[SOLVED] Virtual Host not working properly

newbie67 · 03-07-2012, 02:01 PM

Hi,
I am new to Linux/Apache.

I am trying to set up two virtual hosts. For this, I changed the file /etc/apache2/apache2.conf as follow:

......
#Include sites-enabled

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/var/www"
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/applications/myapps"
ServerName myapps.myserver.com

<directory "/var/www/applications/myapps">
Allow from all
Options +Indexes
</directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/phpmyadmin"
ServerName phpmyadmin.myserver.com

<directory "/var/www/phpmyadmin">
Allow from all
Options +Indexes
</directory>
</VirtualHost>

Now, I can access phpmyadmin application by the URL http://phpmyadmin.myserver.com. However, I cannot access the myapps application by the URL http://myapps.myserver.com. If I do so, a default index.html placed at /var/www is shown. The actual index.html of myapps, can be accessed if I give the full URL like http://myapps.myserver.com/applicati...pps/index.html. What is the problem?

Earlier I put separate configuration files for phpmyadmin and myapps in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled. However, the same problem was seen there also.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

bathory · 03-07-2012, 04:31 PM

Hi,

What is the output of:

Code:

https -S

Have you cleaned your browser cache, before visiting the offending vhost?

newbie67 · 03-07-2012, 07:46 PM

Hi,
Thanks for your mail. Yes, I cleared the browsing data and frequently clicked refresh icon, without any change.

The output of https -S is:
100 Capabilities
Version: 1.2
Pipeline: true
Send-Config:true

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

bathory · 03-08-2012, 12:23 AM

No it didn't. Try:

Code:

apache2ctl -S

Since you didn't mention your distro, I guess it's debian or ubuntu, as they are the only distros that use sites-enabled for vhosts.
Also check if the name you gave to this vhost (myapps.myserver.com) and the name you have in /etc/hosts (or dns) are the same, or there is some hard to see typo.

Regards

newbie67 · 03-08-2012, 01:11 AM

Hi Bathroy,

Many thanks for your support.

The output of apache2ctl -S is something like
------------------------------
*:80 is a NameVirtualHost
default server myapps.myserver.com (/etc/apache2/apache2.conf:233)
port 80 namevhost myapps.myserver.com (/etc/apache2/apache2.conf:233)
port 80 namevhost myapps.myserver.com (/etc/apache2/apache2.conf:237)
port 80 namevhost phpmyadmin.myserver.com (/etc/apache2/apache2.conf:247)
------------------------------

This is copy-paste from the actual output, but I had to use "myapps" and "myserver" in this mail, as I am not allowed to mention the real application or server name in a public forum.

I am using ubuntu Linux. I am not the system administrator of this server and have not made any change myself in etc/hosts or any dns files.

The /etc/hosts, looks like the following (the machine name is rhine)

-------------------------------------------------------------------
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 rhine

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
---------------------------------------------------------------------

The dns was configured by the system administrator. I do not know which file I should look for. But in general the dns looks ok, as I can access the machine from internet by both myapps.myserver.com and phpmyadmin.myserver.com

Follwoing is the copy paste of the relevant section from /etc/apache2/apache2.conf (changing application and server name).

------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Include generic snippets of statements
Include conf.d/

# Include the virtual host configurations:
#Include sites-enabled/

#Virtualhosts
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/applications/myapps/htdocs"
ServerName myapps.myserver.com

<Directory "/var/www/applications/myapps/htdocs">
allow from all
Options +Indexes
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/phpmyadmin"
ServerName phpmyadmin.myserver.com

<Directory "/var/www/phpmyadmin">
allow from all
Options +Indexes
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I guess the issue is Apache is treating myapps.myserver.com as the default server (as seen in apache2ctl -S), and accordingly showing the index.html from the default root /var/www. It is ignoring the DocumentRoot declaration of myapps.myserver.com in apache2.conf.

Thanks for your time,

bathory · 03-08-2012, 01:58 AM

Quote:

I guess the issue is Apache is treating myapps.myserver.com as the default server (as seen in apache2ctl -S), and accordingly showing the index.html from the default root /var/www. It is ignoring the DocumentRoot declaration of myapps.myserver.com in apache2.conf.

Nope. Apache is using the 1st vhost as the default. In your case, it's the one with docroot /var/www. You can give it a dummy ServerName (e.g. localhost), so when you're trying to access myapps.myserver.com it uses the correct vhost.

lithos · 03-08-2012, 02:30 AM

Hi,

My working configuration is like this (I'm posting just relevant lines):

Code:

### Section 3: Virtual Hosts
NameVirtualHost *


#---------------------------------
#     www.example.net
#---------------------------------
<VirtualHost *>

ServerName www.example.net
ServerAlias  www.example.net example.net
ServerAdmin admin@example.net

DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/example.net/"

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/var/www/html/example.net/cgi-bin/"

ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/lib/mailman/cgi-bin/
<Directory /usr/lib/mailman/cgi-bin/>
    AllowOverride None
    Options ExecCGI
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

<Directory "/var/www/html/example.net">
         Options            +Indexes FollowSymLinks
         IndexOptions       FancyIndexing NameWidth=* FoldersFirst
         AllowOverride      All
         Order              allow,deny
         Allow              from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>


# ---------------------------------------------- #
# PHP.example.NET
# ---------------------------------------------- #

<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin admin@example.net
ServerName php.example.net
ServerAlias php.example.net

DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/example.net/php/"
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/html/example.net/cgi-bin/

<Directory "/var/www/html/example.net/php">
  Options -Indexes +FollowSymlinks
  AllowOverride All
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

I hope you could get the configuration to work.

good luck

newbie67 · 03-08-2012, 02:37 AM

Hi Bathory,

Giving a dummy ServerName for the default 1st vhost solved the problem. Now myapps.myserver.com behaves properly.

Many thanks for your suggestion,