Is there an easy way to add a virtual host?

dave4545 · 01-01-2005, 08:58 AM

Hi.
Can someone step me through the process of adding a virtual host to my server? I only have the one ip pointing to my server. I heard I could use the same ip and have different virtual host.

I've been running my server with one domain name for years.
I'll call it domainname.com

I registered a name at networksolutions. I wanted to start a store to help support the site. Let's call it store.com

I searched using google and this site trying to solve my problem. The examples I have found so far don't seem to work.

I'll try what you say then report back here to see what happens.

Apache/1.3.33 (Unix) PHP/4.3.10 mod_ssl/2.8.22 OpenSSL/0.9.7e

Thanks.
Dave.

P.S. I can reboot apache with any changes that need to be done to httpd.conf file

Hangdog42 · 01-01-2005, 10:31 AM

Have you read the Apache documentation on virtual hosting? Pay particular attention to name based virtual hosting. You can easily use this to run site1.store.com, site2.store.com, site1.otherstore.com, etc. from the same IP address.

dave4545 · 01-01-2005, 01:05 PM

Would it matter if they had completely different domain names?

I tried adding the virtual host directive for the new domain name and I couldn't access the original domain name.
So I removed it and came here.
Should I post my httpd.conf file here and maybe remove a few sensitive things?

andkore · 01-01-2005, 01:55 PM

As he said, check the Apache docs, I _believe_ that they have pretty good info about virtual hosts. Actually after looking, their documentation seems the best (of course =P ) http://httpd.apache.org/docs/vhosts/...sed.html#using
is what you want. Yes you can do multiple domains, not just subdomains.
Andkore

dave4545 · 01-01-2005, 02:45 PM

Okay.
I tried it then rebooted the server.

<VirtualHost *>
ServerName www.originaldomain.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/htdocs
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
ServerName www.newdomain.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/htdocs/store
</VirtualHost>

After adding this I typed in the first domain name and it worked fine. Which is the original domain name for the server.

Here is the kicker.
When I type in the second domain name it takes me to the same location as the first domain name.
/usr/local/apache/htdocs

Could my problem have anything to do with the virtualhost directive in the SSL section below?

## SSL Virtual Host Context
##

<VirtualHost _default_:443>

# General setup for the virtual host
DocumentRoot "/usr/local/apache/htdocs"
ServerName www.originaldomain.com
ServerAdmin dave@originaldomain.com
ErrorLog /usr/local/apache/logs/ssl_error_log
TransferLog /usr/local/apache/logs/ssl_access_log

# SSL Engine Switch:
# Enable/Disable SSL for this virtual host.
SSLEngine on

phil.d.g · 01-01-2005, 02:59 PM

Before the virtual host directives you need

Code:

NameVirtualHost *:80

dave4545 · 01-01-2005, 04:15 PM

I'm sorry.
I forgot to post that.
This was added before the virtualhost directive.
NameVirtualHost *:80

It is strange. It seems like everywhere I read it is supposed to be easy to do.

Everywhere I go it says
to add this line
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName www.originaldomain.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/htdocs
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
ServerName www.newdomain.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/htdocs/store
</VirtualHost>

When I use either domain name they both go to this directory.
/usr/local/apache/htdocs

I wonder why I can't get www.newdomain.com to go to
/usr/local/apache/htdocs/store

Hangdog42 · 01-01-2005, 04:32 PM

OK, I'm a little confused about something.....A couple of posts ago you said

Quote:

Could my problem have anything to do with the virtualhost directive in the SSL section below?

Are you trying to do virtual named hosts over an SSL connection? If so, I don't think that is going to work. I don't remeber the exact details of why, but the upshot is that for an SSL connection you can only have one domain per IP address. The name based virtual hosting really only works with non-secure connections.

dave4545 · 01-01-2005, 04:48 PM

Right. The original domainserver has ssl

So does that mean I will have to have individual ip addresses and not be able to use the virtual directive using domain names?

I didn't need ssl with the second domain name.

I appreciate you guys help.

Hangdog42 · 01-01-2005, 05:02 PM

You're going to want a second opinion because I am no expert on this, but here is my understanding.......You can do name-based virtual serving with a single IP, but anyone using an SSL connection will always be connected to the first virtual server listed (in your case, originaldomain.com) regardless of the domain they are trying to connect to. Using a normal connection should allow users to connect to newdomain.com or orignaldomain.com. As long as newdomain.com doesn't need a secure connection, you should be fine. However, if/when they do, you'll need to add an IP and move to IP-based virtual hosting.

dave4545 · 01-01-2005, 06:32 PM

I had read somewhere if you use ssl you have to have more than one ip.

I thought it applied only if you have two host trying to use ssl. I really don't know.

Anyone run across this before?

dave4545 · 01-02-2005, 08:13 PM

The guy that helps with the server is going to give us another ip, I believe.

We'll see.