apache2 problem.....

[hockey97]

Hi ok, I first lost all my websites and even the configs, because my particians were damanged so I am starting all over again.

I am having trouble with apache2, I am using webmin, all are latest stuff, since I just install a new slate of ubuntu with the latest version out their.

So so far I got apache up and running just not able to see my virtuial hosts.

I have 2 domain names I bought and plan to host 2 websites.

so far I get a 404 error, well a 404 not found error.

I did a while back config apache2 right and I remeber I had to switch in the config files an area I had to turn off the test mode or something along the lines but I forgot what file has this.

Could someone help me?? I made virtuial hosts by using webmin but didn't get anything to work. I did declared an index file.

any ideas how I can fix this 404 not found error??

[elithrar]

It's hard to say what to help without seeing error logs or your vhost/apache configs - but if you've just set things up I'd suggest wiping the slate clean & following these articles (http://articles.slicehost.com/ubuntu-hardy) over at Slicehost to get Apache up & running with a few virtual hosts ;)

[hockey97]

well I am using webmin to add virtuial hosts.

I can show you the logs.

here is the log

never mind fixed it...

but now how would you get rid of index, and could just assign the main website file??

[hockey97]

So now I just am trying to get out of the default indexing.

when I type my domain name I get a Index of / with a emtpy Index.

How can I assign my main html file so when I type in the domain name it would grab the main website file???

[hockey97]

I still get a empty index list how can I point apache2 to my website files??

I am also using webmin, and tried assinging the dirctory where my files are at.

[elithrar]

Can you post your virtual host config? You should have the following line, though:

DirectoryIndex index.html

[hockey97]

ya I have that but mine is Index.html would that matter??

so mine is like: DirectoryIndex Index.html

here is the config:

<VirtualHost chillenvillen.com>
DocumentRoot /home/aaron/websites/Chillenvillen.com/
DirectoryIndex Index.html
ServerAlias www.chillenvillen.com
ServerName ns.chillenvillen.com
<Directory "/home/aaron/websites/Chillenvillen.com/">
</Directory>
IndexOptions SuppressColumnSorting SuppressDescription SuppressHTMLPreamble SuppressLastModified SuppressSize SuppressIcon SuppressRules
</VirtualHost>

[LaRoza]

Not a programming question, moved to servers.

[elithrar]

Yes, it will - unless your actual default page is called Index.html, it won't work. Configurations & files are case-sensitive.

[hockey97]

it is my main file. That Index file is my main webpage where I want people to go when they type in my domain name.

[hockey97]

I now renamed my main website file to index.html and have it matched like above and yet still dosen't have my website showing I also disabled the indexing in the httpd for security reasons.

any idea how to go around this??

[elithrar]

Is it called index.html or Index.html, though? (note the capitalised latter version).

[hockey97]

it was Index.html first and now I just changed it to index.html

that is the html file.

so the config I shown you eailer the file was called Index.html that is the main website file where I want the users to be.

I also now turned off indexing by using the http.conf file adding option -indexing ect

so now I get a forbidden if I put indexing on I then get an empty listing.

I just want my website to appear and don't want to let unauthorized people getting access to see what's in each folder otherwise it will allow a hacker to read my php files by downloading them and looking at source code to understand and break into my website.

So how could I fix this??

I have it currently set to no indexing and has the index file set to index.html

to me it looks fine I just can't understand what's going wrong why it's listing an emtpy list and why my file is not being runned by apache2.


Also I have the folders and files not in /www folder which is default . I have the files in my home folder a folder I made for my websites is in the home area.

[elithrar]

If you have called the file index.html, it should work - but why do you have ns.chillenvillen.com as your ServerName? Here's my vhosts file with your domain & paths instead of mine. This should work - I'd suggest creating a log/ directory as well inside /home/aaron/websites.



<VirtualHost *:80>

# Admin email, Server Name (domain name) and any aliases
ServerAdmin youremail@yourdomain.com
ServerName chillenvillen.com
ServerAlias www.chillenvillen.com

# Index file and Document Root (where the public files are located)
DirectoryIndex index.html Index.html
DocumentRoot /home/aaron/websites/Chillenvillen.com/

# Custom log file locations
LogLevel warn
ErrorLog /home/aaron/websites/log/error.log
CustomLog /home/aaron/websites/log/access.log combined

# Error Document Locations
ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
ErrorDocument 403 /403.html

# Additional Configuration Options
Options -Indexes

<Directory "/">
AllowOverride FileInfo
<Files ~ "^\.htaccess">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
Satisfy All
</Files>
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

[hockey97]

ok I just copied and pasted it and just deleted the Index.html and just kept the index.html.

