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Reply to topic   Topic: Yet another virtual hosting problem <SOLVED>
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ehoelker



Joined: 02 Nov 2011
Posts: 8

PostPosted: Wed 02 Nov '11 18:19    Post subject: Yet another virtual hosting problem <SOLVED> Reply with quote

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
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Joined: 15 Oct 2005
Posts: 3091
Location: Hilversum, NL, EU

PostPosted: Wed 02 Nov '11 19:00    Post subject: Reply with quote

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
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ehoelker



Joined: 02 Nov 2011
Posts: 8

PostPosted: Wed 02 Nov '11 19:22    Post subject: Reply with quote

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
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Posts: 3091
Location: Hilversum, NL, EU

PostPosted: Wed 02 Nov '11 19:32    Post subject: Reply with quote

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
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ehoelker



Joined: 02 Nov 2011
Posts: 8

PostPosted: Wed 02 Nov '11 20:17    Post subject: Reply with quote

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
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Joined: 15 Oct 2005
Posts: 3091
Location: Hilversum, NL, EU

PostPosted: Wed 02 Nov '11 20:41    Post subject: Reply with quote

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
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ehoelker



Joined: 02 Nov 2011
Posts: 8

PostPosted: Wed 02 Nov '11 21:57    Post subject: Reply with quote

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

Code:
ServerName www.site1.com:80
DocumentRoot E:/webdocs/site1


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

PostPosted: Wed 02 Nov '11 22:08    Post subject: Reply with quote

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
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Joined: 15 Oct 2005
Posts: 3091
Location: Hilversum, NL, EU

PostPosted: Wed 02 Nov '11 22:15    Post subject: Reply with quote

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
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ehoelker



Joined: 02 Nov 2011
Posts: 8

PostPosted: Wed 02 Nov '11 22:23    Post subject: Reply with quote

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>

final c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts:
Code:
127.0.0.1 localhost

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


Last edited by ehoelker on Wed 02 Nov '11 22:37; edited 2 times in total
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Steffen
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Posts: 3091
Location: Hilversum, NL, EU

PostPosted: Wed 02 Nov '11 22:26    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for sharing you conf in this way.

Steffen
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ehoelker



Joined: 02 Nov 2011
Posts: 8

PostPosted: Wed 02 Nov '11 22:27    Post subject: Reply with quote

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
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Location: Hilversum, NL, EU

PostPosted: Wed 02 Nov '11 22:32    Post subject: Reply with quote

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
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ehoelker



Joined: 02 Nov 2011
Posts: 8

PostPosted: Wed 02 Nov '11 22:36    Post subject: Reply with quote

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