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Help! Cannot get apache to direct to my virtual hosts! What gives?

I am setting up Apache on a new dedicated server. Using the same httpd.conf data as the last server, but it is not resolving my host names correctly.

I want to serve /home/public_html/host3/index.html

but when I go to http://www.myserver.com/~host3 , I get "page cannot be displayed"

in the error_log, it says " File does not exist: /var/www/html/~host3"

How do I get this to work?

from htttpd.conf:

<Directory />
Options All
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

UserDir public_html

NameVirtualHost (my.ip.address)

<VirtualHost (my.ip.address)>
DocumentRoot /home/host3/public_html
ServerName www.host3.com
ServerAlias www.host3.com host3.com
ServerAdmin webmaster@host3.com
</VirtualHost>

Blaz

Are you trying to access www.host3.com or www.myserver.com?

Also your DocumentRoot in host3 virtual host is wrong
DocumentRoot /home/host3/public_html

xDamox

Hi,

The reason your getting this error is because you are access you server as follows:

http://www.myserver.com/~host3

you have virtual hosting enabled so all you need to do to access that page is:

http://my.ip.address

replace my.ip.address with the one you used in virutal hosting.

alcibiades

ASKER

I am trying to access www.myserver.com/~host3/index.html

The domain registration for www.host3.com has not been setup yet.

I don't understand Blaz'z comment about the DocumentRoot. His example looks the same as mine .

xDamox,

I have multiple virtual hosts. So http://my.ip.address is not going to resolve to host3 without additional information. www.myserver.com resolves to the master zone my.ip.address.com

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Gabriel Orozco

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