Apache doesn't show the page while virtualhost is defined

mahmoodn · 05-30-2018, 03:41 AM

With Ubuntu 18.04, php7.2 and apache web server, I have defined a virtualhost and put the web files in the correct place.

The content of the config file is

Code:

root@webshob:~# ls -l /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 مئی   30 11:57 000-default.conf -> ../sites-available/000-default.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 مئی   30 12:07 shob.conf -> /etc/apache2/sites-available/shob.conf
root@webshob:~# cat /etc/apache2/sites-available/shob.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
            ServerAdmin admin@yourdomain.com
            DocumentRoot /var/www/html/shob/
            ServerName your-domain.com
            ServerAlias www.your-domain.com
            <Directory /var/www/html/shob/>
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
           </Directory>
           ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/webshob-error_log
           CustomLog /var/log/apache2/webshob-access_log common
</VirtualHost>
root@webshob:~#

And the files are public html folder

Code:

root@webshob:~# ls -l /var/www/html/
total 16
-rw-r--r--  1 root     root     10918 مئی   30 11:57 index.html
drwxr-xr-x 18 www-data www-data  4096 مئی   30 12:08 shob

When I enter http://w.x.y.z in firefox where w.x.y.z is a valid ip, I can see the default apache test page. However when I enter http://w.x.y.z/shob, I get the following error which means I can not see the web installer.

Code:

The requested URL /shob/install was not found on this server.

You ma say that the file doesn't exists! However, I do the following test and it works

In terminal, I run php -S w.x.y.z:8080 and when I enter http://w.x.y.z:8080 I can see the installer. Meanwhile in the terminal, I see

Code:

root@webshob:/var/www/html/shob# php -S w.x.y.z:8080
PHP 7.2.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Development Server started at Wed May 30 13:09:16 2018
Listening on http://w.x.y.z:8080
Document root is /var/www/html/shob
Press Ctrl-C to quit.
[Wed May 30 13:09:20 2018] 5.57.36.99:50254 [301]: /
[Wed May 30 13:09:20 2018] 5.57.36.99:50255 [301]: /install
[Wed May 30 13:09:20 2018] 5.57.36.99:50256 [200]: /install/rules
[Wed May 30 13:09:20 2018] 5.57.36.99:50257 [200]: /ow_install/view/style.css
[Wed May 30 13:09:20 2018] 5.57.36.99:50258 [200]: /ow_install/view/img/logo.png
[Wed May 30 13:09:20 2018] 5.57.36.99:50259 [200]: /ow_install/view/img/header.png
[Wed May 30 13:09:20 2018] 5.57.36.99:50260 [200]: /ow_install/view/img/button.png

So the install files are there. How can I fix that?

bathory · 05-30-2018, 05:39 AM

Quote:

root@webshob:~# ls -l /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 مئی 30 11:57 000-default.conf -> ../sites-available/000-default.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 مئی 30 12:07 shob.conf -> /etc/apache2/sites-available/shob.conf
root@webshob:~# cat /etc/apache2/sites-available/shob.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>sites-available/000-default.conf
ServerAdmin admin@yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/shob/
ServerName your-domain.com
ServerAlias www.your-domain.com
<Directory /var/www/html/shob/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/webshob-error_log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/webshob-access_log common
</VirtualHost>
<snip>
When I enter http://w.x.y.z in firefox where w.x.y.z is a valid ip, I can see the default apache test page. However when I enter http://w.x.y.z/shob, I get the following error which means I can not see the web installer.

The requested URL /shob/install was not found on this server.

Using an IP address in your browser, will give you the default apache vhost (defined in sites-available/000-default.conf)
You should use: http://your-domain.com assuming that your-domain.com resolves to your apache server IP.

mahmoodn · 05-30-2018, 10:04 AM

There is no DNS. So, I must enter the ip address in the browser

bathory · 05-30-2018, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mahmoodn

There is no DNS. So, I must enter the ip address in the browser

In this case you can add in the client's hosts file (/etc/hosts) the following line:

Code:

w.x.y.z your-domain.com

mahmoodn · 06-03-2018, 06:13 AM

Quote:

w.x.y.z your-domain.com

No it doesn't help.
I also tried to create a folder in /var/www/html and also creating a file for the virtualhost separately. Still it doesn't work. Please see the new configuration

Code:

root@webshob:/var/www/html# ls shob/
captcha.php       ow_core      ow_libraries    ow_static          ow_utilities
CHANGELOG.txt     ow_cron      ow_log          ow_system_plugins  ow_version.xml
e500.php          ow_iis       ow_pluginfiles  ow_themes          ReadMe.pdf
index.php         ow_includes  ow_plugins      ow_updates         robots.txt
install_info.txt  ow_install   ow_smarty       ow_userfiles       UPDATE.txt
root@webshob:/var/www/html# 
root@webshob:/var/www/html# 
root@webshob:/var/www/html# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1	localhost
127.0.1.1	webshub

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
root@webshob:/var/www/html# ls -l /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 مئی   30 11:57 000-default.conf -> ../sites-available/000-default.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 مئی   30 12:07 shob.conf -> /etc/apache2/sites-available/shob.conf
root@webshob:/var/www/html# 
root@webshob:/var/www/html# cat /etc/apache2/sites-available/shob.conf 
<VirtualHost *:80>
            ServerAdmin admin@yourdomain.com
            DocumentRoot /var/www/html/shob/
            <Directory /var/www/html/shob/>
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
           </Directory>
           ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/webshub-error_log
           CustomLog /var/log/apache2/webshub-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

Now, from a remote machine,

Code:

mahmood@orca:eam$ wget w.x.y.z/shob
--2018-06-03 15:42:10--  http://w.x.y.z/shob
Connecting to w.x.y.z:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://w.x.y.z/shob/ [following]
--2018-06-03 15:42:11--  http://w.x.y.z/shob/
Reusing existing connection to w.x.y.z:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://w.x.y.z/shob/install [following]
--2018-06-03 15:42:11--  http://w.x.y.z/shob/install
Reusing existing connection to w.x.y.z:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2018-06-03 15:42:11 ERROR 404: Not Found.

Any idea?

mahmoodn · 06-03-2018, 06:17 AM

Even running wget localhost/shob from the server (webshob machine), says that the file is nto found

Code:

root@webshob:/var/www/html# wget localhost/shub
--2018-06-03 15:45:42--  http://localhost/shub
Resolving localhost (localhost)... 127.0.0.1
Connecting to localhost (localhost)|127.0.0.1|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://localhost/shub/ [following]
--2018-06-03 15:45:42--  http://localhost/shub/
Reusing existing connection to localhost:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://localhost/shub/install [following]
--2018-06-03 15:45:42--  http://localhost/shub/install
Reusing existing connection to localhost:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2018-06-03 15:45:42 ERROR 404: Not Found.

bathory · 06-03-2018, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Now, from a remote machine,

mahmood@orca:eam$ wget w.x.y.z/shob
<-snip->
Location: http://w.x.y.z/shob/install [following]
--2018-06-03 15:42:11-- http://w.x.y.z/shob/install
Reusing existing connection to w.x.y.z:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2018-06-03 15:42:11 ERROR 404: Not Found.

You should look at the apache error_log to see what was not found and were apache was looking it for.