Finally got Apache 2.2.3 set up with virtual hosts

What a night. I have spent most of the last few days faffing around trying to set up virtual hosts on my Ubuntu Apache server. I had almost given up. I tried using Webmin, but failed. I read many tutorials, which led me to installing Virtualmin at one point, which was useless. Some tutorials suggested that I need change settings in DNS / Bind, but that was a red herring. In the end, the only changes that I had to make were in /etc/apache2/sites-available/default – i.e. ignoring the httpd.conf file, and not using the include method in the apache2.conf file either (which Webmin seems to prefer to set up).

Here is the successful code:

NameVirtualHost *

<virtualhost 80=””>
ServerName www.domain.co.uk
ServerAdmin jonpaulade@gmail.com

DocumentRoot /var/www/domain
<directory>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</directory>
<directory var=”” www=”” uk=””>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
# This directive allows us to have apache2’s default start page
# in /apache2-default/, but still have / go to the right place
#RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/
</directory>

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<directory usr=”” lib=”” bin=””>
AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</directory>

ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn

CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
ServerSignature On

Alias /doc/ “/usr/share/doc/”
<directory usr=”” share=”” doc=””>
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</directory>

</virtualhost>

<virtualhost 80=””>
ServerName www.domain.com
ServerAdmin emailadddress

DocumentRoot /var/www/domain.com
<directory>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</directory>
<directory var=”” www=”” com=””>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
# This directive allows us to have apache2’s default start page
# in /apache2-default/, but still have / go to the right place
#RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/
</directory>

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<directory usr=”” lib=”” bin=””>
AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</directory>

ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn

CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
ServerSignature On

Alias /doc/ “/usr/share/doc/”
<directory usr=”” share=”” doc=””>
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</directory>

</virtualhost>

So everything is working, both Morrowtech and Bums Tums and Thighs are working (update: neight site is hosted at home now), finally. Time for bed! And there was me hoping for an early night tonight.

The good news is of course that finally I can host any number of sites for my friends and family, which will start to give me more experience, and maybe one day I will be a fully fledged web hosting solutions provider!

I should add that in my frustration with configuring Apache this evening I attempted to reinstall it, as I managed to delete my sites-available/default file. I failed to do this, and ended up reinstalling Ubuntu. SO I now have a clean install AND a working virtual hosting platform. About time!