Question

virtualhosts being ignored!

Asked by: n1875621

My virtual hosts entries are being ignored!

here is the virtual host entry from httpd.conf


 
 NameVirtualHost *:80


<VirtualHost topstocks.localhost:80>
ServerName topstocks.localhost
DocumentRoot d:/webroot/ooclean
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost localhost:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot d:/webroot
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot d:/webroot
</VirtualHost>

my hosts file:


127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 topstocks.localhost


and the entire httpd.conf file is below...

Ive tried all sorts of variants, but no matter what, when i type topstocks.localhost into my browser, i get the documentroot and not the folder specified in the vhost entry!

going nuts!

here is the whole httpd.conf file..

#
# This is the main Apache HTTP server configuration file.  It contains the
# configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
# See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/> for detailed information.
# In particular, see
# <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/directives.html>
# for a discussion of each configuration directive.
#
# Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding
# what they do.  They're here only as hints or reminders.  If you are unsure
# consult the online docs. You have been warned.  
#
# Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many
# of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the
# server will use that explicit path.  If the filenames do *not* begin
# with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so "logs/foo.log"
# with ServerRoot set to "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2" will be interpreted by the
# server as "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/logs/foo.log".
#
# NOTE: Where filenames are specified, you must use forward slashes
# instead of backslashes (e.g., "c:/apache" instead of "c:\apache").
# If a drive letter is omitted, the drive on which Apache.exe is located
# will be used by default.  It is recommended that you always supply
# an explicit drive letter in absolute paths, however, to avoid
# confusion.
#

# ThreadsPerChild: constant number of worker threads in the server process
# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum  number of requests a server process serves
ThreadsPerChild 250
MaxRequestsPerChild  0

#
# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
# configuration, error, and log files are kept.
#
# Do not add a slash at the end of the directory path.  If you point
# ServerRoot at a non-local disk, be sure to point the LockFile directive
# at a local disk.  If you wish to share the same ServerRoot for multiple
# httpd daemons, you will need to change at least LockFile and PidFile.
#
ServerRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2"

#
# Listen: Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and/or
# ports, instead of the default. See also the <VirtualHost>
# directive.
#
# Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to
# prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses (0.0.0.0)
#
#Listen 12.34.56.78:80

Listen 80

#
# Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) Support
#
# To be able to use the functionality of a module which was built as a DSO you
# have to place corresponding `LoadModule' lines at this location so the
# directives contained in it are actually available _before_ they are used.
# Statically compiled modules (those listed by `httpd -l') do not need
# to be loaded here.
#
# Example:
# LoadModule foo_module modules/mod_foo.so
#
LoadModule actions_module modules/mod_actions.so
LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so
LoadModule asis_module modules/mod_asis.so
LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so
#LoadModule auth_digest_module modules/mod_auth_digest.so
#LoadModule authn_anon_module modules/mod_authn_anon.so
#LoadModule authn_dbm_module modules/mod_authn_dbm.so
LoadModule authn_default_module modules/mod_authn_default.so
LoadModule authn_file_module modules/mod_authn_file.so
#LoadModule authz_dbm_module modules/mod_authz_dbm.so
LoadModule authz_default_module modules/mod_authz_default.so
LoadModule authz_groupfile_module modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so
LoadModule authz_host_module modules/mod_authz_host.so
LoadModule authz_user_module modules/mod_authz_user.so
LoadModule autoindex_module modules/mod_autoindex.so
#LoadModule cern_meta_module modules/mod_cern_meta.so
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
#LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
#LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so
#LoadModule deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so
LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so
LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so
#LoadModule expires_module modules/mod_expires.so
#LoadModule file_cache_module modules/mod_file_cache.so
#LoadModule headers_module modules/mod_headers.so
LoadModule imagemap_module modules/mod_imagemap.so
LoadModule include_module modules/mod_include.so
#LoadModule info_module modules/mod_info.so
LoadModule isapi_module modules/mod_isapi.so
LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so
LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so
#LoadModule mime_magic_module modules/mod_mime_magic.so
#LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
#LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so
#LoadModule proxy_balancer_module modules/mod_proxy_balancer.so
#LoadModule proxy_connect_module modules/mod_proxy_connect.so
#LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so
#LoadModule proxy_ftp_module modules/mod_proxy_ftp.so
LoadModule negotiation_module modules/mod_negotiation.so
#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so
#LoadModule speling_module modules/mod_speling.so
#LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so
#LoadModule unique_id_module modules/mod_unique_id.so
LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so
#LoadModule usertrack_module modules/mod_usertrack.so
#LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so
#LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
 

