Topic: Virtual Host's

[dec913]

I am currently attempting to setup virtual hostings for a number of sites held on a single server. But with no success.

The server currently has one primary domain, and currently the others are accessed via webforwarding with the limitations that this brings. Having recently setup a mailserver which one of the sites is currently using, and to do so having moved the dns records to our own dns server, the site does not work!

Name based virtual hosts looks to be the ideal solution to this, but would also remove the untiedness of the IP address appearing in the address bar.

Any one any ideas?

Thanks

[James Blond]

[dec913]

All of the domains are completly different and unrelated so subdomains don't really help.

As for the IP address, what I meant to say was currently the IP is shown due to the use of redirection, with virtual hosts the correct address would be displayed, which is what I am attempting to acheive.

Thanks

[James Blond]

What do you don't understand? There are good docs for namebased vhosts

If you use webforwarding for redirection you have to set that name in you DNS server or your provider has to set that names on his DNS server, depending on your internet connection.

[dec913]

Still confused, the code below appears to be correct, Apache starts up and runs. The DNS record points to the site in question www.redshoesdance.co.uk (www.dayfieldgraphics.co.uk being the parent website on the server). But still this does not appear to work!

We host the DNS so can make any of the changes immediately, but as we appear to be unable to see any of the sites internaly using the normal www address (we have to use the IP, and directory if one of the sub websites) to view, so testing is a little problematic!

NameVirtualHost 84.12.101.221

<VirtualHost 84.12.101.221>
ServerAdmin webmaster@dayfieldgraphics.co.uk
DocumentRoot "c:\foxserv\www"
ServerName 192.168.0.23:80
ErrorLog logs/dayfieldgraphics-error_log.txt
CustomLog logs/dayfieldgraphics-access_log.txt common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost www.redshoesdance.co.uk>
ServerAdmin webmaster@dayfieldgraphics.co.uk
DocumentRoot "c:\foxserv\www\redshoesdance"
ServerName redshoesdance.co.uk
ErrorLog logs/redshoesdance-error_log.txt
CustomLog logs/redshoesdance-access_log.txt common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost www.petzoncanvas.co.uk>
ServerAdmin webmaster@petsoncanvas.co.uk
DocumentRoot "c:\foxserv\www\petzoncanvas"
ServerName petzoncanvas.co.uk
ErrorLog logs/petzoncanvas-error_log.txt
CustomLog logs/petzoncanvas-access_log.txt common
</VirtualHost>

[James Blond]

You did not follow the sematics! You mixed name based and IP based vhosts!
If you can redirect the requests with your own DNS. Please see the docs!

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/name-based.html

[dec913]

Sorry for been thick, but as I read the docs, I though that they had been followed.

The instruction say to make the first virtual host entry relate to the main website, and to complete the documentroot and servername to be the same as in the main configuration, which is what I've done.

The following virtualhosts then follow the instructions (I believe!)

I understand that I'm missing the point somewhere, but I just don't get where! Virtual Hosts look so simple.

We are able to configure the DNS to as required, but as we are new to this we are try to learn as we go, at the moment with no success. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[James Blond]

[dec913]

That's brilliant, works a treat.

Having read through the amend section, I can see where we went wrong.

Thanks for your help.