Topic: Name-based Virtual Hosts :(

[b00x]

Hi,

I have a bit of a problem with Name-based virtual hosts for Apache 2, and I can't figure it out, I've been over the documentation several times, with no success.

Below is the best configuration I could come up with, but it's still not working as planned, I'll explain after.

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NameVirtualHost *:80
NameVirtualHost *:443
NameVirtualHost ##2##.infinita.org:80
NameVirtualHost ##2##.infinita.org:443

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot D:/Sithellaneous/Programming/PHP/wwwroot/public
ServerName ##1##.infinita.org
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
DocumentRoot D:/Sithellaneous/Programming/PHP/wwwroot/secure
ServerName ##1##.infinita.org
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost ##2##:80 ##2##.infinita.org:80>
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyPass / http://10.1.1.5/
ProxyPassReverse / http://10.1.1.5/
ServerName ##2##.infinita.org
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost ##2##:443 ##2##.infinita.org:443>
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyPass / https://10.1.1.5/
ProxyPassReverse / https://10.1.1.5/
ServerName ##2##.infinita.org
</VirtualHost>

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What i'm trying to do (which may be obvious to some of you), is forward all traffic with a different hostname (##2##.infinita.org) to another machine on my LAN. I've tried mapping a network drive, and i've tried the Proxy option - with no success. The one above however appears to produce the best looking output from a `httpd -S` (found below).

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C:\Program Files\Apache2\bin>httpd.exe -S
VirtualHost configuration:
10.1.1.5:80 ##2##.infinita.org (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:42)
10.1.1.5:443 ##2##.infinita.org (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:4
210.84.10.52:80 is a NameVirtualHost
default server ##2##.infinita.org (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:42)
port 80 namevhost ##2##.infinita.org (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:42)
210.84.10.52:443 is a NameVirtualHost
default server ##2##.infinita.org (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:4
port 443 namevhost ##2##.infinita.org (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:4
wildcard NameVirtualHosts and _default_ servers:
*:443 is a NameVirtualHost
default server ##1##.infinita.org (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:3
port 443 namevhost ##1##.infinita.org (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:3
port 443 namevhost localhost (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf:74)
*:80 is a NameVirtualHost
default server ##1##.infinita.org (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:34)
port 80 namevhost ##1##.infinita.org (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:34)
Syntax OK

C:\Program Files\Apache2\bin>

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Can anyone help me out?

I've hashed out my domain as I don't want it listed on the net, but i've numbered them to differentiate . You might notice a repeat aswell, this is because the sub-domain names match the names of my PC's on my LAN, I don't think this should be a problem, but [shrugs] maybe it is?

Regards,
Corey...

[Jorge]

Haven't tested this but try:

[b00x]

Hmm, looks good in theory, but I tried it, and it seems apache is taking the 'default' too far... Both my domains are still loading from the first machine, its ignoring my proxy to 10.1.1.5.

I'll show you the `httpd -S` output:

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VirtualHost configuration:
210.84.10.52:80 ##2##.infinita.org (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:34)
210.84.10.52:443 ##2##.infinita.org (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:40)
wildcard NameVirtualHosts and _default_ servers:
*:443 is a NameVirtualHost
default server ##1##.infinita.org (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:30)
port 443 namevhost ##1##.infinita.org (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:30)
port 443 namevhost localhost (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf:74)
*:80 is a NameVirtualHost
default server ##1##.infinita.org (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:26)
port 80 namevhost ##1##.infinita.org (C:/Program Files/Apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:26)
Syntax OK
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So it thinks its doing the right thing, but not
And it seems I'll need to fix up my httpd-ssl.conf file too :\ Don't want those duplicates

[sigh] back to the drawing board

Thanks Jorge.

[wew-1]

My low end network router will pass traffic to an ip or machine

[b00x]

Hmm, so does mine, but I'd like to use the same port for all HTTP traffic, and forward traffic to the correct machine based on 'internet' hostname.

[ponders]

I guess it would be nice if my router did hostname based redirection. I'll look into it anyway after work