Apache2 VirtualHost setup in 12.04 Server

[haldrik]

I have 12.04 running on a cloud server setup with a single IP address. I currently have two separate domain names pointing to this address. The first one, mysite.net has SSL access (not forced) and the second, myothersite.org, does not have SSL configured. As it stands right now, both sites work fine, and there are no errors reported when Apache starts or restarts. What I am trying to do is to add a few subdomains to the main site (eg: tools.mysite.net), none of which needs SSL access. I've added a short config file (see below) to /etc/apache2/sites-available and run a2ensite and restarted as directed, but I still get a "not found" error when I try to reach the subdomain. (I can still reach mysite.net/tools, but not tools.mysite.net.)

I have gone through several tutorials and help sites, but nothing seems to work. Below I show the contents of all the relevant files in the hopes that someone will notice the error that prevents the subdomain from being reachable.



Here is the contents of /etc/apache2/sites-available/default:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName mysite.net:80
DocumentRoot /var/www
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn

CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Here is the contents of /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl

<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName mysite.net:443
DocumentRoot /var/www
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

LogLevel warn

CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/ssl_access.log combined

Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</Directory>

SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/crt/mysite_net.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/myserver.key
SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/ssl/crt/mysite_net.ca-bundle

<FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</FilesMatch>
<Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin>
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</Directory>


BrowserMatch "MSIE [2-6]" \
nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
# MSIE 7 and newer should be able to use keepalive
BrowserMatch "MSIE [17-9]" ssl-unclean-shutdown

</VirtualHost>

Here is the contents of etc/apache2/sites-available/tools. (This should be a subdomain of mysite: tools.mysite.net) It currently causes a "not found" error if I try to access as tools.mysite.net.


<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@mysite.net
ServerName tools.mysite.net
DocumentRoot /var/www/tools
<Directory /var/www/tools>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews +Includes
AllowOverride all
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Here is the contents of /etc/apache2/sites-available/myothersite.org.

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName myothersite.org:80
DocumentRoot /var/www/othersite
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/othersite>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
LogLevel warn
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Here is the contents of /etc/apache2/ports.conf

#NameVirtualHost *:80 (these lines caused errors before.)
#NameVirtualHost *
Listen 80

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
NameVirtualHost *:443
Listen 443
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_gnutls.c>
NameVirtualHost *:443
Listen 443
</IfModule>


Any help greatly appreciated!

[TheFu]

If you are using name-based virtualhosts, then each different host needs to have a unique name.
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mo...amevirtualhost has examples.

Note that there is no port in the ServerName entry part:

 ServerName host.example.com

I think that's where you got it wrong.
You might also want to be certain that your DNS or /etc/hosts files have each of the virtualnames listed.

You can also put the specific hostname into each

<VirtualHost info.domain.com:80>

stanza.

[haldrik]

Thanks. It is now working. I might add that another problem that was preventing my subdomains from being accessible was that the default a-record in my dns setup did not have a wildcard * before the domainname, so all subdomain requests were being rejected outright.