problem with name based virtual hosts and fre .tk domains

rogerdv · 08-30-2013, 12:03 PM

I need to host 2 sites in a VPS, each of them has its own domain name registered via dot tk. I thought that configuring a name virtual host was trivial, but it doesnt works, the first site is displayed for both names. This is the conf:

Code:

# All virtual hosts
<VirtualHost domain1.tk>
       ServerName www.domain1.tk
       DocumentRoot /var/www/html/1.tk
       <Directory /var/www/html/1.tk>
               AllowOverride all
               Options -MultiViews
       </Directory>
</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost domain2.tk>
       ServerName domain2.tk
       DocumentRoot /var/www/html/2.tk
       <Directory /var/www/html/2.tk>
               AllowOverride all
               Options -MultiViews
       </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Also, I have noticed something, even if I stop apache, the site still can be accessed! The server runs Centos 6.4 and it is hosted on a Linode VPS.

acid_kewpie · 08-30-2013, 12:07 PM

if you have stopped apache, then clearly you aren't hosting the site yourself or you haven't actually stopped in the first place. Are there hits in the access_log file? can you access it from the local host machine using curl? Bypass all the public IP stuff by running

Code:

curl -v 127.0.0.1 -H "Host: domain1.tk"

and see what's happening then. And show us if things don't clarify themselves.

rogerdv · 08-30-2013, 12:28 PM

Ok, I have found the cause of the misterious ghost page, seems that Firefox is loading from cache even when I explicitly ask to refresh the page several times. But still have the virtual host problem, both names redirect to same site.

rosehosting.com · 08-30-2013, 12:35 PM

You need to turn on name-based host resolution. Edit your Apache configuration file and add 'NameVirtualHost' as follows:

NameVirtualHost *:80

then, restart your Apache service for the changes to take effect.

rogerdv · 08-30-2013, 12:44 PM

Didnt worked. Still only one site is served.

rosehosting.com · 08-30-2013, 12:52 PM

You can verify the virtual host configuration syntax using the 'httpd -S' command-line command:

httpd -S

bathory · 09-01-2013, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rogerdv

Didnt worked. Still only one site is served.

If you used

Quote:

NameVirtualHost *:80

then you need to use the same notation for the vhosts:

Code:

<VirtualHost *:80>
       ServerName www.domain1.tk
       DocumentRoot /var/www/html/1.tk
       <Directory /var/www/html/1.tk>
               AllowOverride all
               Options -MultiViews
       </Directory>
</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost *:80>
       ServerName domain2.tk
       DocumentRoot /var/www/html/2.tk
       <Directory /var/www/html/2.tk>
               AllowOverride all
               Options -MultiViews
       </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Regards

rogerdv · 09-02-2013, 07:28 AM

I have tried all possible combinations and the result is the same.

bathory · 09-02-2013, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rogerdv

I have tried all possible combinations and the result is the same.

Don't make combinations. Use the same *:80 notation as in my example above for both the NameVirtualhost directive and the VirtualHost containers.Also what is the output of:

Code:

httpd -S

rogerdv · 09-02-2013, 10:00 AM

This is httpd -S

Code:

VirtualHost configuration:
wildcard NameVirtualHosts and _default_ servers:
_default_:443          li591-188.members.linode.com (/etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf:74)
*:80                   is a NameVirtualHost
         default server gitlab.lime-engine.tk (/etc/httpd/conf.d/gitlab.conf:10)
         port 80 namevhost gitlab.lime-engine.tk (/etc/httpd/conf.d/gitlab.conf:10)
         port 80 namevhost www.lime-engine.tk (/etc/httpd/conf.d/virtual_hosts.conf:6)
         port 80 namevhost santiagodecuba.tk (/etc/httpd/conf.d/virtual_hosts.conf:18)
Syntax OK

bathory · 09-02-2013, 11:48 AM

Quote:

*:80 is a NameVirtualHost
default server gitlab.lime-engine.tk (/etc/httpd/conf.d/gitlab.conf:10)
port 80 namevhost gitlab.lime-engine.tk (/etc/httpd/conf.d/gitlab.conf:10)
port 80 namevhost www.lime-engine.tk (/etc/httpd/conf.d/virtual_hosts.conf:6)
port 80 namevhost santiagodecuba.tk (/etc/httpd/conf.d/virtual_hosts.conf:18)

You have 3 vhosts with gitlab.lime-engine.tk being the default one. Which vhost(s) is the one you can't see?
Also make sure you've cleaned your browser cache before testing

rogerdv · 09-02-2013, 11:51 AM

santiagodecuba.tk shows www.lime-engine.tk. Tested our gitlab domain and it shows an empty page, but I dont know if my friend finished installation of gitlab or not. And yes, I have cleaned cache.

rogerdv · 09-02-2013, 12:00 PM

I took the precaution of moving to naother PC and cleaning cache several times. Then fixed conf to follow this notation:

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

Code:

<VirtualHost *:80>
       ServerName www.domain1.tk
       DocumentRoot /var/www/html/1.tk
       <Directory /var/www/html/1.tk>
               AllowOverride all
               Options -MultiViews
       </Directory>
</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost *:80>
       ServerName domain2.tk
       DocumentRoot /var/www/html/2.tk
       <Directory /var/www/html/2.tk>
               AllowOverride all
               Options -MultiViews
       </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Regards

And I get this for both domains:
500
We're sorry, but something went wrong.

bathory · 09-02-2013, 01:27 PM

If you get a 500 "Internal Server Error", you should look in apache error_log to find the reason.

dinakumar12 · 09-03-2013, 09:16 AM

Can you please edit you conf as below,restart apache and try after clearing cache.

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.domain1.tk
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/1.tk
<Directory /var/www/html/1.tk>
AllowOverride all
Options -MultiViews
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName domain2.tk
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/2.tk
<Directory /var/www/html/2.tk>
AllowOverride all
Options -MultiViews
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>