NameVirtualHost not working: Akways default to /var/www/html

Swakoo · 04-06-2007, 02:29 AM

Hi guys,

I am setting up Apache to work with Tomcat.

Anyway, on apache end, when I configure NameVirtualHost, it doesn't work!

The original settings:

Code:

NameVirtualHost *:80


<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com
    DocumentRoot /www/docs/dummy-host.example.com
    ServerName dummy-host.example.com
    ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
    CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

But no matter what, it always searches for documents at /var/www/html which is define as documentroot earlier in httpd.conf. I even commented that out for it to work.

I had to make it as such before it works:

Code:

NameVirtualHost 192.168.1.10:80


<VirtualHost 192.168.1.10:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com
    DocumentRoot /www/docs/dummy-host.example.com
    ServerName dummy-host.example.com
    ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
    CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

Basically I need to add the IP address before it will work.
While I never had this problem with apache before, it is the first time I am using Centos for this purpose...

and when i restart apache with the new settings it prompted a warning:

Quote:

Starting httpd: [Fri Apr 06 15:30:42 2007] [error] VirtualHost www.domain.com:0 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results
[Fri Apr 06 15:30:42 2007] [error] VirtualHost www.domain1.com:0 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results

any suggestion why is it working this way?

Thanks!

Swakoo · 04-06-2007, 04:16 AM

Just to update:

When I leave the settings at default (using *:80), it doesn't work because it still loads from /var/www/html

When I restart the server it shows:

Quote:

Starting httpd: [Fri Apr 06 17:11:45 2007] [warn] VirtualHost www.domain1.com:0 overlaps with VirtualHost www.domain2.com:0, the first has precedence, perhaps you need a NameVirtualHost directive

using multiple vhost

When I remove reference to mod_jk.conf the warning goes, but naturally the tomcat integration doesn't work

igorc · 04-06-2007, 04:57 AM

<DocumentRoot /www/docs/dummy-host.example.com>

Why do you have a domain name in the DocumentRoot statement. It should be a path to the folder where you have the pages stored.

Swakoo · 04-07-2007, 04:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by igorc

<DocumentRoot /www/docs/dummy-host.example.com>

Why do you have a domain name in the DocumentRoot statement. It should be a path to the folder where you have the pages stored.

that is the path..

basically the path is usually /home/domainname/wwwroot

but i just used the httpd example here. removing it doesn't help

igorc · 04-07-2007, 08:32 PM

Hi,

This is one of the possible virtual host config:

...
Port 80
ServerName server.domain.tld

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /www/domain
ServerName www.domain.tld
...
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /www/subdomain
ServerName www.sub.domain.tld
...
</VirtualHost>

Check the following link: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/vhosts/examples.html

You will find here some basic settings for name and ip based virtual hosts. I hope this helps.

Cheers,

Swakoo · 04-08-2007, 09:22 PM

yah i have been doing it (VHost) all these while, just that this time I am integrating it with Tomcat... no sure if that's the reason. Anyway, I am re-doing the setup to see if it works... will update here shortly

Swakoo · 04-09-2007, 04:09 AM

have re-setup everything.. got apache and tomcat to work together (via mod_jk) and using virtual host.

End up I figured I had to use the IP address of the server when declaring NameVirtualHost and VirtualHost.

I can't use *.80

So far, so good