I have an EC2 instance created with Bitnami wordpress, I am trying to host my other website on the same instance website.tld
I followed the steps on this guide
https://docs.bitnami.com/aws/components/apache/#how-to-create-a-virtual-host
Then I went to "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/httpd-vhosts.conf" and changed it to
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName mywordpress.com
ServerAlias mywordpress.com
DocumentRoot "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs"
Include "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/httpd-app.conf"
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName website.tld
ServerAlias www.website.tld
DocumentRoot "/opt/bitnami/apps/website/htdocs"
ErrorLog "logs/website-error_log"
CustomLog "logs/website-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName mywordpress.com
ServerAlias www.mywordpress.com
DocumentRoot "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs"
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/certs/server.crt"
SSLCertificateKeyFile "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/certs/server.key"
Include "/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/httpd-app.conf"
</VirtualHost>
I created the empty folders "/opt/bitnami/apps/website/htdocs" for my new website then added an index.html inside htdocs
Then I restarted the apache server
sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache
mywordpress.com works fine as before, but when i try to open website.tld I get this error
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.
Am i doing it wrong? is there any other configurations i missed?
What is more confusing is there are httpd-vhosts.conf files inside the apache2 server and inside each folder in the apps/ folder, I am not sure which of all I should be adding my new domain tag into? Following the bitnami docs I edited the one inside apps/wordrpess/config
I am not a server side guy, is there a UI for the apache server that can help me setup the virtual host?
Thank you in advance.
You have to set the permissions for this directory in apache2.conf/ httpd.conf.
<Directory [your path]>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
And set the permissions with chmod 755
I have deployed OwnCloud 8 on a Ubuntu 14.04 instance to the domain box.example.com. I would like to host some static html on the same VM and have apache point project.example.com to it at /var/www/html.
In apache the file /etc/apache2/conf-available/owncloud.conf was created by OwnCloud containing:
#I changed the first line as follows
##Alias /owncloud "/var/www/owncloud/" # commented out
Alias / "/var/www/owncloud/"
<Directory "/var/www/owncloud">
Options +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
<IfModule mod_dav.c>
Dav off
</IfModule>
SetEnv HOME /var/www/owncloud
SetEnv HTTP_HOME /var/www/owncloud
</Directory>
How can I add a new subdomain VM in apache so that I'll have two working sites: box.example.com (OwnCloud instance) and project.example.com (static html). So far with everything I have tried project loads the OwnCloud front-end and does not open the static html.
Do I need to touch /etc/hosts?
I will update with examples of things I am trying and outcomes.
You can add both virtualhost in the same file (after the first ) directive or create another file in /etc/apache2/sites-available/ . You can start from the existing default file and adapt the servername and directory where your "project" is, and any other directive as needed.
Beware, if you run Apache2.4, the files should be named anyname.conf, for instance box.example.com.conf
And don't forgot to reload your apache server after having enabled the site.
You also need to set-up your DNS, in a zone file, for both box.example.com and project.example.com to point to the IP of your server.
You could create virtual host config files like /etc/apache/sites-available/01-owncloud.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName box.example.com
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/owncloud
<Directory /var/www/owncloud/>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/owncloud-error.log
LogLevel warn
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/owncloud-access.log combined
Redirect 301 /.well-known/carddav /remote.php/carddav
Redirect 301 /.well-known/caldav /remote.php/caldav
</VirtualHost>
Then enable it with a2ensite 01-owncloud.
Don't forget to set NameVirtualHost *:80 somewhere in a conf. I used /etc/apache2/ports.conf.
I'm working with XAMPP on Mac OS X.
I'm trying to run a Symfony website properly for a client, and I really don't know Symfony (yet). I just want to install and launch it.
I've changed my /etc/hosts file this way:
127.0.0.1 www.mysite.local
And the httpd.conf file this way:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.mysite.local
DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mysite/web
DirectoryIndex index.php
<Directory /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mysite/web>
AllowOverride All
Allow from All
</Directory>
Alias /sf /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mysite/lib/vendor/symfony/data/web/sf
<Directory "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mysite/lib/vendor/symfony/data/web/sf">
AllowOverride All
Allow from All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Now, the site is working (yay!), but I can't access any more any of my other local sites because localhost is rendered as www.mysite.local.
Where am I wrong?
This worked for me!
