Apache 2 with Virtual Hosts problem

[qwert231]

I'm trying to set up two (2) sites on my Apache2 server. I created 2 files in the sites-available folder:
mark.phillk.net
www.greatwhitedata.com

I then did:
sudo a2ensite mark.phillk.net
sudo a2ensite www.greatwhitedata.com
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

After the restart I get this:
open: Permission denied
* Forcing reload of apache 2.0 web server... apache2: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
httpd (pid 13424?) not running
open: Permission denied
[fail]

What do I need yet to do? I installed Apache2, PHP5, MySQL, and all the mods...
Here is what I have in sites-enabled:
mark.phillk.net
www.greatwhitedata.com

[Terryj1974]

You may need to restart apache as a super user (sudo /etc/init.d/apache2restart) in order to get it to restart.

Let me know if this doesent work, and I will keep looking at it.

TJ

[qwert231]

True, I tried again as sudo and got this:
* Forcing reload of apache 2.0 web server... apache2: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
apache2: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
[fail]


(I had tried that, but forgot to post those results...)

Any new thoughts?

[pppetter]

hi there!
Just thinking...have you disabled the "default" site that's automatically enabled? and please go ahead and post your site-available files, and we'll see if there's something strange with them :)

[qwert231]

Hmm... yes... I did disable default...
mark@linux800:/etc/apache2/sites-available$ ls
default mark.phillk.net www.greatwhitedata.com www.greatwhitedata.com~

mark@linux800:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled$ ls
mark.phillk.net www.greatwhitedata.com

What do you make of that?

[MJN]

That 'error' is only a warning - i.e. Apache is actually running (check with ps aux |grep -i apache) but it's having to assume 127.0.0.1 is its name. The reason it needs a name is because you've told it to use name-based virtual hosting and hence it needs to know what it's called (specifically it needs to know what each of its virtual hosts are called).

I'm guessing that inside your <VirtualHost></VirtualHost> container(s) you haven't specified a ServerName e.g. ServerName www.greatwhitedata.com (http://www.greatwhitedata.com) (also put a ServerAlias greatwhitedata.com in too for good measure).

(Just noticed that [Fail] bit - check /var/log/apache2/error.log (or whatever yours is called) to check for any config errors - however I'd have expected to see any on the terminal output)

Mathew

[chrisfay]

You may need to restart apache as a super user (sudo /etc/init.d/apache2restart) in order to get it to restart.

It's recommended to use:

sudo apache2ctl restart

....instead

[qwert231]

Hmm...
I was able to fix the fail. I didn't have folders for the logs...
However, I still get this on the Apache2 restart:
mark@linux800:/home/www/web$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
* Forcing reload of apache 2.0 web server... apache2: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
[ ok ]


Here is the www.greatwhitedata.com file:
#
# www.greatwhitedata.com (/etc/apache2/sites-available/www.greatwhitedata.com)
#
<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin qwert231@yahoo.com
ServerName www.greatwhitedata.com
ServerAlias greatwhitedata.com

# Indexes + Directory Root.
DirectoryIndex index.php
DocumentRoot /web/GreatWhite/

# CGI Directory
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /web/GreatWhite/cgi-bin/
<Location /cgi-bin>
Options +ExecCGI
</Location>


# Logfiles
ErrorLog /home/www/GreatWhite/logs/error.log
CustomLog /home/www/GreatWhite/logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

[MJN]

I believe /etc/init.d/apache2 just calls /usr/sbin/apachectl anyway so a little extra PID/config checking doesn't hurt! ;)

Mathew

[chrisfay]

I believe /etc/init.d/apache2 just calls /usr/sbin/apachectl anyway so a little extra PID/config checking doesn't hurt!

ahhh....sneaky sneaky

ServerName www.greatwhitedata.com

Does it make a difference if you list your domain in quotes?
ServerName "www.greatwhitedata.com"

Not sure if it does, but thats how I've always seen it...

[MJN]

As mentioned, Apache is running - check it with ps aux |grep -i apache.

What happens when you browse to http://127.0.0.1 on your server?

And what's the config in /etc/apache2/sites-available/mark.phillk.net (as that's your default server - it's done alphabetically which is why you had a 00default entry in sites-enabled before you deleted it!)

(EDIT: Sorry Chris - we're posting simultaneously here! No, the quotes don't matter - they're just useful if you've got special characters within a directive and in the case of ServerName this would be something you wouldn't want anyway. The quotes don't matter either way.)

Mathew

[chrisfay]

The quotes don't matter either way

.....good to know. thnkx

[qwert231]

Wow, two helping at once... Thanks.

127.0.0.1 is the mark.phillk.net site.

My Firewall/Router has some issues, so I can't browse to www.greatwhitedata.com and see the site. (I see the router.) Can you guys tell me what you see?


Here's the other one...
#
# mark.phillk.net (/etc/apache2/sites-available/mark.phillk.net)
#
<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin qwert231@yahoo.com
ServerName mark.phillk.net
ServerAlias mark.phillk.net

# Indexes + Directory Root.
DirectoryIndex index.php
DocumentRoot /web/

# CGI Directory
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /web/cgi-bin/
<Location /cgi-bin>
Options +ExecCGI
</Location>


# Logfiles
ErrorLog /home/www/web/logs/error.log
CustomLog /home/www/web/logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

[MJN]

The Great White homepage of course! ;)

Whatever you did in the last two minutes fixed it...

(I'd guess it was a router port forward issue)

Mathew

[qwert231]

Ok... I need to set up some virtual folders, like images, for these sites. Do I put that in apache2.conf? Or the Virtual Host files?

[MJN]

I'm not sure I follow - can you elaborate?

However, what I can say is that now all your 'site specific' (i.e. stuff that's not relevent to the server as a whole, or other virtual sites you host) config now goes inside your VirtualHost container.

Mathew

[pppetter]

Hello Again!

Once you posted your Virtualhosts file, i can see the error right away.

So if you want to get rid of the error message(even thou your server is running and works)
Put
NameVirtualHosts *
At the top of your virtualhosts files(before the <VirtualHost *>). This argument tells the server what IP it should use for that specific virtual host. Since you only have one IP, you can go ahead with any ( * ). This is the same thing that the server now does for you when it can't find that argument.

If you however at some point install another networkcard, and thus have two IP-adresses the NameVirtualHosts argument can be used to set which IP that should be used for which VirtualHost.