 204.62.129.132 (off).
# The default is off because it'd be overall better for the net if people
# had to knowingly turn this feature on, since enabling it means that
# each client request will result in AT LEAST one lookup request to the
# nameserver.
#
HostnameLookups Off

# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
# logged here. If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>
# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.
#
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

#
# LogLevel: Control the severity of messages logged to the error_log.
# Available values: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
# error, crit, alert, emerg.
# It is also possible to configure the log level for particular modules, e.g.
# "LogLevel info ssl:warn"
#
LogLevel warn

# Include module configuration:
IncludeOptional mods-enabled/*.load
IncludeOptional mods-enabled/*.conf

# Include list of ports to listen on
Include ports.conf

# Sets the default security model of the Apache2 HTTPD server. It does
# not allow access to the root filesystem outside of /usr/share and /var/www.
# The former is used by web applications packaged in Debian,
# the latter may be used for local directories served by the web server. If
# your system is serving content from a sub-directory in /srv you must allow
# access here, or in any related virtual host.
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all denied
</Directory>

<Directory /usr/share>
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>

<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>

#<Directory /srv/>
# Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
# AllowOverride None
# Require all granted
#</Directory>

# AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory
# for additional configuration directives. See also the AllowOverride
# directive.
#
AccessFileName .htaccess

#
# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being
# viewed by Web clients.
#
<FilesMatch "^\.ht">
Require all denied
</FilesMatch>

#
# The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
# a CustomLog directive.
#
# These deviate from the Common Log Format definitions in that they use %O
# (the actual bytes sent including headers) instead of %b (the size of the
# requested file), because the latter makes it impossible to detect partial
# requests.
#
# Note that the use of %{X-Forwarded-For}i instead of %h is not recommended.
# Use mod_remoteip instead.
#
LogFormat "%v:%p %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" vhost_combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O" common
LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer
LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent

# Include of directories ignores editors' and dpkg's backup files,
# see README.Debian for details.

# Include generic snippets of statements
IncludeOptional conf-enabled/*.conf

# Include the virtual host configurations:
IncludeOptional sites-enabled/*.conf

# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet

--
Stephen
www.roissy.ca

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