Re: [users@httpd] testing server

Gerwin van de Steeg <gerwin.van.de.steeg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:58:59 +1200

Have you tried to see if the hostnames can be resolved correctly?

From a command prompt try to ping or do a host lookup (nslookup or 

host) on the 3 names specified in the hosts file

ie.
  ping websites

if this works then check to see if your browser is trying to use a web 

proxy somewhere

Turn of your web proxy in the browser or setup an exclusion for those 2 

domain names to go directly before testing it

Larry wrote:

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:50:15 +1200, you wrote (with possible editing):

Just for a thought, make the hosts file look something like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost websites agendatest

http://websites/ yields "Proxy Error"

http://localhost/ yields "Bad Gateway" 

note the lowercase

Yes, I did.

and also for your apache config make sure you turn on Name based virtual 

hosts 

I did.

and use lowercase hostnames.

that, too.  However, the Document Root says "C:/Websites" 

another says "C:/Websites/AgendaTest" both of which are the actual

directories except for the "/" instead of "\".

I tried using all lowercase there, but it didn't seem to make a

difference.  

read: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/name-based.html
for more info on setting up name based virtual hosts

Also, the order in which the hosts file gets used in windows 

applications depends on the function to do DNS resolution (there are at 

least 2 and they use a different order with regards to hosts file and 

DNS lookups)

This is what I think is the problem.  It may be that I have to do a
reboot after modifying the hosts file.  I'll try that.

Finally, you probably won't need the following section in your config

Alias /AgendaTest/ "C:/Websites/AgendaTest/"

Ok, I'll eliminate it.

Thanks for the help!
--

Larry
Email to rapp at lmr dot com

Larry wrote:

Apache 2.0.47, PHP 4.3.4, MySQL 4 something.  All installed on Win XP

Pro SP2, 2 gig mem.  

I am trying to setup a testing server for Dreamweaver 8.  Most of my
work is in subdirectories of C:\Websites, for example
C:\Websites\AgendaTest.  I would like to use Apache with PHP as a
testing server.  I am getting confused between Virtual Hosts and
Aliases.  I thought that adding the lines:

127.0.0.1  Localhost
127.0.0.1  Websites
127.0.0.1  AgendaTest

to Hosts in \Windows\System32\Drivers\etc in combination with virtual
hosts in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf would

do it, but I guess not.  

In httpd.conf I set up (at various places)
Servername localhost:80
DocumentRoot "C:/Websites"
<Directory "C:/Websites">
Alias /websites "C:/Websites/"
<Directory "C:/Websites">
	Options Indexes MultiViews
	AllowOverride None
	Order allow,deny
	Allow from all
</Directory>
Alias /AgendaTest/ "C:/Websites/AgendaTest/"
<Directory "C:/Websites/AgendaTest">
	Options Indexes MultiViews
	AllowOverride None
	Order allow,deny
	Allow from all
</Directory>
<VirtualHost *>
	DocumentRoot "C:/Websites"
	ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *>
	DocumentRoot "C:/Websites/AgendaTest"
	ServerName AgendaTest
</VirtualHost>

What am I screwing up here?

Thanks,
--

Larry
rapp@xxxxxxx

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