Newbie Quest: Simple setup.

also added

192.168.1.18     local.showsite.com
192.168.1.18     local.bigcompany.com

to hosts (in etc/ dir) file to test the pages locally.

try the following httpd.conf configuration:

NameVirtualHost *
<VirtualHost *>
    ServerAdmin admin@showsite.com
    DocumentRoot /usr/home/www_root/showsite/public_html/
    ServerName local.smallshop.com
    ErrorLog /usr/home/www_root/showsite/error_log
    <Directory "/">
        AllowOverride All
        Options FollowSymLinks
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/home/www_root/showsite/public_html/cgi-bin/
    <Directory "/usr/home/www_root/showsite/public_html/cgi-bin">
        Options +ExecCGI
        AddHandler cgi-scripts .cgi .pl
    </Directory>
    Alias /icons/ "/usr/home/www_root/showsite/public_html/images/"
    <Directory "/usr/home/www_root/showsite/public_html/images">
        Options Indexes MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *>
    ServerAdmin admin@bigcompany.com
    DocumentRoot /usr/home/www_root/bigcompany/public_html/
    ServerName local.bigcompany.com
    ErrorLog /usr/home/www_root/bigcompany/error_log
    <Directory "/">
        AllowOverride All
        Options FollowSymLinks
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/home/www_root/bigcompany/public_html/cgi-bin/
    <Directory "/usr/home/www_root/bigcompany/public_html/cgi-bin">
        Options +ExecCGI
        AddHandler cgi-scripts .cgi .pl
    </Directory>
    Alias /icons/ "/usr/home/www_root/bigcompany/public_html/images/"
    <Directory "/usr/home/www_root/bigcompany/public_html/images">
        Options Indexes MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

I tried this. When i did apachectl start it said:
invalid command <the command>. prehaps misspelled or module not included in the server configuration.

if i do
apache2ctl start it says:
(98)Adress allready in use_ Makesock.... etc...

make sure you don't already have apache running

type "ps -A" to see if your computer is already running "httpd"
   if it is, kill all of the "httpd" processes

is there other software already using port 80?
type "netstat -l" to see if your computer is already listening on port 80 (httpd)
  if it is, you'll need to find out what other software is using the port, and change the configuration of one of the programs


make sure apache is trying to start on port 80, httpd.conf should contain the following line:
     Listen 80

I have tried this.

and what was the result?

is other software running on port 80? is apache already running?

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