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Virtual Hosts - whats wrong

Here is how I have my virtual hosts set up for my primary and secondary domain name. It is not directing the 2ndary domain name to the correct directory. I swear I've tried every port/IP/directory combination that exists... gah. What is wrong here? It is insisting I have a Default Virtual Host, and when I change that to specify port 80 apache will not restart. I swear this should work...?

Red Hat 8.

Code:

#

# Use name-based virtual hosting.

#

NameVirtualHost 888.88.88.88

    

#

# Virtual hosts

#



# Virtual host Default Virtual Host

<VirtualHost *:80>

        DocumentRoot /var/www/html 

        ServerAdmin cyn@cynthiablue.net

        ServerName _default_:80

        DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm index.shtml 

        LogLevel debug

        HostNameLookups off

</VirtualHost>



# Virtual host domain2.com

<VirtualHost 888.88.88.88>

        DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ud 

        ServerAdmin cyn@cynthiablue.net

        ServerName www.domain2.com

        ServerAlias domain2.com

        DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm index.shtml 

</VirtualHost>

The wildcard in the 1st virtual host setup accepts all requests. Since there is no ServersAlias it processes everything.
Put a ServerName and ServerAlias in BOTH definitions to differentiate between them right after DocumentRoot.
You can use <VirtualHost *> for both setups

PS: the ServerName should be a valid domain that points to your IP address.

Firstly:

NameVirtualHost *

It doesn't matter if you have <VirtualHost *>, just as long as you specify the ServerName.

ie.

Code:

### www.example1.com ###

<VirtualHost *>

  DocumentRoot /home/www/example1.com

  ServerAdmin admin@example1.com

  ServerName www.example1.com

</VirtualHost>



### www.example2.com.au ###

<VirtualHost *>

  DocumentRoot /home/www/example2

  ServerName www.example2.com.au

</VirtualHost>



### www.example3.com.au ###

<VirtualHost *>

  ServerAdmin webmaster@example3.com.au

  DocumentRoot /home/www/example3.com.au

  ServerName example3.com.au

</VirtualHost>

Remember that namebased virtual hosting is based off the client browser. It pulls the url it's after from the headers I believe. Therefore, it's not always accurate ( users of older browsers ), but will be fine for 99% of users that hit your site(s).

The above configuration works fine for the 75+ sites i have setup on my linux box, so it should work fine for you. To test domains that don't exist by your account, alter your hosts file in:

windows > system32 > drivers > etc > hosts

and enter:

[ipaddress] domainname.com

then, use "domainname.com" in your browser to test it.

Hope that helps

Thanks for the advice... :) I gave up last night, I will go home and try the changes tonight.

not a problem. If you need any more help, continue posting on this thread. :)

Okay, this is what I have now... seems that my utahdogs.com domain name hangs for a while, then just stops without reaching the correct directory. It still stays on my main domain name's page. :( I did add the domain name to the /etc/hosts file as well.

Code:

# Use name-based virtual hosting.

NameVirtualHost *



# Virtual host cynthiablue.net

<VirtualHost *>

        DocumentRoot /var/www/html

        ServerAdmin cyn@cynthiablue.net

        ServerName www.cynthiablue.net

        ServerAlias cynthiablue.net

        DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm index.shtml 

 </VirtualHost>



# Virtual host utahdogs.com

<VirtualHost *>

        DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ud

        ServerAdmin cyn@cynthiablue.net

        ServerName www.utahdogs.com

        ServerAlias utahdogs.com

        DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm index.shtml 

</VirtualHost>

Waiting patiently seemed to help. :) Hung for a while, now it works.. good thing for that tv break. :)

Thanks for the help. :)