Apache2 virtual hosts help

[Nova 107]

Im trying to configure a virtual host on my machine but all the tutorials I'm finding seem to be a bit fragmented and incomplete. I know that I have to do the configuring but I'm not exactly sure what to configure.

[rudelgurke]

And where exactly is the problem ?

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/

Pretty much sums it up.

[Nova 107]

I dont understand this, theres too much on these pages with far too little instruction. I set up my httpd.conf the way it says, but when I restart apache it tells me that the documentroots do not exist.

[Nova 107]

Ok, I managed to get one of the virtual hosts working, but the other still doesn't work. The configuration files for each site are almost exactly the same with the only difference being the names, but the second site cannot be found.

[James78]

Please post your configuration files in [CODE] tags.

[elico]

did you try this thing?
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/name-based.html

[Nova 107]

did you try this thing?
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/name-based.html

I added this to my httpd.conf and it didnt work, then I found that I had to create a new configuration for each site which I set up like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.mywebsite.tk
ServerAlias *mywebsite.tk
DocumentRoot /var/www/mywebsite
</VirtualHost>

My other site is set up the same way with the changes made for the diferent sites and folders. The first one I set up works, but the second one doesnt.

[cariboo]

If you are using a recent version of Ubuntu server, http.conf isn't used anymore, the way it's done now is to set up your virtual web sites in /etc/apache2/sites-available, then when you have set it up to your liking, use a2ensite to enable the site.

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