Apache 2 defaulting to first virtual host

QtCoder · 11-07-2004, 05:04 PM

I know similar threads have been posted, but in order not to barge in on someone else's thread, I'm creating my own.

Ok, here's my situation:

I've got two domain names, sunshine-market.com and bluewillowherbs.biz. I'm serving both on a Mandrake 9.2 server with Apache 2. I'm using name-based virtual hosting. I've also got indirect access to my ISP's DNS servers so I can create my own zone files and have them put up.

Take a look at my conf files here (I've also included the zone files I'm using): -- URL removed... problem fixed --

When I'm at my server's console, or VNC'd into it, I go to localhost in my browser and I get the site for bluewillowherbs. Why does my primary server configuration not go into effect? It should be going to the sunshine-market site because sunshine-market is the primary host (it's not a vhost). The same happens when I go to the IP or www.sunshine-market.com remotely. Plus, I cannot resolve bluewillowherbs.biz anymore. Something is screwed up somewhere...

Tell me what I'm doing wrong!

PS -- I'm doing all my configuration based on Apache Server 2 Bible.

david_ross · 11-08-2004, 12:37 PM

When you are using virtual hosts the first one will always be the default. Just add another virtual host for the site you want to be the default above the current one.

QtCoder · 11-08-2004, 05:08 PM

Should I just copy some of the directives from httpd2.conf to a new vhost container? To me that seems very redundant. Apache should be able to pick the hostname out of the HTTP headers and differentiate between the primary host and any vhosts. But, if that's what needs to be done, then I'll do it.

Thanks for the tip. I'll let you know how it works.

QtCoder · 11-08-2004, 05:15 PM

Ok, worked like a charm. How rediculous, IMHO. Oh well, whatever works! :-) I'm happy. Thanks.

alejandroye · 01-26-2005, 12:30 PM

hello

I am trying to setup apache2 too, but I get confuse

I have to make change in Vhosts.conf when you adding the other domain?
if is like that can you tell me what I have to change in httpd2.conf and what is the change in Vhosts.conf
suppose we have :

1 IP address
2 Domain names domain1, domain2
and 2 zone
1 server w/ apache2
drake 10.1

thank you

QtCoder · 01-26-2005, 03:21 PM

You shouldn't have to make any changes in httpd2.conf to add a virtual host. There is a section in httpd2.conf that includes the vhosts.conf file -- it's set by default, and should look something like this:

Code:

###
### Virtual Hosts 
###
# We include different templates for Virtual Hosting. Have a look in the 
# vhosts directory and modify to suit your needs.
Include conf/vhosts/Vhosts.conf
#Include conf/vhosts/DynamicVhosts.conf
#Include conf/vhosts/VirtualHomePages.conf

The sites I am hosting are sunshine-market.com and bluewillowherbs.biz. Here's my Vhosts.conf:

Code:

NameVirtualHost 168.103.142.125:80
<VirtualHost 168.103.142.125:80>
  ServerName www.sunshine-market.com
  DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/www.sunshine-market.com"
  TransferLog logs/access_log
  ErrorLog logs/error_log
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 168.103.142.125:80>
  ServerName www.bluewillowherbs.biz
  ServerAlias bluewillowherbs.biz
  DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/www.bluewillowherbs.biz"
  TransferLog logs/bluewillow-access.log
  ErrorLog logs/bluewillow-error.log
</VirtualHost>

The first directive, NameVirtualHost, tells Apache that you're using name based virtual hosting (preferable in most cases). This means that you can add virtual hosts under one IP address. The VirtualHost containers contain the configuration for each vhost. The first one I have refers to sunshine-market.com, which is the default domain on my system -- sunshine-market.com is the one I set up in httpd2.conf initially but as the answer to my first question above pointed out, I had to add a virtual host for it as well. The second container refers to bluewillowherbs.biz.

All I had to do was set up the directives for each vhost, like the server name, doc root, etc, and I just copied the directives from httpd2.conf for my sunshine-market.com vhost.

In your example case, the vhosts file should look a little like this:

Code:

NameVirtualHost your.ip.address:80
<VirtualHost your.ip.address:80>
  ServerName domain1
  DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/domain1"
  TransferLog logs/access_log
  ErrorLog logs/error_log
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost your.ip.address:80>
  ServerName domain2
  DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/domain2"
  TransferLog logs/domain2-access.log
  ErrorLog logs/domain2-error.log
</VirtualHost>

Of course, you can have different log file names and directory structures. Plus, you can add more directives to a certain vhost container to restrict access to certain folders for ex, or give cgi permissions to a folder, etc.

This link, http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/vhosts/ , is directly from Apache's docs. It explains everything very well.

Good luck!

alejandroye · 01-26-2005, 05:40 PM

o man you are the best, I really appreciate your help, people like you should be more in this forum, thank you

so, what I have to do in the begining of httpd2.conf that said:

----------------------
ServerRoot /etc/httpd/2.0
ServerName localhost
#LockFile /etc/httpd/httpd.lock
PidFile /var/run/httpd.pid
ErrorLog logs/error_log
LogLevel warn
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/dir1

---------------------

I have to change any of this?

thk a LOT

QtCoder · 02-16-2005, 07:43 PM

It's been almost a month since I replied. I didn't get any notice via email. Sorry about that.

Anyway... nope, you don' t have to change any of those directives in httpd2.conf. It's perfectly fine for them to be duplicated in the virtual host container.