Apache2 Name Based VirtualHosts all show the first site only...

mtlhd · 09-09-2011, 01:59 PM

I am at a loss on this one,

I am trying to serve Name Based Virtualhosts on my Debian 6/Apache 2 server, but both sites only go to site1...it's as if site2 virtualhost doesn't even exist.

conf files:

ports.conf

Code:

NameVirtualHost *:80
Listen 80

sites-enabled/site1

Code:

<VirtualHost *:80>

        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        ServerName www.site1.com
        ServerAlias site1.com
        DocumentRoot /home/me/www/site1

        <Directory /home/me/www/site1/>
                Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride None
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>
        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
        </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

sites-enabled/site2

Code:

<VirtualHost *:80>

        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        ServerName www.site2.com
        ServerAlias site2.com
        DocumentRoot /home/me/www/site2

        <Directory /home/me/www/site2/>
                Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride None
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>
        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
        </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

What is wrong with that set up? I don't see anything that could be breaking down.

Thanks in advance.

bathory · 09-09-2011, 04:08 PM

Hi,

Have you enabled the 2nd vhost and reload apache? What gives:

Code:

apache2 -S

Also make sure you're spelling correctly the ServerName of the 2nd vhost, because if apache cannot find a vhost with that name, it defaults to the 1st one.

Regards

mtlhd · 09-13-2011, 07:51 AM

Thank you for your reply,

Yea I did the command 'a2ensite' for both sites and reloaded apache2 each time. It still defaulted to first site.

When i tried the apache2 -S command I recieved

Code:

apache2: bad user name ${APACHE_RUN_USER}

The apache2.conf file said that should be set in envvars, so I checked that file. I found this:

Code:

export APACHE_RUN_USER=www-data
export APACHE_RUN_GROUP=www-data

So I checked /etc/passwd to make sure that user existed, and it did.

Code:

www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh

Not sure where to go from here.

Thanks again for your help.

bathory · 09-13-2011, 08:22 AM

Hi,

It should work. Anyway try this solution to set APACHE_RUN_USER, or use:

Code:

apache2ctl - S

Regards

rahulchandrak · 09-13-2011, 08:33 AM

You might consider making an entry of the second v-host URL to /etc/hosts file and restart your network and try it

mtlhd · 09-13-2011, 01:32 PM

Thanks again to all who have replied. I appreciate your assistance.

I statically set the user and group.

same result.

I also added the domains to my host file...
/etc/hosts.conf

Code:

127.0.0.1     site1.com
127.0.0.1     site2.com

still defaults to site 1.

I am using dyndns to point to my ip address for each site....could something be breaking down there?

GoDaddy->DynDNS->my server

It is set up that way for each site...

bathory · 09-13-2011, 05:08 PM

Quote:

I statically set the user and group.

same result.

Did you try to use apach2ctl instead of apache2?
Anyway you need to use /etc/hosts and not /etc/hosts.conf to define the 2 hosts like this:

Code:

127.0.0.1 site1.com www.site1.com 
127.0.0.1 site2.com www.site2.com

Also since you don't have a fixed IP, make sure that all hostnames (site1.com www.site1.com site2.com www.site2.com) resolve to your external IP.

mtlhd · 09-15-2011, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

Did you try to use apach2ctl instead of apache2?
Anyway you need to use /etc/hosts and not /etc/hosts.conf to define the 2 hosts like this:

Code:

127.0.0.1 site1.com www.site1.com 
127.0.0.1 site2.com www.site2.com

Also since you don't have a fixed IP, make sure that all hostnames (site1.com www.site1.com site2.com www.site2.com) resolve to your external IP.

Sorry, I don't know why I added '.conf' to the end of that file name, it was /etc/hosts

my hosts file reads:

Code:

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.1.1       debian.woh.rr.com       debian
127.0.0.1       site1.com               www.site1.com
127.0.0.1       site2.com               www.site2.com

Tried apache2ctl to restart as well....still defaults to site 1 for both....what could possibly be wrong?

The hostname of the machine is debian, is that causing problems?

also - GoDaddy points to the DynDNS address, then DynDNS points to my external IP.

