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Suzan Cioc
Asked: 2012-02-17 12:07:51 +0800 CST

Apache name-based virtual servers without DNS

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I have Apache web server installed on local Windows 7 x64 machine. It has no global DNS name.

In default distribution it has virtual host configured in Apache/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf file.

It has one directive 

NameVirtualHost *:80

and multiple directives 

<VirtualHost *:80>

with different 

ServerName www.domain.tld

Different names are written in hosts file and all pointing to 127.0.0.1.

Unfortunately, virtual hosts do not work. Only first <VirtualHost> tag seems to be active. Nothing said on httpd.exe starting and in error.log.

How to make virtual hosts working here?

EDIT

I see no reason why DNS can be required. GET request contains symbolic name of the site, so, the server has all information to distinguish which virtual host was called.

EDIT 1

I found that virtual hosts DO work (without DNS!). It is a problem with one specific host.

apache-2.2 virtualhost configuration windows-7

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Virtualhosts are configured in the following file : extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

    Here is an example on how to configure a Virtual Host

    <VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot "/var/sites/website"
<Directory "/var/sites/website">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny   
    Allow from all
</Directory>

ServerName www.website.com
#ServerAlias www1.website.com
ErrorLog "logs/error_log"
CustomLog "logs/access_log" common
</VirtualHost>

    Remember to :

    Configure your Normal and Aliasses names on your DNS manager, and remember to include this file on the httpd.conf main directives.

    Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

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