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I'm trying to configure Apache as an in-network webserver, and am using the sites-available/sites-enabled feature as opposed to just static vhost files. I set up a couple VirtualHosts, all with a unique DocumentRoot, however request for all the VirtualHosts just serve up the "It's Working!" default file. I can't for the life of me figure out why it won't serve the content out of the correct directory. Here's the contents of the virtualhost directive files, let me know if I need to post more.

default (note that apache renames this to 000-default in sites-enabled, so it's not an ordering issue)

NameVirtualHost *:80 ServerName emp <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost ServerName emp DocumentRoot /var/www <Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> <Directory /var/www/> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny allow from all </Directory> ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin"> AllowOverride None Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit, # alert, emerg. LogLevel warn CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/" <Directory "/usr/share/doc/"> Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Order deny,allow Deny from all Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128 </Directory> </VirtualHost>

billmed

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName billmed.emp ServerRoot /home/empression/Projects/billmed/web/httpdocs <Directory "/home/empression/Projects/billmed/web/httpdocs"> Order Allow,Deny Allow from All </Directory> </VirtualHost>

Note that I have DNS zones for both emp and billmed.emp, as well as entries in /etc/hosts. My ultimate goal is to set up this machine as an in-house webserver with a custom tld (emp), but progress has been pretty slow.

Some more info

/etc/hosts entries

#custom-sites 192.168.1.100 emp 192.168.1.100 billmed.emp

ports.conf

# If you just change the port or add more ports here, you will likely also # have to change the VirtualHost statement in # /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default # This is also true if you have upgraded from before 2.2.9-3 (i.e. from # Debian etch). See /usr/share/doc/apache2.2-common/NEWS.Debian.gz and # README.Debian.gz #NameVirtualHost *:80 Listen 80 <IfModule mod_ssl.c> # If you add NameVirtualHost *:443 here, you will also have to change # the VirtualHost statement in /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl # to <VirtualHost *:443> # Server Name Indication for SSL named virtual hosts is currently not # supported by MSIE on Windows XP. Listen 443 </IfModule> <IfModule mod_gnutls.c> Listen 443 </IfModule>

ls -l sites-enabled

empression@empression-server1:/etc/apache2/sites-available$ ls -l ../sites-enabled/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2010-05-22 12:36 000-default -> ../sites-available/default lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2010-05-22 13:33 billmed -> ../sites-available/billmed

Update 2010-06-16

I wasn't able to work on this for a few weeks, but I have tried all the solutions posted below as of now, and am still unable to fix the problem so I have added a bounty.

Update

Here's the output of apache2ctl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS

empression@empression-server1:~$ apache2ctl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName [Mon Jul 12 14:29:01 2010] [warn] NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80 has no VirtualHosts VirtualHost configuration: 192.168.1.100:80 is a NameVirtualHost default server billmed.emp (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/billmed:1) port 80 namevhost billmed.emp (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/billmed:1) Syntax OK
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    Weird question perhaps, but is there actually a line Include sites-enabled/ in apache.conf / httpd.conf? Commented Jun 17, 2010 at 0:14
  • Can you send dump of "apache2ctl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS" command ? Maybe we are really missing something important. Commented Jun 21, 2010 at 16:12
  • i've updated my previous answer. Commented Jul 20, 2010 at 19:37

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In virtual host definition file, correct the line below.

ServerRoot /home/empression/Projects/billmed/web/httpdocs to DocumentRoot /home/empression/Projects/billmed/web/httpdocs

Use DocumentRoot directive to serve virtualhost. here is the link for more information http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html

Update your virtualhost definition (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/billmed) as following,

 <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName billmed.emp DocumentRoot /home/empression/Projects/billmed/web/httpdocs <Directory "/home/empression/Projects/billmed/web/httpdocs"> Order Allow,Deny Allow from All </Directory> </VirtualHost>
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  • I added the output of apache2ctl -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS, see my updated post Commented Jul 12, 2010 at 18:40
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@yasin is correct; you need to have your VirtualHosts specify a DocumentRoot ('...the directory from which httpd will serve files...')not a ServerRoot ('...the directory in which the server lives. Typically it will contain the subdirectories conf/ and logs/....')

There might be another problem also, but that part is definitely wrong.

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What is your mapping in /etc/hosts or in DNS configuration ? Try replacing * with 127.0.0.1 I mean <VirtaulHost 127.0.0.1:80> and NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80. What is in your /etc/apache2/ports.conf ? Check if all symlinks are in place. for instance: /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/<yoursite.emp>

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Try this: In ports.conf:

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80 Listen 127.0.0.1:80 NameVirtualHost 192.168.1.100:80 Listen 192.168.1.100:80

Then in 000-default: <VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80> In billmed: <VirtualHost 192.168.1.100:80

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    Thanks, see me edit. Also, would using a statically typed IP in the VirtualHost directive really help? Commented May 22, 2010 at 18:44
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    I have similar configuration. It works. It is different from yours only in using IP addresses in ports.conf, VirtualHost and NameVirtualHost Commented May 22, 2010 at 19:11
  • I changed every instance of *:80 to 127.0.0.1:80 and still have the same results. :( Commented May 22, 2010 at 19:18
  • ok. look at my EDIT. Commented May 22, 2010 at 19:19
  • Ugh, I figured having unique IPs would force it serve different content. Nothing. There must be something I'm missing here. Commented May 22, 2010 at 19:43
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I would add mask rather than concrete IP to the host file:

#/etc/hosts/ # custom-sites 127.0.0.1 emp 127.0.0.1 billmed.emp
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Change the ServerRoot to DocumentRoot in billmed file.

Add/Move your billmed vhost config in /etc/apache2/sites-available/.

Then enable the billmed vhost like this:

sudo a2ensite billmed

Restart apache:

sudo service apache2 restart

Edit: changed a2enmod into a2ensite, stupid typo : )

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    that should be a2ensite (to enable a site), not a2enmod (to enable a module) Commented Jun 21, 2010 at 16:17
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Since it looks like you've tried everything else, make sure that you're including the sites-enabled folder from your main apache configuration file.

Also, if you disable everything but the billmed virtual host, can you get it to server files from that directory?

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Are there any Alias directives which point / to /var/www that are in the global config as opposed to being inside a virtualhost section?

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  • No, I grepped all the config files and there are no Aliases for / nor any that point to /var/www/. Commented Jun 16, 2010 at 18:55
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NameVirtualHost is commented out.

If you are setting up containers for each, and using ServerName/ServerAlias, you'll need to uncomment that, restart apache.

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You HUP'd apache after creating the new site file, so that the running daemon re-read its config?

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