Re: debugging my Virtual Hosts

André Warnier <aw@xxxxxxxxxx> · Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:22:06 +0100

Tom Evans wrote:

On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 02:33 -0500, Paul McFerrin wrote:

My Virtual Hosts are not working..

Here is the scoop.  Running Apache 1.3 and have the following 

configuration file:

  NameVirtualHost pmcferrin.homedns.org:80
[[default virtual hosts definitons]]
<VirtualHost    pmcferrin.homedns.org:80>
      DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/htdocs
      ServerName mcferrin.homedns.org
      ErrorLog /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
      CustomLog logs/access_log common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost genealogy.homedns.org:80>
      VirtualDocumentRoot /e/genealogy
      ##DocumentRoot /e/genealogy
      ServerName genealogy.homedns.org
      ErrorLog /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
      CustomLog logs/access_log common
</VirtualHost>

I have TWO domain names pointing to the same host machine.  I ran  

apachectl configtest whth no errors.  I tried using IP address for the 

container; no go.  It seems to be setting the first VirtualHost only.

My Dynamic DNS has both domains with the same IP.  I'm trying to get 

BOTH domains to respond with their different web page,  I want to avoid 

using IP address to minimize maintenance

What gives?  Not find anything useful in the FAQ's.

You can view my COMPLETE httpd.conf file at:  

http://pmcferrin.homedns.org/httpd.conf

You want to define your vhosts like so:

NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName myvhost
  ....
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName myothervhost
  ....
</VirtualHost>

If apache cannot determine which vhost to use, it uses the first defined
vhost in your httpd.conf

One more thing : you may want to give your virtual hosts each their own 

logfiles, like :

> NameVirtualHost *:80
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>   ServerName myvhost
>>       ErrorLog /usr/local/apache/logs/myvhost_error_log
>>       CustomLog logs/myvhost_access_log common
>   ....
> </VirtualHost>
>
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>   ServerName myothervhost
>   ....
>>       ErrorLog /usr/local/apache/logs/myothervhost_error_log
>>       CustomLog logs/myothervhost_access_log common
> </VirtualHost>
It will make it easier to see what happens in which vhost.

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