How to configure Apache Virtual hosts is Slackware?

qlands · 06-27-2011, 09:28 AM

Hi,

I am trying to configure Apache to handle virtual hosts. For this I un-commented the line in httpd.conf that say

Quote:

Include /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

Then I included the following in httpd-vhosts.conf:

Quote:

<VirtualHost *:80>
<Directory /var/www/git.localhost/gitorious/public>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from All
</Directory>

DocumentRoot /var/www/git.localhost/gitorious/public
ServerName git.localhost

ErrorLog /var/www/git.localhost/log/error.log
CustomLog /var/www/git.localhost/log/access.log combined

# Gzip/Deflate
# http://fluxura.com/2006/5/19/apache-...strano-support
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/javascript text/css application/x-javascript
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html

# Far future expires date
<FilesMatch "\.(ico|pdf|flv|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|js|css|swf)$">
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year"
</FilesMatch>

# No Etags
FileETag None

RewriteEngine On

# Check for maintenance file and redirect all requests
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/system/maintenance.html -f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !maintenance.html
RewriteRule ^.*$ /system/maintenance.html [L]
</VirtualHost>

The problem is that when I use the browser to go to http://localhost/ I get the content of the virtual server. When I go to http://git.localhost/ the browser change it to http://www.git.localhost/ and I get:

Quote:

Server not found

What am I doing wrong?

willysr · 06-27-2011, 11:29 AM

Do you have that entry on your DNS or /etc/hosts file?

Diantre · 06-27-2011, 01:57 PM

I always leave the ServerName, DocumentRoot and log directives for the main server in httpd.conf.

Then I configure httpd-vhosts.conf something like this:

Code:

NameVirtualHost *:80

# main server
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName server
    DocumentRoot /srv/httpd/htdocs
</VirtualHost>

# first virtual host
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName books
    DocumentRoot /mnt/www/books
    <Directory />
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Note that this is my local setup. There has to be a virtual host for the main server and one for each virtual host you define. In this case I add this lines to my hosts file:

Code:

127.0.0.1		server
127.0.0.1		books

So when I type http://server in a browser, apache displays the first virtual host, and when I use http://books, then it displays the second one.

qlands · 06-28-2011, 01:59 AM

Hi,

I follow your instructions and now when got to localhost it shows the main server with the default Apache page saying "It works!". But then when I got to git.localhost the browser say "waiting for git.localhost" and then falls to localhost and the default apache page.

I have the following in etc/hosts:

Quote:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 git.localhost
172.26.17.70 darkstar darkstar.ilri.org

Then I have the following httpd-vhosts.conf:

Quote:

NameVirtualHost *:80

#Main server
<VirtualHost *:80>
<Directory "/srv/httpd/htdocs">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot "/srv/httpd/htdocs"
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/error_log
</VirtualHost>

#Git server
<VirtualHost *:80>
<Directory "/srv/httpd/git.localhost/gitorious/public">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from All
</Directory>

DocumentRoot "/srv/httpd/git.localhost/gitorious/public"
ServerName git.localhost

ErrorLog /var/www/git.localhost/log/error.log
CustomLog /var/www/git.localhost/log/access.log combined

# Gzip/Deflate
# http://fluxura.com/2006/5/19/apache-...strano-support
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/javascript text/css application/x-javascript
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html

# Far future expires date
<FilesMatch "\.(ico|pdf|flv|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|js|css|swf)$">
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year"
</FilesMatch>

# No Etags
FileETag None

RewriteEngine On

# Check for maintenance file and redirect all requests
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/system/maintenance.html -f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !maintenance.html
RewriteRule ^.*$ /system/maintenance.html [L]
</VirtualHost>

Might it be a waiting time for the transport module to run the rails application?

Thanks in advance.

Diantre · 06-28-2011, 12:50 PM

Try using <Directory /> instead of <Directory "/srv/httpd/git.localhost/gitorious/public">. And check your logs to see if there's any indication of what's happening.

You can also try running

Code:

httpd -S

to check your virtual host configuration.

qlands · 06-29-2011, 02:28 AM

Hi,

Thanks for your support. I removed the "" from the configuration file. Here is the output of httpd -S:

Quote:

httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 172.26.17.70 for ServerName
VirtualHost configuration:
wildcard NameVirtualHosts and _default_ servers:
*:80 is a NameVirtualHost
default server localhost (/etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:21)
port 80 namevhost localhost (/etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:21)
port 80 namevhost git.localhost (/etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:58)
Syntax OK

This is the error log:

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[Wed Jun 29 10:13:10 2011] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Wed Jun 29 10:13:10 2011] [notice] Digest: done
[Wed Jun 29 10:13:11 2011] [notice] Apache/2.2.19 (Unix) DAV/2 Phusion_Passenger/3.0.7 configured -- resuming normal op
erations

I though the problem was the I did not have the AddHandler cgi-script .cgi or the Options ExecCGI or that I did not had ServerName localhost (to remove the "qualified domain name" error) in httpd.conf. But even with those options I get the same problem.

Thanks in advance.

Diantre · 06-29-2011, 04:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by qlands

This is the error log:

No errors there. Look for entries with the word [error]. This is a fragment of my error log, notice the missing files:

Code:

Wed Jun 29 02:35:31 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /srv/httpd/htdocs/favicon.ico
[Wed Jun 29 02:35:37 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /mnt/www/books/favicon.ico
[Wed Jun 29 02:37:52 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /mnt/www/books/foo.html

If there are no errors, then great.

Quote:

Originally Posted by qlands

I though the problem was the I did not have the AddHandler cgi-script .cgi or the Options ExecCGI or that I did not had ServerName localhost (to remove the "qualified domain name" error) in httpd.conf. But even with those options I get the same problem.

As I mentioned above, I use apache as my local webserver, only for my personal use, and I've never seen that "domain name" error. Take a look at my files:

hosts

Code:

127.0.0.1		localhost
127.0.0.1		argus
127.0.0.1		books

httpd.conf

Code:

Listen 127.0.0.1:80
ServerName argus:80
DocumentRoot "/srv/httpd/htdocs"

Those are the only entries modified, the rest are at default values.

httpd-vhosts.conf

Code:

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName argus
    DocumentRoot /srv/httpd/htdocs
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName books
    DocumentRoot /mnt/www/books
</VirtualHost>

That's my very minimal setup for virtual hosts. It works for me. Perhaps if you try with a minimum configuration first and then start adding more configuration entries as you test the basics?

Take a look at apache's docs for virtual hosts: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/

As a suggestion, try using [code][/code] tags to enclose your texts and examples, it keeps the formatting of the text intact.

Anyway, keep trying and good luck.

akalinin · 03-21-2015, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diantre

I always leave the ServerName, DocumentRoot and log directives for the main server in httpd.conf.

Then I configure httpd-vhosts.conf something like this:

Code:

NameVirtualHost *:80

# main server
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName server
    DocumentRoot /srv/httpd/htdocs
</VirtualHost>

# first virtual host
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName books
    DocumentRoot /mnt/www/books
    <Directory />
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Note that this is my local setup. There has to be a virtual host for the main server and one for each virtual host you define. In this case I add this lines to my hosts file:

Code:

127.0.0.1		server
127.0.0.1		books

So when I type http://server in a browser, apache displays the first virtual host, and when I use http://books, then it displays the second one.

Thank you for posting this. I thought apache on my Slackware setup was going flaky until I tried your way. Thanks, this really helped!