[SOLVED] Virtual Host not resolving

[momilla]

I am attempting to setup hosting for separate websites on single static IP address. I set up vhost file, and neither the main domain,(mydomain.com) or the sub domain (test.mydomain.com) is accessible via the web. It seems to not be able to resolve either. Before i enabled the vhost, mydomain.com was accessible. after enabling vhost for test.mydomain.com neither site is available. here is my vhost conf file for the sub domain. if i disable virtyual hosting, the primary domain (mydomain.com) is accessible:

#
# sub.domain.com (/etc/apache2/sites-available/sub.domain.com)
#
<VirtualHost 10.0.0.10:80>
ServerAdmin e-mail@bellsouth.net
ServerName test.mydomain.com
ServerAlias test.mydomain.com
# Indexes + Directory Root.
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php
DocumentRoot /var/www/virtual
# CGI Directory
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin /var/www/virtual/cgi-bin
<Location /cgi-bin>
Options +ExecCGI
</Location>

# Logfiles
ErrorLog /var/www/virtual/logs/error.log
CustomLog /var/www/virtual/logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

do i need to have an internal DNS setup to point the request to the proper ip address.

I have a free DNS service that points ip traffic for my primary domain to the internal web server via my router.

any and all help is appreciated

[windependence]

The first line of your Vhost directive is restricting it to a private address;

<VirtualHost 10.0.0.10:80>

Should probably be:

<VirtualHost *:80>

-Tim

[momilla]

Thanks, that did bring my main site back, but i still have the issue of the virtual sites not working. I am going to redo all of the vhost files in sites-available, and reload them and see what happens. I will post my results

[osjak]

I believe you need to use NameVirtualHost directive as well:

NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
.
.
.
</VirtualHost>

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

[momilla]

do i need to use the VirtualHost directive on all vhost sites or just the default site.

[momilla]

this is one of my vhost config files. when i try to access the site test.domain.com, , i get the main site, domain.com) and not the vhost site.

NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80 >
ServerName test.domain.com
ServerAlias test.domain.com
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

DocumentRoot /var/www/virtual
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/virtual>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
# This directive allows us to have apache2's default start page
# in /apache2-default/, but still have / go to the right place
#RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/
</Directory>

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

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

ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

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

CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
ServerSignature On

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>

[osjak]

do i need to use the VirtualHost directive on all vhost sites or just the default site.

Yes, you need to tell Apache about every virtual host you plan on using. The way you do it is through using the VirtualHost enclosure. Docs on Apache website are pretty well written, please read the page I posted above. Also, here's an example from Apache website on using VirtualHost enclosures to specify your hosts:

# Ensure that Apache listens on port 80
Listen 80

# Listen for virtual host requests on all IP addresses
NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /www/example1
ServerName www.example.com

# Other directives here

</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /www/example2
ServerName www.example.org

# Other directives here

</VirtualHost>

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

[theonegod]

Put all your vhosts in one file and you should be able to just say it once at the top.

[momilla]

Thanks for the assist guys. once i put the vhosts in one file and commented out the listen directive in /etc/apache2/ports.conf, since i had it in the vhost file, both sites are now available.