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Edward Tanguay
Asked: 2020-09-12 06:15:56 +0800 CST

How to get Apache Virtual Host working on Ubuntu?

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I have Apache installed on an Ubuntu virtual machine.

Typing http://localhost in the browser brings up the Apache intro site, so I know Apache works.

I created the file /home/test/webs/testapp/index.html:

This is a <b>test</b>.

I created the file /etc/apache2/sites-available/testapp.conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
 ServerName testapp
 ServerAlias testapp
 DocumentRoot /home/test/webs/testapp
<Directory /home/test/webs/testapp>
 Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
 AllowOverride All
</Directory>
 ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
 CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

I enabled the virtual host:

sudo a2ensite testapp.conf

I restarted the Apache server:

systemctl reload apache2

But when I go to http://localhost/testapp, Apache responds:

Not Found

The requested URL was not found on this server. Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)

Server at localhost Port 80

What else do I have to do to get my virtual host to work on Ubuntu?

linux ubuntu virtualhost apache-2.4

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    In your config file you have:

    ServerName testapp

    But in your URL you are using:

    http://localhost/testapp

    You will need your DNS server to map testapp to the IP address of your server. Or, edit your /etc/hosts file, adding a line such as:

    127.0.0.1  testapp

    Replace 127.0.0.1 with your server's IP address if you are trying to reach it from a different machine.

    Then, you can access the host using the url http://testapp

    If you want to access the site using http://localhost/testapp, you don't need to do any of this. Instead, you can just use the default virtualhost.

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