Setting up name-based virtual hosts on Apache Apache/2.4.6 (Ubuntu 12)

[CharlesA]

I was modifying the ubuntu server hosts file over ssh from my osx box

You need to modify the hosts file of whatever machine you are accessing the test machine from, as it is local only.

[vsiege2]

Thank you. I have it up and running now. The only thing thats not getting picked up from the hosts file is the wildcard I have added for any subdomains for *.days.com

127.0.0.1      localhost


# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-l   ocalnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
iff02::2 ip6-allrouters


#Virtual Hosts
127.0.0.1       days.com www.days.com *.days.com

[CharlesA]

Thank you. I have it up and running now. The only thing thats not getting picked up from the hosts file is the wildcard I have added for any subdomains for *.days.com

127.0.0.1      localhost


# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-l   ocalnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
iff02::2 ip6-allrouters


#Virtual Hosts
127.0.0.1       days.com www.days.com *.days.com

As far as I know, you can't use wildcards in the hosts file, so you would need to reference each subdomain individually.