To run projects like http://localhost/projectName:
<VirtualHost localhost:80>
ServerAdmin localhost
DocumentRoot path/to/htdocs/
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
To run projects like http://somewebsite.com locally:
<VirtualHost somewebsite.com:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#example.com
DocumentRoot /path/to/htdocs/somewebsiteFolder
ServerName www.somewebsite.com
ServerAlias somewebsite.com
</VirtualHost>
The same for other websites:
<VirtualHost anothersite.local:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#example.com
DocumentRoot /path/to/htdocs/anotherSiteFolder
ServerName www.anothersite.local
ServerAlias anothersite.com
</VirtualHost>
localhost will always redirect to 127.0.0.1. You can trick this by naming your other VirtualHost to other local loop-back address, such as 127.0.0.2. Make sure you also change the corresponding hosts file to implement this.
For example, my httpd-vhosts.conf looks like this:
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.2:80>
DocumentRoot "D:/6. App Data/XAMPP Shared/htdocs/intranet"
ServerName intranet.dev
ServerAlias www.intranet.dev
ErrorLog "logs/intranet.dev-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/intranet.dec-access.log" combined
<Directory "D:/6. App Data/XAMPP Shared/htdocs/intranet">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Includes
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
(Notice that in <VirtualHost> section I typed 127.0.0.2:80. It means that this block of VirtualHost will only affects requests to IP address 127.0.0.2 port 80, which is the default port for HTTP.
To route the name intranet.dev properly, my hosts entry line is like this:
127.0.0.2 intranet.dev
This way, it will prevent you from creating another VirtualHost block for localhost, which is unnecessary.
This is normal if you see it. Since it is the first virtual host entry, it will show local host.
Let’s say for example you didn't want that page to show. All you want to show is the "Apache, it works" page, so you would make a vhost entry before mysite.local as local host and point it to the "it works" page.
But this is normal. I had this problem before, so don't worry!
You may want to use this:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "somepath\Apache2.2\htdocs"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
as your first virtual host (place it before other virtual hosts).
I had the same issue of accessing localhost while working with virtualHost. I resolved it by adding the name in the virtualHost listen code like below:
In my hosts file, I have added the below code (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts) -
127.0.0.1 main_live
And in my httpd.conf I have added the below code:
<VirtualHost main_live:80>
DocumentRoot H:/wamp/www/raj/main_live/
ServerName main_live
</VirtualHost>
That's it. It works, and I can use both localhost, phpmyadmin, as well as main_live (my virtual project) simultaneously.
Additional description for John Smith's answer from the official documentation. To understand why it is.
Main host goes away
If you are adding virtual hosts to an existing web server, you must
also create a block for the existing host. The
ServerName and DocumentRoot included in this virtual host should be
the same as the global ServerName and DocumentRoot. List this virtual
host first in the configuration file so that it will act as the
default host.
For example, to work properly with XAMPP, to prevent VirtualHost overriding the main host, add the follow lines into file httpd-vhosts.conf:
# Main host
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot "/xampp/htdocs"
</VirtualHost>
# Additional host
<VirtualHost *:80>
# Over directives there
</VirtualHost>
For someone doing everything described here and still can't access:
XAMPP with Apache 2.4:
In file httpd-vhost.conf:
<VirtualHost *>
DocumentRoot "D:/xampp/htdocs/dir"
ServerName something.dev
<Directory "D:/xampp/htdocs/dir">
Require all granted #apache v 2.4.4 uses just this
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
There isn't any need for a port, or an IP address here. Apache configures it on its own files. There isn't any need for NameVirtualHost *:80; it's deprecated. You can use it, but it doesn't make any difference.
Then to edit hosts, you must run Notepad as administrator (described below). If you were editing the file without doing this, you are editing a pseudo file, not the original (yes, it saves, etc., but it's not the real file)
In Windows:
Find the Notepad icon, right click, run as administrator, open file, go to C:/WINDOWS/system32/driver/etc/hosts, check "See all files", and open hosts.
If you were editing it before, probably you will see it's not the file you were previously editing when not running as administrator.
Then to check if Apache is reading your httpd-vhost.conf, go to folder xampFolder/apache/bin, Shift + right click, open a terminal command here, open XAMPP (as you usually do), start Apache, and then on the command line, type httpd -S. You will see a list of the virtual hosts. Just check if your something.dev is there.