ScriptAlias /php/ "c:/php/"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php.exe"



# 'Main' server configuration
#
# The directives in this section set up the values used by the 'main'
# server, which responds to any requests that aren't handled by a
# <VirtualHost> definition.  These values also provide defaults for
# any <VirtualHost> containers you may define later in the file.
#
# All of these directives may appear inside <VirtualHost> containers,
# in which case these default settings will be overridden for the
# virtual host being defined.
#

#
# ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be
# e-mailed.  This address appears on some server-generated pages, such
# as error documents.  e.g. admin@your-domain.com
#
ServerAdmin john.christian@stellaconcepts.com


#
# ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify itself.
# This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you specify
# it explicitly to prevent problems during startup.
#
# If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here.
#
ServerName 127.0.0.1

#
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot "d:/webroot"

#
# Each directory to which Apache has access can be configured with respect
# to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that
# directory (and its subdirectories).
#
# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of
# features.  
#
<Directory "d:/webroot/*/">
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    Satisfy all
</Directory>

#
# Note that from this point forward you must specifically allow
# particular features to be enabled - so if something's not working as
# you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it
# below.
#


#
# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
# is requested.
#
<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
</IfModule>

#
# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being
# viewed by Web clients.
#
<FilesMatch "^\.ht">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
</FilesMatch>

#
# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
# logged here.  If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>
# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.
#
ErrorLog logs/error.log

#
# LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
#
LogLevel warn

<IfModule log_config_module>
    #
    # The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
    # a CustomLog directive (see below).
    #
    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common

    <IfModule logio_module>
      # You need to enable mod_logio.c to use %I and %O
      LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %I %O" combinedio
    </IfModule>

    #
    # The location and format of the access logfile (Common Logfile Format).
    # If you do not define any access logfiles within a <VirtualHost>
    # container, they will be logged here.  Contrariwise, if you *do*
    # define per-<VirtualHost> access logfiles, transactions will be
    # logged therein and *not* in this file.
    #
    CustomLog logs/access.log common

    #
    # If you prefer a logfile with access, agent, and referer information
    # (Combined Logfile Format) you can use the following directive.
    #
    #CustomLog logs/access.log combined
</IfModule>

<IfModule alias_module>
    #
    # Redirect: Allows you to tell clients about documents that used to
    # exist in your server's namespace, but do not anymore. The client
    # will make a new request for the document at its new location.
    # Example:
    # Redirect permanent /foo http://localhost/bar

    #
    # Alias: Maps web paths into filesystem paths and is used to
    # access content that does not live under the DocumentRoot.
    # Example:
    # Alias /webpath /full/filesystem/path
    #
    # If you include a trailing / on /webpath then the server will
    # require it to be present in the URL.  You will also likely
    # need to provide a <Directory> section to allow access to
    # the filesystem path.

    #
    # ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts.
    # ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that
    # documents in the target directory are treated as applications and
    # run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to the
    # client.  The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias
    # directives as to Alias.
    #
    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin/"

</IfModule>

#
# "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
#
<Directory "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin">
    AllowOverride None
    Options None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>



#
# Apache parses all CGI scripts for the shebang line by default.
# This comment line, the first line of the script, consists of the symbols
# pound (#) and exclamation (!) followed by the path of the program that
# can execute this specific script.  For a perl script, with perl.exe in
# the C:\Program Files\Perl directory, the shebang line should be:

   #!c:/program files/perl/perl

# Note you _must_not_ indent the actual shebang line, and it must be the
# first line of the file.  Of course, CGI processing must be enabled by
# the appropriate ScriptAlias or Options ExecCGI directives for the files
# or directory in question.
#
# However, Apache on Windows allows either the Unix behavior above, or can
# use the Registry to match files by extention.  The command to execute
# a file of this type is retrieved from the registry by the same method as
# the Windows Explorer would use to handle double-clicking on a file.
# These script actions can be configured from the Windows Explorer View menu,
# 'Folder Options', and reviewing the 'File Types' tab.  Clicking the Edit
# button allows you to modify the Actions, of which Apache 1.3 attempts to
# perform the 'Open' Action, and failing that it will try the shebang line.
# This behavior is subject to change in Apache release 2.0.
#
# Each mechanism has it's own specific security weaknesses, from the means
# to run a program you didn't intend the website owner to invoke, and the
# best method is a matter of great debate.
#
# To enable the this Windows specific behavior (and therefore -disable- the
# equivilant Unix behavior), uncomment the following directive:
#
#ScriptInterpreterSource registry
#
# The directive above can be placed in individual <Directory> blocks or the
# .htaccess file, with either the 'registry' (Windows behavior) or 'script'
# (Unix behavior) option, and will override this server default option.
#

