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ehoelker
Joined: 02 Nov 2011 Posts: 8
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Posted: Wed 02 Nov '11 18:19 Post subject: Yet another virtual hosting problem <SOLVED> |
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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:
Code: | <VirtualHost *>
ServerName www.site1.com
ServerAlias site1.com www.site1.com
DocumentRoot "E:/webdocs/site1"
<Directory "e:/webdocs/site1">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog e:/webdocs/logs/site1.error.log
CustomLog e:/webdocs/logs/site1.access.log common
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName www.site2.com
ServerAlias site2.com www.site2.com
DocumentRoot "E:/webdocs/site2"
<Directory "e:/webdocs/site2">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog e:/webdocs/site2.error.log
CustomLog e:/webdocs/site2.access.log common
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm
</VirtualHost> |
In addition I have Listen 80 (in httpd.conf) and NameVirtualHost * (in httpd-vhosts.conf)
I feel like I am missing something very basic and I would appreciate any help you could provide.
Last edited by ehoelker on Wed 02 Nov '11 22:28; edited 1 time in total |
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Steffen Moderator
Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 3091 Location: Hilversum, NL, EU
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Posted: Wed 02 Nov '11 19:00 Post subject: |
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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.
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ehoelker
Joined: 02 Nov 2011 Posts: 8
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Posted: Wed 02 Nov '11 19:22 Post subject: |
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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 |
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Steffen Moderator
Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 3091 Location: Hilversum, NL, EU
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Posted: Wed 02 Nov '11 19:32 Post subject: |
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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>
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ehoelker
Joined: 02 Nov 2011 Posts: 8
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Posted: Wed 02 Nov '11 20:17 Post subject: |
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1. I have removed the directoryindex and placed it into the main httpd.conf file.
Code: | DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm |
2. removed the directory containers from the virtual hosts in the vhosts config file and made a general entry in the main httpd.conf file.
Code: | <Directory />
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Multiviews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory> |
3. Here is the vhost now. Just so we are all on the same page:
Code: | <VirtualHost *>
ServerName localhost
ServerAlias 127.0.0.1
DocumentRoot "E:/webdocs"
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName www.site1.com
ServerAlias site1.com
DocumentRoot "E:/webdocs/site1"
ErrorLog e:/webdocs/logs/site1.error.log
CustomLog e:/webdocs/logs/site1.access.log common
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName www.site2.com
ServerAlias site2.com
DocumentRoot "E:/webdocs/site2"
ErrorLog e:/webdocs/logs/site2.error.log
CustomLog e:/webdocs/logs/site2.access.log common
</VirtualHost> |
Problem remains as described above. |
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Steffen Moderator
Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 3091 Location: Hilversum, NL, EU
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Posted: Wed 02 Nov '11 20:41 Post subject: |
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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.
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ehoelker
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Posted: Wed 02 Nov '11 21:57 Post subject: |
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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
Code: | 127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 site1.com
127.0.0.1 site2.com | Plus about 1,000 entries by Spybot
3. httpd.conf contains the following siteX references
4. there are no .htaccess files. The directories are empty (exception: see below)
5. I removed all files from /webdocs and subdirectories (except webdocs/logs.) There is now a simple structure of:
Code: | /webdocs
/webdocs/site1
/webdocs/site2
/webdocs/logs |
In every directory I created an index.html containing: Code: | <html><body><h1>XXXX</h1></body></html> | where XXXX is the directory name of the file (i.e. site1, site2, webdocs)
Restarted Apache, problem still exists as described above. |
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ehoelker
Joined: 02 Nov 2011 Posts: 8
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Posted: Wed 02 Nov '11 22:08 Post subject: |
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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. |
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Steffen Moderator
Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 3091 Location: Hilversum, NL, EU
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Posted: Wed 02 Nov '11 22:15 Post subject: |
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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).
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ehoelker
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Posted: Wed 02 Nov '11 22:23 Post subject: |
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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:
Code: | NameVirtualHost *
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName localhost
ServerAlias 127.0.0.1
DocumentRoot E:/webdocs
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName www.site1.com
ServerAlias site1.com
DocumentRoot E:/webdocs/site1
ErrorLog e:/webdocs/logs/site1.error.log
CustomLog e:/webdocs/logs/site1.access.log common
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName www.site2.com
ServerAlias site2.com
DocumentRoot E:/webdocs/site2
ErrorLog e:/webdocs/logs/site2.error.log
CustomLog e:/webdocs/logs/site2.access.log common
</VirtualHost>
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final c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts:
Code: | 127.0.0.1 localhost
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relevant lines form httpd.conf
Code: | Listen 80
ServerName www.site1.com:80
DocumentRoot E:/webdocs/site1
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf |
There is no Directory entries for either /webdocs, /webdocs/site1, or /webdocs/site2
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Steffen Moderator
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Posted: Wed 02 Nov '11 22:26 Post subject: |
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Thanks for sharing you conf in this way.
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ehoelker
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Posted: Wed 02 Nov '11 22:27 Post subject: |
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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? |
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Steffen Moderator
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Posted: Wed 02 Nov '11 22:32 Post subject: |
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I should not use indexes when you not really use it.
Also not sure why you have Multiviews
So advised to use:
Options FollowSymLinks
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ehoelker
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Posted: Wed 02 Nov '11 22:36 Post subject: |
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I appreciate your advice. I will change the above for posterity. |
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