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Apache - Site Can't be reached

Have a website. I am trying to create a test website based on the main website to troubleshoot an issue. I created the site using FileZilla. I copied the files from the main site "internal.mysite.com" to "internaltest.mysite.com".

I logged into apache and modified the apache.conf file using "sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf"

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<VirtualHost *:80>
   DocumentRoot "/home/webserver/www/internal.mysite.com"
   ServerName internal.mysite.com
   <Directory "/home/webserver/www/internal.mysite.com">
       Require ip 172.16.2.0/24
       Require ip 172.16.10.0/24
       Require ip 172.16.20.0/24
       Require ip 10.0.0.0./255.0.0.0
       Require ip 127.0.0.1
   </Directory
</VirtualHost>

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<VirtualHost *:80>
   DocumentRoot "/home/webserver/www/internaltest.mysite.com"
   ServerName internaltest.mysite.com
   <Directory "/home/webserver/www/internaltest.mysite.com">
       Require ip 172.16.2.0/24
       Require ip 172.16.10.0/24
       Require ip 172.16.20.0/24
       Require ip 10.0.0.0./255.0.0.0
       Require ip 127.0.0.1
   </Directory
</VirtualHost>

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Then hit ctrl+x and then Y for save

Restarted server with "sudo service apache2 restart".

Server restarted successfully.

I can access internal.mysite.com but internaltest.mysite.com returns a DNS error -> can’t find the server at internaltest.mysite.com.

I did the exact same steps to a previous site and it works but this one is not.

I also checked the file permissions and ensured that internaltest.mysite.com matched internal.mysite.com.

Any ideas?

Jim Riddles

Have you confirmed that DNS is correct? Do the two domains have the same IP address?

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How do I confirm that?

When I open a command prompt and ping internal.mysite.com it returns IP's it is replying from.

When I ping internaltest.mysite.com it says Ping request could not find host internaltest.mysite.com. Please check the name and try again.

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No. When I did this before I don't remember setting up a DNS entry. I just went to the server and copied the settings in the file and changed the name which is what I did again.

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Only thing i'm obfuscating is mysite, otherwise it is what I'm using.

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How do i find which software is being used for DNS? Considering attempting with creating a folder in the main site.

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Trying to find out.

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While i'm trying to figure out the DNS.

I created a folder in the "internal.mysite.com".

The main subfolder that is being used is "items".

I creatd a subfolder "MyTest" and copied what was in "items" to "MyTest".

When I access "internal.mysite.com/MyTest" I receive 404 not found.

Any idea how to work around this? If I can get this to work I don't have to create a new site.

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Figured out what to do. Went into the .htaccess and added the "MyTest" there which is giving me the result I want.

Thanks