I try to use a Virtual Hosts on xampp (apache 2.4), on Windows 10.
I've been through a lot of topics and posts and tried every combination of port etc, and I couldn't make it work.
When I try to access my project it redirects me to localhost (default).
Here's my system32/drivers/etc/hosts :
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 yanns-properties.test
Here's my httpd-vhosts.conf :
NameVirtualHost *:8080
<VirtualHost _default_:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
# Site: yanns-properties
<VirtualHost *:8080>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/yanns-properties"
ServerName yanns-properties.test
CustomLog "C:/xampp/htdocs/yanns-properties/custom.log" combined
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/yanns-properties">
Options All
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
I also put in my httpd.conf file :
Listen 80
Listen 8080
When I try to access yanns-properties.test, it redirects me to localhost (with list of file since I renamed index).
I tested with various port, with my project in a different folder ... I don't know what to do anymore.
Thanks for your help !
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I have many services running on the same machine, one of them using SSL, let's say "c3po.com".
The url for my servers are https://c3po.com, http://r2d2.com and http://jarjar.com.
The problem is, if I type https://r2d2.com apache redirects me to https://c3po.com, without even changing the url. In other words, I will be seeing c3po service, with my browser showing http://r2d2.com.
I understand that when Apache can't exactly match a vhost it uses the first one loaded that matches the ip:port, so as there is no:
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName r2d2.com
...
It will pick up the only vhost on :443 found, which is:
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName c3po.com
...
What I really want is that when the user types https://r2d2.com or https://jarjar.com an error page is shown up, because those services (with ssl enabled over http) simply doesn't exist! How can I achieve that?
Check that
NameVirtualHost *:443
is enabled in your main config. Then create a VirtualHost that listens on port 443 with your error page, and create another VirtualHost with the config for c3po.com. If any user resolves a name to the IP of your server (which they will for all sites), they will go to the default site unless they're going to c3po.
Something along the lines of the following should work:
Default:
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName _default_https
DocumentRoot /path/to/error/page
<Directory /path/to/error/page>
...
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
c3po:
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName c3po.com
ServerAlias www.c3po.com
DocumentRoot /path/to/c3po
<Directory /path/to/c3po>
...
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
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.
So I have this problem...
I use WAMP and have set up perfectly working Virtual Hosts in the past, but now I have come to something I never foresaw.
I am trying to do this:
Access C:\wamp\www through http://localhost
Access D:\somethingelse through http://localhost:8080 OR http://something.dev
I much prefer using the proper http://something.dev, as the working site is http://something.co, and so I can keep them separate.
I have followed guides and read forum posts, but all I have manages to do so far is this:
Access C:\wamp\www through http://localhost OR http://something.dev
Access D:\somethingelse through http://localhost:8080 OR http://something.dev:8080
Anybody got any idea how you would do this? Here's my VirtualHost Code:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
DocumentRoot "C:\wamp\www"
ServerName localhost
ServerAlias www.localhost.com
ErrorLog "logs/localhost-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/localhost-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:8080>
ServerAdmin webmaster#something
DocumentRoot "D:/something/www"
ServerName something.dev
ServerAlias www.something.dev
ErrorLog "logs/something-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/something-access.log" common
<directory "D:/something/www">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
</directory>
</VirtualHost>
And in httpd.conf I have this
Listen *:80
Listen *:8080
And my hosts file is working and points both of these to 127.0.0.1
(The reason I want to do this is that when I code on my machine I use the http://something.dev, but I run Livereload Windows, and test my website simultaneously on an iPhone and iPad on the same local network, but without any access to iOS's equivalent of the hosts file. It also allows me to open up only a specific part of my server to the internet, through port forwarding on my router.)
I suppose you have solved the issue. Anyway is good to share some nice information on how to set up multiple Virtual Hosts in Wamp. This is working for me:
http://www.kristengrote.com/blog/articles/how-to-set-up-virtual-hosts-using-wamp
In my case I am working with ports 8080 and 8181. 8080 is redirecting to a subfolder under c:\wamp\www\myfolder, while 8181 is redirecting to root c:\wamp\www.
