Apache virtual hosts

[Swab]

I'm trying to configure a sub-domain in apache. Following the wiki I created a file called /etc/apache2/sites-available/development then added the following:

<VirtualHost *>
DocumentRoot /data/development/
ServerName development.localhost

<Directory /data/development/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews +Includes
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Then I issued a sudo a2ensite . Sym link was created in sites-enabled.

However when I try to access the site by doing something like wget http://development.localhost/index.html I get a 404: Not Found error.

Examining the error.log shows that apache was looking for the index.html file in the wrong place:

[Tue Apr 04 20:39:46 2006] [error] [client 192.168.1.5] File does not exist: /var/www/index.html

Any idea where I'm going wrong here?

[Swab]

OK, panic over.. it was just a permissions issue! doh!

[alkalined]

OK, panic over.. it was just a permissions issue! doh!

I have the exact same problem!
Would you care to share what was the permissions issue about?

[Swab]

Basically I had the wrong permissions for my /data/development/ directory... can't remember exactly what it was now, sorry!

[alkalined]

Anyway, I used the a2ensite script this time and all was fine. I guess it has setup the right permissions.