Topic: Help setting up a local domain with working override

[jasontheadams]

I've been fighting this for many hours now, and I'm very frustrated. Apache just doesn't make sense to me; I'd greatly appreciate any advice. Please read through what I've written, as I've read through dozens of posts and manuals on the subject, and really need specific advice.

I'm trying to accomplish two goals: First, get "Pretty Links" to work on my local Wordpress instance; second, to set up a local domain for the site.

I have a fresh install of Apache 2.4.6 running, and I'll I've done is enable the rewrite and vhost_alias mods. Nevertheless, here's my apache2.conf: http://pastebin.com/Vag8N1QA

For the first goal, I understand I need to have AllowOverride set to All. This, I gather, allows .htaccess files within the subsequent directories to alter the apache config. To try one thing at a time, I'm accessing the site from localhost/var/www/dhae/Wordpress (foregoing the domain). I tried altering the 000-default.conf to oblige this: http://pastebin.com/PwMGF9F2 -- all I added was the <Directory> section. This didn't work, and neither did changing the AllowOverride to All in the apache2.conf.

I wondered if perhaps I needed something more specific to the directory, so I tried using my second goal to accomplish this. I wrote the dhae.conf: http://pastebin.com/trwWVFLW

I've also added the following line to my HOSTS file:
127.0.0.1 dhae.dev

This hasn't worked either. I've tried virtual host config stuff as much as I could find, and I'm just not having any luck. What I have even came from this site (http://www.apachelounge.com/viewtopic.php?p=24139). I'm really at a loss, and I need this to work (especially my first goal), so I can continue my normal work.

[James Blond]

With apache 2.4 there is no Order Allow,Deny Allow from stuff

there is now Require

Since I do not like .htaccess cause it sucks a bit performance I putted the htaccess rewriting into the server config.

The vhost config http://pastebin.com/3vvqGxd3

Since it seems you run a debian or debian based linux sytem, make sure that you put that config file into /etc/apache2/mods-available and create a symlink into /etc/apache2/mods-enabled

[jasontheadams]

Hi James! Thanks for the config!

Unfortunately, I have two issues with it: First, for now I think I should let Wordpress do it's thing and go the .htaccess route. As I get more comfortable with all this stuff, I'll look into optimizing.

Second, for some reason when I go to dhae.dev it just takes me to /var/www instead of /var/www/dhae/wordpress. It seems dhae is going to 127.0.0.1, but apache isn't routing the domain properly.

Much appreciated!

[Anaksunaman]

Based on your previous post, it sounds like you likely still do not have a working virtual hosts config. From the apache2.conf you posted, it sure looks like you are running Ubuntu. If this is the case, here is the official documentation for setting up Apache, including virtual hosts:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP#Virtual_Hosts

This walks you step-by-step through setting up a virtual host. Since you may not need everything in the link above, a couple points:

* Make sure dhae.conf is placed in /sites-available.

* To disable the default site and enable your site you can use:

[Anaksunaman]

Also, per comments about the changes from Apache 2.2. to 2.4, I would use this as the basis for dhae.conf:

[jasontheadams]

Hi Anaksunaman!

I'll give this a shot, but I had a quick question for clarity: You said you left out "NameVirtualHost", but it's still at the top of the code you posted. Did you mean to remove that?

Also, I notice in the directions is directs to put the site in ~/public_html, but I don't have such a folder; I've just been putting things in /var/www/. Is that an issue?

Thanks!

[jasontheadams]

I figured it out!

There was absolutely nothing wrong with my configuration.. it was how I was restarting Apache. Oops!

There's a serious difference between 'service apache2 restart' and 'sudo etc/init.d/apache2 restart'. Apparently only the latter actually prompts apache to re-cache the config files!

I saw that in the link you provided, Anaksunaman, tried it, and it's working like a charm, now.

Thanks!

[Anaksunaman]