To make 8181 work I had to edit httpd-vhosts.conf, hosts (in \drivers\etc folder) and httpd.conf.
In httpd.conf my Apache is listening:
Listen 8080
Listen 8181
also I uncommented:
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
my root is pointing to
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp/www/myfolder"
root directory is configured as:
<Directory "c:/wamp/www">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
Allow from ::1
Allow from localhost
</Directory>
and added:
<VirtualHost *:8181>
DocumentRoot "C:\wamp\www"
ServerName name-of-my-fake-server
</VirtualHost>
in httpd-vhosts.conf I have set:
NameVirtualHost *:8181
in hosts (c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc) I have added:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 name-of-my-fake-server #My Test Site
Doing that I have now two ports working 8080 and 8181: so 8080 points to directory "c:\wamp\www\myfolder" and the other port 8181 points to my root folder "c:\wamp\www\"
Using * as the hostname requires the use of NameVirtualHost:
NameVirtualHost *:80
NameVirtualHost *:8080
For those with MAMP, edit the httpd.conf
nano /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf
Add Listen for each port
Listen 80
Listen 8080
And the ServerName too
ServerName localhost:80
ServerName localhost:8080
Once done that, edit httpd-vhosts.conf
nano /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Define NameVirtualHost
NameVirtualHost *:80
NameVirtualHost *:8080
And the VirtualHost's
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/Users/yourUser/path/project1"
ServerName project1.local
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:8080>
DocumentRoot "/Users/yourUser/path/project2"
ServerName project2.local
</VirtualHost>
Of course you need to have project1.local and project2.local in your hosts file
sudo nano /etc/hosts
And add
127.0.0.1 project1.local project2.local
Restart MAMP and you could access your vhost by
project1.local
project2.local:8080
project2 could be access also in your network or with a external IP (e.g to test from a different device like a mobile phone). Assuming your IP is 192.168.1.10
192.168.1.10:8080
The question is a little about it. But I assumed that it's near there and may be helpful for somebody.
Recently I met the problem when I need to get access to a few resources (debian repository, my website and phpmyadmin) by one external IP address and port.
After learning the problem I found technology named as reverse proxy. It like proxy but server is accepting all connection from many users and redirect to one target (your server).
I made simple Docker image and docker-compose file and push that to github.com/urpylka/docker-nginx-reverse-proxy and hub.docker.com.
Config file is very simple:
server {
listen 80;
server_name smirart.ru robotic.lol;
location / {
proxy_pass http://robotic.lol:1080/;
}
}
server {
listen 80;
server_name repo.smirart.ru;
location / {
proxy_pass http://8.8.8.8:2080/;
}
}
You can use that for few web-servers running by different IP.
I have wamp setup with quite a few websites setup as virtual hosts like this in httpd.conf
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
ServerName project1.local
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp/project1/"
</VirtualHost>
I have these input in the wamp machine's host file and I can access them just fine on that machine.
127.0.0.1 project1.local
However, when I try to put an entry on my OSX machine as (192.168.1.101 being the internal ip of the wamp machine) it won't pull the page up.
192.168.1.101 project1.local
Is there something else I need to do to make this work from other machines? Thanks!
You either need <VirtualHost 192.168.1.101> (in addition to 127.0.0.1), or simply use <VirtualHost *> to put the VH on all addresses.
Just add below code in your virtual host config file
In the below code,
'Client_IP' is the IP of the machine from where you want to access the directory without using any ip on the address bar, just put severname in the address bar like 'servername/'.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName servername
DocumentRoot d:\wamp\www\dir_name
<Directory "d:\wamp\www\dir_name">
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from 127.0.0.1 Client_IP
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Then, set same servername that you have used for the virtual host on apache server like,
server_ip servername
in the client machine c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts file.