#
# DefaultType: the default MIME type the server will use for a document
# if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions.
# If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is
# a good value.  If most of your content is binary, such as applications
# or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to
# keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are
# text.
#
DefaultType text/plain

<IfModule mime_module>
    #
    # TypesConfig points to the file containing the list of mappings from
    # filename extension to MIME-type.
    #
    TypesConfig conf/mime.types

    #
    # AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration
    # file specified in TypesConfig for specific file types.
    #
    #AddType application/x-gzip .tgz
    #
    # AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers uncompress
    # information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
    #
    #AddEncoding x-compress .Z
    #AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz
    #
    # If the AddEncoding directives above are commented-out, then you
    # probably should define those extensions to indicate media types:
    #
    AddType application/x-compress .Z
    AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz

    #
    # AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers":
    # actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server
    # or added with the Action directive (see below)
    #
    # To use CGI scripts outside of ScriptAliased directories:
    # (You will also need to add "ExecCGI" to the "Options" directive.)
    #
    #AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

    # For type maps (negotiated resources):
    #AddHandler type-map var

    #
    # Filters allow you to process content before it is sent to the client.
    #
    # To parse .shtml files for server-side includes (SSI):
    # (You will also need to add "Includes" to the "Options" directive.)
    #
    #AddType text/html .shtml
    #AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
</IfModule>

#
# The mod_mime_magic module allows the server to use various hints from the
# contents of the file itself to determine its type.  The MIMEMagicFile
# directive tells the module where the hint definitions are located.
#
#MIMEMagicFile conf/magic

#
# Customizable error responses come in three flavors:
# 1) plain text 2) local redirects 3) external redirects
#
# Some examples:
#ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo."
#ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html
#ErrorDocument 404 "/cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl"
#ErrorDocument 402 http://localhost/subscription_info.html
#

#
# EnableMMAP and EnableSendfile: On systems that support it,
# memory-mapping or the sendfile syscall is used to deliver
# files.  This usually improves server performance, but must
# be turned off when serving from networked-mounted
# filesystems or if support for these functions is otherwise
# broken on your system.
#
#EnableMMAP off
#EnableSendfile off

# Supplemental configuration
#
# The configuration files in the conf/extra/ directory can be
# included to add extra features or to modify the default configuration of
# the server, or you may simply copy their contents here and change as
# necessary.

# Server-pool management (MPM specific)
#Include conf/extra/httpd-mpm.conf

# Multi-language error messages
#Include conf/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf

# Fancy directory listings
#Include conf/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf

# Language settings
#Include conf/extra/httpd-languages.conf

# User home directories
#Include conf/extra/httpd-userdir.conf

# Real-time info on requests and configuration
#Include conf/extra/httpd-info.conf

# Virtual hosts
#Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

# Local access to the Apache HTTP Server Manual
#Include conf/extra/httpd-manual.conf

# Distributed authoring and versioning (WebDAV)
#Include conf/extra/httpd-dav.conf

# Various default settings
#Include conf/extra/httpd-default.conf

# Secure (SSL/TLS) connections
#Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf
#
# Note: The following must must be present to support
#       starting without SSL on platforms with no /dev/random equivalent
#       but a statically compiled-in mod_ssl.
#
<IfModule ssl_module>
SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
</IfModule>

 
 NameVirtualHost *:80


<VirtualHost topstocks.localhost:80>
ServerName topstocks.localhost
DocumentRoot d:/webroot/ooclean
</VirtualHost>



<VirtualHost localhost:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot d:/webroot
</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot d:/webroot
</VirtualHost>






 



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Answers

 

by: archang3lPosted on 2007-09-09 at 22:31:45ID: 19859061

Try changing your virtual host configuration to the following:

NameVirtualHost *

<VirtualHost *>
      DocumentRoot d:/webroot/ooclean
      ServerName topstocks.localhost
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
      DocumentRoot d:/webroot
      ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

 

by: n1875621Posted on 2007-09-09 at 23:00:02ID: 19859114

nope - still looks at d:/webroot and not d:/webroot/ooclean when visiting topstocks.localhost

 

by: archang3lPosted on 2007-09-09 at 23:28:30ID: 19859181

Try setting your NameVirtualHost specifically to the IP address apache is listening on?

e.g.

