Topic: issues with directory index/virtual host

[fubowl]

Hi all,

I'm having an issue where I've created a virtual host successfully but when I access the content of said virtual host (http://fhr.local), the directory index is appended to my file so it shows up above my content. I've turning off directory indexing in an attempt to bypass the problem and have done so by editing the httpd.conf file as per the following code.

This code only works if I keep the "Options -Indexes" under ServerName local. If this is removed, the second "Options -Indexes" under ServerName fhr.local is ineffective.

Any solutions for why this would be occurring would be greatly appreciated.

Apache 2.2
EasyPHP 2

httpd.conf:

[bovcan]

Why do you have 2 times <VirtualHost localhost:80> for differnet folders?
Try to add for localhost
<VirtualHost localhost:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/EasyPHP5.3.0/www"

and for
DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/EasyPHP5.3.0/www/fhr"
you will need to add something else not localhost again
EXP: <VirtualHost www.yourdomain.com:80>

[glsmith]

not so bovcan,

<VirtualHost IP:80>. You can have as many vhost bound to any one IP you want, and localhost is simply the IP 127.0.0.1, the ServerName needs to be different for each. <VirtualHost *:80> will listen on ALL IP addresses. It has to do with name-based vs. ip-based virtualhosts and you can have both in one config as well.

I am unfamiliar with EasyPHP, but something that has my curiousity going is what the file name is in each of the folders your trying to view. If it were readme.html the same things you are describing could happen per
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_autoindex.html#readmename
provided you have not changed DirectoryIndex and are calling with just
http://local or http://local.jhp

My sneaky suspicion is you are not actually getting one of those two vhosts due to the ol' "main host goes away" section of http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/name-based.html

This is the most common mistake cause it is almost always overlooked and I have written about it in this forum more times than I care to count. Your first vhost should be a minimal duplicate of the main host in httpd.conf, until then it is up in the air on how Apache will act, it seems to be different for different people or they just explain the symptoms differently.

Why the directories do not act properly: this could be due to the fact they are per virtual host and not global but most likely my sneaky suspicion as stated above. When you are going to http://local.jhp you are really ending up at http://local or worse, whatever the main host is in httpd.conf