According to this documentation: Name-based Virtual Host Support
You may be missing the following directive:
NameVirtualHost *:80
Just change <VirtualHost *:80> to <VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80>.
Then the default DocumentRoot will serve for all domains or IP addresses that point to your server and specified VirtualHost will work.
It may be because your web folder (as mentioned "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mysite/web") is empty.
My suggestion is first to make your project and then work on making the virtual host.
I went with a similar situation. I was using an empty folder in the DocumentRoot in httpd-vhosts.confiz and I couldn't access my shahg101.com site.
I am running Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus). This is what worked for me:
Open up a terminal and cd to /etc/apache2/sites-available. There
you will find a file called 000-default.conf.
Copy that file: cp 000-default.conf example.local.conf
Open that new file (I use Nano; use what you are comfortable with).
You will see a lot of commented lines, which you can delete.
Change <VirtualHost *:80> to <VirtualHost example.local:80>
Change the document root to reflect the location of your files.
Add the following line: ServerName example.local And if you need to, add this line: ServerAlias www.example.local
Save the file and restart Apache: service Apache2 restart
Open a browser and navigate to example.local. You should see your website.
For anyone using Windows and the Bitnami WAMP Stack Manager Tool this virtual host configuration should go into Bitnami\apache2\conf\bitnami\bitnami.conf
Note: Some settings in Directory section is not a must.
For example, my virtual host configuration for site.com would be as follows:
<VirtualHost site.com:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/Bitnami/apache2/htdocs/site/docroot"
<Directory "C:/Bitnami/apache2/htdocs/site/docroot">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
<IfVersion < 2.3 >
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</IfVersion>
<IfVersion >= 2.3 >
Require all granted
</IfVersion>
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Remember that configuration for vhost as mentioned, by other friends, sagits's answer is needed.
I am moving my cakephp website from my old server to rackspace. I can load my website fine but all the CSS and JS is broken. I'm not sure if it's a Cake setting I'm over looking or a Rackspace setting I'm over looking. I have my cake install in
/var
/www
/rp
/app
/cake
etc
etc
This is the error I see whenever I restart apache. Something isn't lining up. Please, let me know if I need to provide any other information to help resolve this issue. Thanks!
Restarting web server apache2
Warning: DocumentRoot [/var/www/app/webroot] does not exist
apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using x.x.x.x for ServerName
... waiting Warning: DocumentRoot [/var/www/app/webroot] does not exist
apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using x.x.x.x for ServerName
...done.
If the DocumentRoot is not specified in apache2.conf, then it defaults to /var/www
However, I usually like to put it in my vhosts file. Make sure your vhost file is included. For example:
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
An example of a vhost file is as follows:
NameVirtualHost *
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName www.abc.com
ServerAlias www.abc.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/rp/app/webroot/
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/abc.log
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
I'm trying to configure my local Apache2 server to host several Symfony websites using virtual hosts, but I just can't make it to alias lib/vendor/symfony/data/web/sf directory as /sf. I see that using %1 and %2 in alias statement is the source of the problem, but I can't find the right solution. I added to /etc/hosts entry 127.0.0.1 jobeet.sandbox.sfdevel, I created in my home directory directory ~/Projekty/sandbox/jobeet. My Apache2 site configuration reads as follows:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
ServerAlias *.sfdevel
VirtualDocumentRoot /home/alef/Projekty/%2/%1/web
<Directory /home/alef/Projekty/%2/%1/web>
AllowOverride All
Allow from All
</Directory>
Alias /sf /home/alef/Projekty/%2/%1/lib/vendor/symfony/data/web/sf
<Directory /home/alef/Projekty/%2/%1/lib/vendor/symfony/data/web/sf>
AllowOverride All
Allow from All
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/sfdevel_error.log
LogLevel warn
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/sfdevel_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
When I change /home/alef/Projekty/%2/%1/lib/vendor/symfony/data/web/sf to /home/alef/Projekty/sandbox/jobeet/lib/vendor/symfony/data/web/sf it works just fine, but I want to use several separate Symfony websites. What changes should I include in my Apache2 configuration?
I'm not sure if you can create aliases this way. There's nothing about it in the apache documentation.
I'd think about removing Alias from your virtualhost definition anyway. Symbolic link will work the same:
cd /home/alef/Projekty/sandbox/jobeet/web
ln -s ../lib/vendor/symfony/data/web/sf