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80

(Though I am not sure if virtual hosting on localhost works, I would assume so..)

 

by: n1875621Posted on 2007-09-10 at 00:36:20ID: 19859384

nope - no luck... this problem is the bane of my existance at the moment!

 

by: archang3lPosted on 2007-09-10 at 00:41:43ID: 19859401

Then you should start apache with the -S parameter, this will allow you to see how apache parses and interprets your current configuration.

 

by: n1875621Posted on 2007-09-10 at 01:00:35ID: 19859461

C:\Documents and Settings\Yiannis>"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\A
pache2.2\bin\httpd.exe" -S -w -n "Apache2" -k start
VirtualHost configuration:
127.0.0.1:80           is a NameVirtualHost
         default server topstocks.localhost (C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/conf/httpd.conf:468)
         port 80 namevhost topstocks.localhost (C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/conf/httpd.conf:468)
         port 80 namevhost localhost (C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/conf/httpd.conf:475)
wildcard NameVirtualHosts and _default_ servers:
*:80                   localhost (C:/Program Files/Apache Software/Foundation/Apache2.2/conf/httpd.conf:481)
Syntax OK

C:\Documents and Settings\Yiannis>

 

by: archang3lPosted on 2007-09-10 at 01:58:05ID: 19859593

You should use apache -S to see how apache parses the virtualhosts settings currently configured.
That should give more insight where the problem is coming from, because the config I gave should certainly work.

 

by: n1875621Posted on 2007-09-10 at 02:03:50ID: 19859610

i just pasted above what apache outtputted

 

by: samriPosted on 2007-09-10 at 10:49:39ID: 19862735

hi,

Could you spell out the URL that you type in the browse location bar -- ie, th the htt://blah.blah/ stuff.
With your config, apache would have, the following Vhost container -- in the order it was entered in the config file.

#1:ServerName topstocks.localhost
DocumentRoot d:/webroot/ooclean

#2:ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot d:/webroot

#3:ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot d:/webroot

So
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/name-based.html

>> If no matching virtual host is found, then the first listed virtual host that matches the IP address will be used.

So in this case, the default Vhost would be #1, if none of other Vhosts matches -- by matching URL typed in the URL location (on the browser) to those Servername, or ServerAlias directive in the Vhost container.

So, in this case, you may had typed http://localhost/, where the first match would always be Vhost #2.

To test, try using http://127.0.0.1/ I would be positive that Vhost #1 would match.  Vhost #3 would never be matched -- well it's similar to Vhost #2 anyway.

give it a try.

Cheers.

 

by: n1875621Posted on 2007-09-10 at 16:05:47ID: 19864915

when i type in

topstocks.localhost

i get d:/webroot/index.php

when i type in

localhost

i get d:/webroot/index.php

it should be topstocks.localhost -> d:/webroot/ooclean/

 

by: samriPosted on 2007-09-10 at 16:14:23ID: 19864961

got that... rather strange.

I've just noticed that there are some inconsistentcies in the way the Vhost is defined. I am not sure if this may had cause the issue.

NameVirtualHost *:80


<VirtualHost topstocks.localhost:80>
ServerName topstocks.localhost
DocumentRoot d:/webroot/ooclean
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost localhost:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot d:/webroot
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot d:/webroot
</VirtualHost>

Try changing it to look like:
#
NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName topstocks.localhost
  DocumentRoot d:/webroot/ooclean
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName localhost
  DocumentRoot d:/webroot
</VirtualHost>

## the 3rd vhost could be removed since it would be the same as #2

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot d:/webroot
</VirtualHost>


Give it a try.

 

by: n1875621Posted on 2007-09-10 at 16:26:02ID: 19865014

I have done that before, but tried again... no workies...

 

by: samriPosted on 2007-09-10 at 16:37:52ID: 19865082

hm... i am getting clueless :(

let's try http://127.0.0.1/ , this should get you to the first Vhost.
-

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName topstocks.localhost
  DocumentRoot d:/webroot/ooclean
</VirtualHost>
,

next, try to swap the Vhost order.
#
NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName localhost
  DocumentRoot d:/webroot
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName topstocks.localhost
  DocumentRoot d:/webroot/ooclean
</VirtualHost>

 

by: samriPosted on 2007-09-10 at 16:45:07ID: 19865107

things may sounds silly to ask :)

did you
- restart the apache service.
- clear the browser cache?  Sometimes it would be helpful to close all browser session, and reopen a fresh copy.

cheers.

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