Viritual host

[G-Sun]

Hi!
I'm setting up a second virtual host to be able to preview my php-pages.
I've added two v-hosts: "G-Sun 2009" and "flyt"
The apache service is starting but when I try to go to the two v-hosts I'm only ending up in my default httpdoc folder (C:\Webserver).
What's wrong?

httpd-vhosts.conf:

<Directory "C:\Documents and Settings\Geir\My Documents\Web-design">
  Order Deny,Allow
  Allow from all
</Directory>

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

#
# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for all requests that do not
# match a ServerName or ServerAlias in any <VirtualHost> block.
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
  DocumentRoot "C:\Webserver"
  ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "C:\Documents and Settings\Geir\My Documents\Web-design\G-Sun 2009"
    ServerName G-Sun2009
##    ServerAlias www.dummy-host.example.com
##    ErrorLog @rel_logfiledir@/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
##    CustomLog @rel_logfiledir@/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
   DocumentRoot "C:\Documents and Settings\Geir\My Documents\Web-design\Flyt"
    ServerName flyt
##    ServerAlias www.dummy-host.example.com
##    ErrorLog @rel_logfiledir@/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
##    CustomLog @rel_logfiledir@/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

hosts:

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.1       G-Sun2009
127.0.0.1       flyt

Thanks!

[chris22]

Try changing your hosts file to:

127.0.0.1            localhost
192.168.1.12       G-Sun2009 flyt

(replace 192.168.1.12 with whatever IP address is assigned to your box)

[G-Sun]

Thanks, but I think I have dynamically IP on my modem..

[chris22]

You should replace 192.168.1.12 in my previous post with your private LAN IP address, not public IP (dynamic) assigned by your ISP.

127.0.0.1 is a loopback interface, which I suspect windows will always resolve to 'localhost', that is why you always see your default website.

But apart from 127.0.0.1 your PC must have another local IP address assigned on your network. You can check it by typing:

ipconfig

into command line window.

[G-Sun]

Thanks! But no success..

Ran ipconfig and changed hosts to:

127.0.0.1       localhost
10.0.0.1       G-Sun2009
10.0.0.1       flyt

But, no change.
Is it better having my virtual hosts like flyt.localhost ?

[criterion9]

You can use the same IP for all the virtual hosts. You'll need to use the lan IP assigned by DHCP or statically set manually. So your hosts file would read something like:

192.168.0.2       localhost
192.168.0.2       G-Sun2009
192.168.0.2       flyt

Then in your virtual hosts section of your apache conf would be something like:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
ServerAdmin youremail@domain
DocumentRoot "C:/Webserver/"
ServerPath /
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory C:/Webserver/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin youremail@domain
DocumentRoot "C:/Webserver/G-Sun2009/"
ServerName G-Sun2009
ServerPath /G-Sun2009
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin youremail@domain
DocumentRoot "C:/Webserver/flyt/"
ServerName flyt
ServerPath /flyt
</VirtualHost>

This assumes a folder structure of:

C:/webserver (localhost)
------flyt (flyt site)
------G-Sun2009 (G-Sun2009 site)

Remember that you'll have to restart apache every time you edit the config file in order to see any changes. Also on Windoze systems you sometimes have to log out and back in (or reboot) to get the changes in your hosts file to work properly.

[G-Sun]

Is this the "lan IP assigned by DHCP"?

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : lan
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.138

..from ipconfig

[G-Sun]

Is it necessary that all my virtual host are in subdirectories of localhost (as you typed it above, C:Webserver/ ..)?

Thanks!

[criterion9]

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1

Yes that is your LAN IP.

Is it necessary that all my virtual host are in subdirectories of localhost (as you typed it above, C:Webserver/ ..)?

Not really but it is much easier to maintain if the webroot is pointed to a folder and all virtual hosts are pointed to sub folders. Alternatively, you can make a localhost folder just like the other two and point the localhost virtual host to that folder.

[G-Sun]

Ok, I've changed it like you said.
But the same: When I type http://flyt/ in my browser, I get directed to localhost (c:webserver/)..

httpd-vhosts.conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
ServerAdmin youremail@domain
DocumentRoot "C:/Webserver/"
ServerPath /
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory C:/Webserver/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin youremail@domain
DocumentRoot "C:/Documents and Settings/Geir/My Documents/Web-design/G-Sun 2009/"
ServerName G-Sun2009
ServerPath "/G-Sun 2009"
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin youremail@domain
DocumentRoot "C:/Documents and Settings/Geir/My Documents/Web-design/Flyt/"
ServerName flyt
ServerPath /Flyt
</VirtualHost>

httpd.conf:

DocumentRoot "C:/Documents and Settings/Geir/My Documents/Web-design/"

[criterion9]

Did you restart apache after making the changes?

[G-Sun]

Did you restart apache after making the changes?

Yes

[criterion9]

Wouldn't it be easier to use:

C:/Documents and Settings/Geir/My Documents/Web-design/

for your localhost so the ServerPath will direct correctly? Is there a particular reason you want localhost directed to a completely different location from all the others?

[G-Sun]

Wouldn't it be easier to use:

for your localhost so the ServerPath will direct correctly? Is there a particular reason you want localhost directed to a completely different location from all the others?

Well c:webserver has been a testserver (Dreamweaver)
and C:/Documents and Settings/Geir/My Documents/Web-design/
are the location for my projects.
If I get these virtual hosts up and running, I don't really need the testserver anymore. But until then I'd like to keep it.
..unless changing is necessary.

[criterion9]

Maybe you need to add a "directory" section to each one since it won't be inheriting from a parent directory?

Something like this for each one:

<Directory C:/Webserver/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>