So far I tested it and I get a 403 forbidden error.

[elithrar]

What are the permissions on the files in your web-directory? Can you also post your apache2.conf file?

[hockey97]

the permissions in my website folder is for others is read-only.

here is the apache2.conf

Based upon the NCSA server configuration files originally by Rob McCool.
#
# This is the main Apache server configuration file. It contains the
# configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
# See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ for detailed information about
# the directives.
#
# Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding
# what they do. They're here only as hints or reminders. If you are unsure
# consult the online docs. You have been warned.
#
# The configuration directives are grouped into three basic sections:
# 1. Directives that control the operation of the Apache server process as a
# whole (the 'global environment').
# 2. Directives that define the parameters of the 'main' or 'default' server,
# which responds to requests that aren't handled by a virtual host.
# These directives also provide default values for the settings
# of all virtual hosts.
# 3. Settings for virtual hosts, which allow Web requests to be sent to
# different IP addresses or hostnames and have them handled by the
# same Apache server process.
#
# Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many
# of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the
# server will use that explicit path. If the filenames do *not* begin
# with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so "/var/log/apache2/foo.log"
# with ServerRoot set to "" will be interpreted by the
# server as "//var/log/apache2/foo.log".
#

### Section 1: Global Environment
#
# The directives in this section affect the overall operation of Apache,
# such as the number of concurrent requests it can handle or where it
# can find its configuration files.
#

#
# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
# configuration, error, and log files are kept.
#
# NOTE! If you intend to place this on an NFS (or otherwise network)
# mounted filesystem then please read the LockFile documentation (available
# at <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.1/mod/mpm_common.html#lockfile>);
# you will save yourself a lot of trouble.
#
# Do NOT add a slash at the end of the directory path.
#
ServerRoot "/etc/apache2"

#
# The accept serialization lock file MUST BE STORED ON A LOCAL DISK.
#
#<IfModule !mpm_winnt.c>
#<IfModule !mpm_netware.c>
LockFile /var/lock/apache2/accept.lock
#</IfModule>
#</IfModule>

#
# PidFile: The file in which the server should record its process
# identification number when it starts.
# This needs to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars
#
PidFile ${APACHE_PID_FILE}

#
# Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out.
#
Timeout 300

#
# KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than
# one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate.
#
KeepAlive On

#
# MaxKeepAliveRequests: The maximum number of requests to allow
# during a persistent connection. Set to 0 to allow an unlimited amount.
# We recommend you leave this number high, for maximum performance.
#
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100

#
# KeepAliveTimeout: Number of seconds to wait for the next request from the
# same client on the same connection.
#
KeepAliveTimeout 15

##
## Server-Pool Size Regulation (MPM specific)
##

# prefork MPM
# StartServers: number of server processes to start
# MinSpareServers: minimum number of server processes which are kept spare
# MaxSpareServers: maximum number of server processes which are kept spare
# MaxClients: maximum number of server processes allowed to start
# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves
<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
StartServers 5
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 10
MaxClients 150
MaxRequestsPerChild 0
</IfModule>

# worker MPM
# StartServers: initial number of server processes to start
# MaxClients: maximum number of simultaneous client connections
# MinSpareThreads: minimum number of worker threads which are kept spare
# MaxSpareThreads: maximum number of worker threads which are kept spare
# ThreadsPerChild: constant number of worker threads in each server process
# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves
<IfModule mpm_worker_module>
StartServers 2
MaxClients 150
MinSpareThreads 25
MaxSpareThreads 75
ThreadsPerChild 25
MaxRequestsPerChild 0
</IfModule>

# These need to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars
User ${APACHE_RUN_USER}
Group ${APACHE_RUN_GROUP}

#
# AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory
# for additional configuration directives. See also the AllowOverride
# directive.
#

AccessFileName .htaccess

#
# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being
# viewed by Web clients.
#
<Files ~ "^\.ht">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>

#
# DefaultType is the default MIME type the server will use for a document
# if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions.
# If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is
# a good value. If most of your content is binary, such as applications
# or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to
# keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are
# text.
#
DefaultType text/plain


#
# HostnameLookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP addresses
# e.g., www.apache.org (on) or 204.62.129.132 (off).
# The default is off because it'd be overall better for the net if people
# had to knowingly turn this feature on, since enabling it means that
# each client request will result in AT LEAST one lookup request to the
# nameserver.
#
HostnameLookups Off

# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
# logged here. If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>
# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.
#
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

#
# LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
#
LogLevel warn

# Include module configuration:
Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.load
Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.conf

# Include all the user configurations:
Include /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

# Include ports listing
Include /etc/apache2/ports.conf

#
# The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
# a CustomLog directive (see below).
# If you are behind a reverse proxy, you might want to change %h into %{X-Forwarded-For}i
#
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common
LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer
LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent

#
# ServerTokens
# This directive configures what you return as the Server HTTP response
# Header. The default is 'Full' which sends information about the OS-Type
# and compiled in modules.
# Set to one of: Full | OS | Minor | Minimal | Major | Prod
# where Full conveys the most information, and Prod the least.
#
ServerTokens Full

#
# Optionally add a line containing the server version and virtual host
# name to server-generated pages (internal error documents, FTP directory
# listings, mod_status and mod_info output etc., but not CGI generated
# documents or custom error documents).
# Set to "EMail" to also include a mailto: link to the ServerAdmin.
# Set to one of: On | Off | EMail
#
ServerSignature On



#
# Customizable error responses come in three flavors:
# 1) plain text 2) local redirects 3) external redirects
#
# Some examples:
#ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo."
#ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html
#ErrorDocument 404 "/cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl"
#ErrorDocument 402 http://www.example.com/subscription_info.html
#

#
# Putting this all together, we can internationalize error responses.
#
# We use Alias to redirect any /error/HTTP_<error>.html.var response to
# our collection of by-error message multi-language collections. We use
# includes to substitute the appropriate text.
#
# You can modify the messages' appearance without changing any of the
# default HTTP_<error>.html.var files by adding the line:
#
# Alias /error/include/ "/your/include/path/"
#
# which allows you to create your own set of files by starting with the
# /usr/share/apache2/error/include/ files and copying them to /your/include/path/,
# even on a per-VirtualHost basis. The default include files will display
# your Apache version number and your ServerAdmin email address regardless
# of the setting of ServerSignature.
#
# The internationalized error documents require mod_alias, mod_include
# and mod_negotiation. To activate them, uncomment the following 30 lines.

# Alias /error/ "/usr/share/apache2/error/"
#
# <Directory "/usr/share/apache2/error">
# AllowOverride None
# Options IncludesNoExec
# AddOutputFilter Includes html
# AddHandler type-map var
# Order allow,deny
# Allow from all
# LanguagePriority en cs de es fr it nl sv pt-br ro
# ForceLanguagePriority Prefer Fallback
# </Directory>
#
# ErrorDocument 400 /error/HTTP_BAD_REQUEST.html.var
# ErrorDocument 401 /error/HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED.html.var
# ErrorDocument 403 /error/HTTP_FORBIDDEN.html.var
# ErrorDocument 404 /error/HTTP_NOT_FOUND.html.var
# ErrorDocument 405 /error/HTTP_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED.html.var
# ErrorDocument 408 /error/HTTP_REQUEST_TIME_OUT.html.var
# ErrorDocument 410 /error/HTTP_GONE.html.var
# ErrorDocument 411 /error/HTTP_LENGTH_REQUIRED.html.var
# ErrorDocument 412 /error/HTTP_PRECONDITION_FAILED.html.var
# ErrorDocument 413 /error/HTTP_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE.html.var
# ErrorDocument 414 /error/HTTP_REQUEST_URI_TOO_LARGE.html.var
# ErrorDocument 415 /error/HTTP_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE.html.var
# ErrorDocument 500 /error/HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.html.var
# ErrorDocument 501 /error/HTTP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED.html.var
# ErrorDocument 502 /error/HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY.html.var
# ErrorDocument 503 /error/HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE.html.var
# ErrorDocument 506 /error/HTTP_VARIANT_ALSO_VARIES.html.var



# Include of directories ignores editors' and dpkg's backup files,
# see README.Debian for details.

# Include generic snippets of statements
Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/

# Include the virtual host configurations:
Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

[elithrar]

Make sure you have the user as www-data in /etc/apache2/envvars - this should be set as such by default, though.

Ensure that your DocumentRoot is accessible by Apache - do a chown -R aaron:www-data /home/aaron/websites/Chillenvillen.com/

[hockey97]

ok it works now, thanks, it was the permissions and also my other vir domain which conflicted.

Thanks for the help so much.