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Asked: 2010-05-23 10:13:09 +0800 CST

All virtualhosts serving Apache default files

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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
linux ubuntu apache-2.2

9 Answers

  1. 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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  2. @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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  3. 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>

    EDIT:

    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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. You HUP'd apache after creating the new site file, so that the running daemon re-read its config?

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