Subdomain on LAN

[dmhtong]

Hi all,

I am new to this and have installed Ubuntu Server 7.10 i386 edition. I am trying to create subdomains to be accessible by other computers on the network.

I have the following setup:
- PC with Ubuntu Server 7.10 i386 installed
- Laptops, both Windows and Mac's

I can:
- From the laptops access the server through http://192.168.2.200 and it directs me to my index.htm that i setup.

I want to:
- From the laptops access subdomains on the server, http://diamonds.192.168.2.200 ??? If this is fundamentally wrong, what alternative do I have to produce something of similar results? When i attempt to access http://diamonds.192.168.2.200 I get "Server not found" message

I don't want to:
- Have subfolders, EG. http://192.168.2.200/diamonds, http://192.168.200/pearls etc

What I have tried:
- http://thinkingnectar.com/2008/getting-ubuntu-to-work-creating-subdomain-in-localhost/
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=592456&highlight=%2Fetc%2Fapache2%2Fsites-available+subdomain

What is all this for?
- I am trying to make a few websites that will be accessed through subdomains, eg http://diamonds.domainname.com and http://pearls.domainname.com, however, i don't yet have a domain name registered. I intend on purchasing this AFTER i get my websites up and running.

What am I doing wrong guys? A pointer in the right direction and any help will be greatly appreciated.

My current settings:
Directory: /etc/apache2/sites-available$
Files: default websites
default

NameVirtualHost *
<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin webhost@gmail.com

DocumentRoot /var/www/domain.com
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/>
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>
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
"/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
DocumentAllowOverride None
<DirectoOptions +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>

ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.lognks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.rom all
LogLevel warns directive allows us to have apache2's default start page
# in /apache2-default/, but still have / go to the right place
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
ServerSignature On
ServerSignature On

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

</VirtualHost> AllowOverride None



# in /apache2-default/, but still have / go to the right place


websites

# localhost
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
DocumentRoot /var/www/domain.com/
</VirtualHost>

# pearls
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.2>
DocumentRoot /var/www/pearls/
</VirtualHost>

# diamonds
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.3>
DocumentRoot /var/www/diamonds/
</VirtualHost>


directory: /etc/apache2/sites-enabled$
files: 000-default domain.com pearls diamonds

domain.com

NameVirtualHost *
<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin webhost@gmail.com
ServerName domain.com
ServerAlias www.domain.com

DocumentRoot /var/www/domain.com
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/>
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/ /usr/lib/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>


pearls

<VirtualHost *>
DocumentRoot /var/www/pearls/
ServerName pearls.localhost

<Directory /var/www/pearls/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews +Includes
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>


diamonds

<VirtualHost *>
DocumentRoot /var/www/diamonds/
ServerName diamonds.localhost

<Directory /var/www/diamonds/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews +Includes
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>


directory: /etc/apache2$

httpd.conf

<VirtualHost *>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/domain.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
ServerName pearls.localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/pearls/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
ServerName diamonds.localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/diamonds/
</VirtualHost>


Directory: /var/www$
Folders: apache2-default diamonds domain.com pearls


Thanks in advance,

David

[geertn]

First of all, using subdomains depends on the request the browsers sends to the webserver.

Try to setup a fictive domain name on your webserver and your clients.

Steps:
Edit your hosts file on the clients to trick them into thinking the domain and subdomains really exist and point to 192.168.2.200.

On Windows:

- find your hosts file: http://lunarsoft.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=1153
- Edit it and add entries for your subdomains, eg:

192.168.2.200 pearl.domain.com
192.168.2.200 subdomain2.domain.com

If you have this working you will be able to setup your subdomains in your apache config using the ServerName directive.


Example:
NameVirtualHost 192.168.2.200:80

<VirtualHost 192.168.2.200>
ServerName pearls.domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/pearls/
</VirtualHost>

[dmhtong]

geertn,

Thanks so much.

I added the following entries to my client host files:

192.168.2.200 domain.com
192.168.2.200 pearls.domain.com
192.168.2.200 diamonds.domain.com

I then changed my httpd.conf to look like:

<VirtualHost *>
ServerName ephalent.com.au
DocumentRoot /var/www/ephalent.com.au
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
ServerName pearls.ephalent.com.au
DocumentRoot /var/www/pearls/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
ServerName diamonds.ephalent.com.au
DocumentRoot /var/www/diamonds/
</VirtualHost>


However, I didn't understand the reasons for the additional content you asked me to put in and removed them because I received the following errors:
Additional content

NameVirtualHost 192.168.2.200:80
<VirtualHost 192.168.2.200>
Errors

[Fri Apr 25 10:20:39 2008] [error] VirtualHost 192.168.2.200:0 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results
[Fri Apr 25 10:20:39 2008] [error] VirtualHost 192.168.2.200:0 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results
[Fri Apr 25 10:20:39 2008] [error] VirtualHost 192.168.2.200:0 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results
[Fri Apr 25 10:20:39 2008] [warn] NameVirtualHost *:0 has no VirtualHosts
[Fri Apr 25 10:20:49 2008] [error] VirtualHost 192.168.2.200:0 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results
[Fri Apr 25 10:20:49 2008] [error] VirtualHost 192.168.2.200:0 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results
[Fri Apr 25 10:20:49 2008] [error] VirtualHost 192.168.2.200:0 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results
[Fri Apr 25 10:20:49 2008] [warn] NameVirtualHost *:0 has no VirtualHosts

I will try and dig up what I can find about these before I lodge another post though. Might have to read up on the Apache2 manual ;)

Thanks for your help once again.

Kind regards,
David

[Wim Sturkenboom]

Below my vhosts config (from a Slackware 12 server)


#
# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#
NameVirtualHost *:80

# catch-all
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@btd-techweb
DocumentRoot /srv/httpd/htdocs
ServerName btd-techweb02
</VirtualHost>

# site 1
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@btd-techweb
DocumentRoot /home/wim/www/site1/web
ServerName site1.btd-techweb02
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/error_log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access_log common

#WimS
# this is required to prevent message 403 "Forbidden"
<Directory "/home/wim/www/site1/web">
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

# site2
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@btd-techweb
DocumentRoot /home/wim/www/site2/web
ServerName site2.btd-techweb02
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/error_log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access_log common

#WimS
# this is required to prevent message 403 "Forbidden"
<Directory "/home/wim/www/site2/web">
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>


Hope it helps

[babajc]

Did you solve your NameVirtualHost error message problem? If not, see if this solution helps:
http://apachehelp.blogspot.com/2008/05/named-virtual-hosts-in-apache2.html