Apache2 virtualHost config problem
 

Once upon a time about 2 weeks ago the vhosts worked fine. But that was when i had apache 2.0.40 installed from the rpm that i got by using apt-get (apt-get install httpd). Then i wanted to configure Apache Tomcat and using mod_jk to connect apache and tomcat. I tried for a week strait to get them to work but couldn't, so in frustration i removed httpd and followed an awesome tuturial on setting up apache and tomcat:

for anyone looking to do that i suggest:
http://johnturner.com/howto/apache2-...rh9-howto.html

NOW, I got everything up and got all of the test pages and mod_jk working and everything. However when i copied the virtual host info from my old httpd.conf file i get an interesting problem. they all point to the default webiste which is located at /web/apps/ROOT but the directives are pointing them to /web/apps/glaznerfamily/ROOT , /web/apps/industrial_design/ROOT and /web/apps/designers_coalition/ROOT. you can see the problem first hand if you go to

http://www.coldcrow.com (default site)
http://www.glaznerfamily.com (second site)
http://www.dcasu.org (third site)
http://www.unspokenbalance.com (fourth site)


httpd.conf

NameVirtualHost *:80

#
# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for requests without a known
# server name.
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@coldcrow.com
DocumentRoot /web/apps/ROOT
ServerName www.coldcrow.com
ServerAlias www.coldcrow.com
ErrorLog logs/coldcrow.com-error_log
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/web/apps/ROOT/cgi-bin/"
<Directory "/web/apps/ROOT/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
# CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@glaznerfamily.com
DocumentRoot /web/apps/glaznerfamily/ROOT
ServerName www.glaznerfamily.com
ServerAlias www.glaznerfamily.com
ErrorLog logs/glaznerfamily.com-error_log
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/web/apps/glaznerfamily/ROOT/cgi-bin/"
<Directory "/web/apps/glaznerfamily/ROOT/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
# CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@dcasu.org
DocumentRoot /web/apps/designers_coalition/ROOT
ServerName www.dcasu.org
ServerAlias www.dcasu.org
ErrorLog logs/dcasu.org-error_log
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/web/apps/designers_coalition/ROOT/cgi-bin/"
<Directory "/web/apps/designers_coalition/ROOT/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
# CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@unspokenbalance.com
DocumentRoot /web/apps/industrial_design/ROOT
ServerName www.unspokenbalance.com
ServerAlias www.unspokenbalance.com
ErrorLog logs/unspokenbalance.com-error_log
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/web/apps/industrial_design/ROOT/cgi-bin/"
<Directory "/web/apps/industrial_design/ROOT/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
# CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

Include /usr/local/tomcat/conf/auto/mod_jk.conf

End httpd.conf

I did a config test and got "Syntax OK".
then i tried httpd -S and got the following:

208.187.207.30:80 coldcrow.com (/usr/local/tomcat/conf/auto/mod_jk.conf:14)
wildcard NameVirtualHosts and _default_ servers:
*:80 is a NameVirtualHost
default server www.coldcrow.com (/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf:1035)
port 80 namevhost www.coldcrow.com (/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf:1035)
port 80 namevhost www.glaznerfamily.com (/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf:1051)
port 80 namevhost www.dcasu.org (/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf:1067)
port 80 namevhost www.unspokenbalance.com (/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf:1083)
Syntax OK

any help would be appreciated.

STILL HAVING THIS PROBLEM
 

I'm really stuck here. I'm completely at a loss here. I don't kow what to do. Does anyone have any ideas? I have tried doing everyghing possible. I have searched this forum for similar problems and tried the solutions offered there but nothing. PLEASE HELP!!! SOMEONE ANYONE

some progress at least
 

Ok well i found the problem but now i don't know how to fix it. the problem is the include mod_jk.conf directive at the bottom. If i uncomment that out then i get proper redirection. I set up hosts directives in the tomcat server.xml file and now when i start apache i get this message:

VirtualHost coldcrow.com:80 overlpas with VirtualHost glaznerfamily.com:80, the first has precedence, perhaps you need a NameVirtualHost directive

any ideas??? so far i have found nothing.

problem solved
 

Well i finally got it fixed. After consulting lots and lots of documentation on jakarta-tomcat's website i decided to move away from the older mod_jk and go with mod_jk2 which is better suited for Apache 2.0 They have a pretty good how to here:

http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tom...hosthowto.html

OH so yeah anyway it was the Include directive that caused the problem. after installing mod_jk2 (which if you are using the rpm based httpd you need to get httpd-devel to compile mod_jk2.so) and adding the sites to the workers2.properties file and in the virtual host directives it worked out fine.

If anyone ever decides to read this i am now some what of an expert on it (thanks to hours and hours of reading badly written howto's) i could probably help you. jglazner-AT-creditback-DOT-com