-Thanks

bathory · 09-15-2011, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Tried apache2ctl to restart as well....still defaults to site 1 for both....what could possibly be wrong?

The hostname of the machine is debian, is that causing problems?

I don't think it's a dns problem, as both domains resolve to your apache IP. It's the apache vhost configuration that is wrong somewhere.
Did you try?

Code:

/usr/sbin/apache2ctl -S

to see what vhosts are enabled?
Or you can take a look at /etc/apache2/sites-enabled to see if there exist the needed symlinks:

Code:

ls -l /etc/apache2/sites-enabled

mtlhd · 09-15-2011, 06:58 PM

result from /usr/sbin/apache2ctl -S

Code:

VirtualHost configuration:
wildcard NameVirtualHosts and _default_ servers:
*:80                   is a NameVirtualHost
         default server www.site1.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/site1:1)
         port 80 namevhost www.site1.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/site1:1)
         port 80 namevhost www.site2.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/site2:1)
Syntax OK

result from ls -l /etc/apache2/sites-enabled

Code:

total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Sep 13 08:42 site1 -> ../sites-available/site1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Sep 13 08:42 site2 -> ../sites-available/site2

Thank you so much for your continued assistance on this issue.

bathory · 09-16-2011, 01:00 AM

Hi,

The vhosts look fine. Are there any messages when apache starts, or any warnings in error_log?
Check /etc/apache2/conf.d/virtual.conf and see if you have a different definition of NameVirtualHost.

Also what happens if you disable the 1st vhost?

leslie_jones · 09-16-2011, 09:27 AM

I had a very similar problem a few weeks ago. Everything was correct in the vhosts declarations. Server had been reloaded and restarted. Could see the changes had 'stuck'. Nothing in the logs and requests for the VHOST were going to the default every time. I was ripping out my hair after about 3 hours. I altered the logging options in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf to make sure the host header was coming in:

Code:

LogFormat "%v:%p %h %l %u %t \"%r\" \"%{host}i\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" vhost_combined

In the end I disabled the virtual host (a2dissite), renamed the vhost file, a2ensite'd it and restarted the server and it worked right away. Quite why I have never discovered. Not sure if it was a non repeatable bug, or just a plain old 'feature'.

Not sure if that is any help at all.

mtlhd · 09-22-2011, 05:01 PM

Bathory:

Quote:

The vhosts look fine. Are there any messages when apache starts, or any warnings in error_log?
Check /etc/apache2/conf.d/virtual.conf and see if you have a different definition of NameVirtualHost.

Also what happens if you disable the 1st vhost?

When I start apache, there is no error message. Nothing in the logs except something about a python version mismatch but announces it gets it from the directory anyway.
the file /etc/apache2/conf.d/virtual.conf did not exist on my system.

I disabled the 1st vhost and it defaulted to the second one for both sites, when i turned the first vhost back on, it defaulted back to vhost1.

Leslie_Jones:

Quote:

I had a very similar problem a few weeks ago. Everything was correct in the vhosts declarations. Server had been reloaded and restarted. Could see the changes had 'stuck'. Nothing in the logs and requests for the VHOST were going to the default every time. I was ripping out my hair after about 3 hours. I altered the logging options in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf to make sure the host header was coming in:

Code:
LogFormat "%v:%p %h %l %u %t \"%r\" \"%{host}i\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" vhost_combined
In the end I disabled the virtual host (a2dissite), renamed the vhost file, a2ensite'd it and restarted the server and it worked right away. Quite why I have never discovered. Not sure if it was a non repeatable bug, or just a plain old 'feature'.

Not sure if that is any help at all.

I changed the Log format and renamed the vhost, but still no cigar.

Thank you both for your assistance.

bathory · 09-23-2011, 12:47 AM

Quote:

I disabled the 1st vhost and it defaulted to the second one for both sites, when i turned the first vhost back on, it defaulted back to vhost1.

There should be a mismatch between the names used in ServerName and/or ServerAlias and the names used in /etc/hosts. Please double-check the spelling of those hostnames and use ping and host commands to see if there is any difference in the hostname resolution

Code:

ping www.site2.com
host www.site2.com