Topic: Yet another virtual hosting problem <SOLVED>

[ehoelker]

I had a few small websites on a very old box in the basement and it crashed. I am in the process of reinstalling but have run into a problem with name-based virtual hosting.

I have successfully installed Apache 2.2.21 with PhP 5.2.17 and MySQL 5.5. I tested the installation successfully by using PhP to insert and then display records in a table.

So it cam time for me to setup the virtual hosts. I run a number of subdomains on the main domain and one other domain. I read a number of suggestions on how to set up the vhosts file and have tried a number of different methods from very short virtual host directives to very long.

Problem:
I can go to www.site1.com and get the site1/index.php page. When I go to www.site2.com I get the site1/index.php. If I call www.site2.com/index.php I get the site2/index.php.

virtual host containers:

[Steffen]

The www.siteX.com in the ServerAlias should not be there.

Also make an extra virtual host as first one, the default. For example:

<VirtualHost *>
ServerName localhost
ServerAlias 127.0.0.1
ServerAlias your external IP for instance
DocumentRoot C:/.../Apache2.2/htdocs
</VirtualHost>

This first VirtualHost section is used for all requests that do not match a ServerName or ServerAlias in any <VirtualHost> block.



Steffen

[ehoelker]

1. I removed the offending entry from both ServerAlias.

2. I added the virtual host you suggested except for the external IP, I use a dynamic IP adress:
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName localhost
ServerAlias 127.0.0.1
DocumentRoot "E:/webdocs"
</VirtualHost>

Problem remains the same

www.site1.com = webdocs/site1/index.php
www.site2.com = webdocs/site1/index.php
www.site2.com/index.php = webdocs/site2/index.php
IP Address = webdocs/index.php

[Steffen]

Try to remove the lines: DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm

And put the line in the main config.

Also remove the two blocks <Directory ...>.... </Directory>

And define in the main conf:

<Directory />
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All (sure you want All here ?)
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

Steffen

[ehoelker]

1. I have removed the directoryindex and placed it into the main httpd.conf file.

[Steffen]

I am puzzled.

Try it with a plain .html file.

Is there some about siteX in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts ?

Or leftovers of siteX in the main conf or htaccess (because you have All) ?

Remove the Quotes (") in DocumentRoot.


Steffen

[ehoelker]

Thank you for all your help so far, I know we will get to mark this <solved> before it is all over.

1. I removed the quotes from DocumentRoot. Should I have quotes at all? Do some directives require quotes and some do not? Should I remove all quotes from the httpd.conf file?

2. c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.txt contains

[ehoelker]

Seems the problem may be resolved. The correct index.html files are now being served. I will try it with PHP and see if it continues to operate correctly.

[Steffen]

Since you do not use .htaccess, you can set AllowOverride All to AllowOverride none, is speeding up.

You are saying hosts.txt, look in hosts (without .txt).

Steffen

[ehoelker]

The problem is resolved. Not sure what exactly fixed it. I removed the quotes in DoucumentRoot directives as discussed above.

For anyone finding this thread and having the same problem here is the final httpd-vhosts.conf:

[Steffen]

Thanks for sharing you conf in this way.

Steffen

[ehoelker]

My choice would also be to remove indexes in general and enable Indexes on a directory by directory basis. Do you agree with that general assessment for security sake?

[Steffen]

I should not use indexes when you not really use it.
Also not sure why you have Multiviews

So advised to use:

Options FollowSymLinks


Steffen

[ehoelker]

I appreciate your advice. I will change the above for posterity.