Hello ...

I have a strange problem, I think it will be quite easy for you to solve, but I really tried many things with it and I just couldn't figure out the solution.

first take a look at these 2 files


here's /etc/hosts (I don't have a DNS)

# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.0.1 abbas.jackandmido.com abbas
127.0.0.1 happy.jackandmido.com happy



here's my /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin webmaster@blabla.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/marsguy
ServerName abbas.jackandmido.com
ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin webmaster@blabla.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mango
ServerName happy.jackandmido.com
ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>


these domains are just for test, they don't really exist.

the problem is: when I type "abbas.jackandmido.com" or "happy.jackandmido.com" I get the same page which is located in "/var/www/marsguy" (the first in order)!!!

I really wanna know why does this happen?
please help me!
thanks in advance

You need to increment the number like so

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.0.2 abbas.jackandmido.com abbas
127.0.0.3 happy.jackandmido.com happy

Hello spoody_goon

thanks for your help

but I don't think that the problem is with the /etc/hosts.conf, I think the problem is with the httpd.conf

again, thanks for your help.

I really wish somebody could help me find the answer soon!

thanks

Hmm. well it does seem that I did missed something.
Try this

# /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.0.2 abbas.jackandmido.com abbas
127.0.0.3 happy.jackandmido.com happy

# /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.2
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.2>
ServerName abbas.jackandmido.com
ServerPath /var/www/
DocumentRoot /var/www/marsguy
</VirtualHost>

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.3
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.3>
ServerName happy.jackandmido.com
ServerPath /var/www/
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mango
</VirtualHost>

This is the format I use to test web sites on my pc w/apache it should work

Hello spoody_goon

Thanks for helping me.

I know your method will work just fine, but I wanted to host several web sites using the same IP address.

I tried some stuff and finally found a solution:

the solution is to assign your webserver's IP address to the NameVirtualHost directive. like so

this is the new httpd.conf and it is working perfectly.

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/marsguy
ServerName abbas.jackandmido.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mango
ServerName happy.jackandmido.com
</VirtualHost>

Thanks

sorry I wasn't of more help, I don't know how to do that.

marsguy: Referring to the httpd.conf lines in your first post of this thread, did you try just uncommenting the directive “NameVirtualHost *” in httpd.conf? That’s all you should need to do to enable name-based Virtual Hosts in Apache 2.

hello WhatsHisName!

how are you doing?

yes I uncommented the directive “NameVirtualHost *” in httpd.conf since the very beginning!

I know this looks weird!

thanks

marsguy: The listing below came out of a working FC3 Name-based Apache 2.0 system (httpd-2.0.52-3.1) using a single IP address:

The domain names were changed to name1.org, name2.org and name3.org, where the Fully Qualified Domain Names are www2.nameX.org (“redirects”).


Snippets from httpd.conf (obviously not the entire file):

Listen *:80
Listen *:8080

ServerName 127.0.0.1

DocumentRoot "/var/www/html" #Not used, just left in place

#HUGE GAP

NameVirtualHost *:80
NameVirtualHost *:8080

LockFile "/var/lock/httpd.lock"
CoreDumpDirectory "/etc/httpd"

# Virtual Default Host name1 (This is the main site)
<VirtualHost *:80 *:8080>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/name1/
ServerAdmin root@localhost
ServerSignature email
Directorylndex index.php index.html index.htm index.shtml
LogLevel debug
HostNameLookups off
</VirtualHost>

# Virtual host name2
<VirtualHost *:80 *:8080>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/name2
ServerAdmin root@localhost
ServerName www2.name2.org
ServerAlias name2.org
ServerAlias www.name2.org
ServerAlias *.name2.org
Server Signature email
Directorylndex index.html index.htm index.shtml
</VirtualHost>

# Virtual host name3
<VirtualHost *:80 *:8080>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/name3
ServerAdmin root@localhost
ServerName www2.name3.org
ServerAlias name3.org
ServerAlias www.name3.org
ServerAlias *.name3.org
Server Signature email
Directorylndex index.html index.htm index.shtml
</VirtualHost>

Hope that helps.