Environment
XAMPP 7.2.4 installed on Windows 10
Apache running on ports 80 and 443
Configuration
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts:
127.0.0.1 www.test.local test.local
C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf:
DocumentRoot "D:/htdocs"
<Directory "D:/htdocs">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot D:/htdocs
ServerName localhost
<Directory "D:/htdocs">
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot D:/htdocs
ServerName test.local
<Directory "D:/htdocs">
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
The problem
When I start Apache and I access to localhost is all right. The problem comes when I try to reach test.local: the browser returns a This site can’t be reached message. It's like XAMPP ignores the custom domain vhosts defined into httpd-vhost.conf file. The same message is displayed with the server off.
This site can’t be reached
The webpage at http://test.local/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
ERR_ADDRESS_INVALID
A few days ago the setup was working and the only changes that I made was the new software installation. I mean, no changes in Apache config files.
If all your stack were working correctly before, don't be like me and don't forget to check if some browser extension is blocking your local traffic, like some extension related with an antivirus system.
In my case it was the Kaspersky Protection extension. When something goes wrong, it shows the following graphic.
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
127.0.0.1 test.local
C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#dummy-host2.example.com
DocumentRoot "C:/wamp64/www/test"
ServerName test.local
<Directory "C:/wamp64/www/hydroboost/">
Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require local
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Have you updated your C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file with a mapping like this this?
add this line to the end of the hosts file
127.0.0.1 test.local
the localhost domain works without this mapping, because the OS already recognizes "localhost" as a built in alias for the loopback IP address
(this suggestion is assuming that you are running and testing on the same local machine)
I am working in a php project using wamp. I have these wamp installed in my public server, so till now when I hit 204.XXX.XX.XX/projectname I could access from any computer inside my university. Now I dont want to display this localhost main screen so I tried virtual host configuration.
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file
I added
204.XXX.XX.XX api.local #api
httpd-vhosts.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName api.local
ServerAlias api.local
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp64/www/api"
<Directory "c:/wamp64/www/api/">
Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
I have already enabled the virtual host.
Now from other computer I could not access this api.local project. How can I fix this issue?
THe reason is that the other computer does not know where to find api.local. The browser will look for that domain name in the DNS Server that is registered to be used on the OTHER PC and obviously not find it.
So the other PC needs to know the ip address to go to when you enter api.local. You can do this in a number of ways.
If your Uni techs will allow you to add this domain name to their DNS Server this is the best way.
But if they wont allow this, then you will have to edit the HOSTS file on the OTHER PC like this
204.xxx.xxx.xxx api.local
Now this one PC will know where to find your site. However the HOSTS file is normally well protected and you would need Administrator access to change it, which you admins may not allow.
Another way would be to make the site available on a different port, then you can use the WAMPServer PC ip address and a port number to get to your site like this
Listen 8000
<VirtualHost *:8000>
ServerName api.local
ServerAlias api.local
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp64/www/api"
<Directory "c:/wamp64/www/api/">
Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Now use 204.xxx.xxx.xxx:8000 as the site address and you should get to your site
Before marking this as answered, please read the entire thing because yes there is a good amount of these questions but NONE of the answers on them have worked at all.
For the last 6 months I've looked at around 50 different form posts here and around the web to try and get my XAMPP virtual hosts working.
Hosts File
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 vws.localhost
127.0.0.1 instancegaming.net
127.0.0.1 vws.instancegaming.net
http-vhosts File (Updated 7/26)
# Virtual Hosts
#
# Required modules: mod_log_config
# If you want to maintain multiple domains/hostnames on your
# machine you can setup VirtualHost containers for them. Most configurations
# use only name-based virtual hosts so the server doesn't need to worry about
# IP addresses. This is indicated by the asterisks in the directives below.
#
# Please see the documentation at
# <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/vhosts/>
# for further details before you try to setup virtual hosts.
#
# You may use the command line option '-S' to verify your virtual host
# configuration.
#
# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#
# NameVirtualHost *:80
#
# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for all requests that do not
# match a ##ServerName or ##ServerAlias in any <VirtualHost> block.
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\htdocs"
<Directory "C:\xampp\htdocs">
DirectoryIndex index.php
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
I'm at a loss of what to do, I've tried putting all fields to localhost then to instancegaming.net but nothing seems to work. I've read the Apache log and there's only SSL errors floating around.
When I try going to [ http:// ] vws.localhost, vws.192.168.0.47, vws.instancegaming.net all of which give the same error in chrome:
ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED
Then I tried emptying chromes host cache, but that didn't help either.
Sidenote: I reinstalled XAMPP 4 times trying to make this work.
Follow these steps if you are in windows environment (7 & 10 tested) with XAMPP:
Add in hosts file [C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc]
127.0.0.1 vws.localhost
127.0.0.1 instancegaming.net
127.0.0.1 vws.instancegaming.net
Add this in httpd.conf [C:\__Server\apache\conf] . though some says there are security risks with this but couldn't find a way without this
<Directory />
AllowOverride none
Require all granted
</Directory>
Add these in httpd-vhosts.conf [C:\__Server\apache\conf\extra]
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot "C:\__Server\htdocs"
<Directory "C:\__Server\htdocs">
DirectoryIndex index.php
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName tools.com.at
DocumentRoot "E:\phpStorms\git\tools-class"
SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV "development"
<Directory "E:\phpStorms\git\tools-class">
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName laravel.test.com.at
DocumentRoot "E:\laravel.test.com.at\public"
SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV "development"
<Directory "E:\laravel.test.com.at\public">
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
template of this
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName nameInHostsFile
DocumentRoot "pathOfTheWindowsFileLocationWhichWillBeDocumentRoot"
SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV "development"
<Directory "pathOfTheWindowsFileLocationWhichWillBeDocumentRoot">
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Note 1: My xampp installed on C:\__Server location
Note 2 : My folder name is laravel.test.com.at and its in E: drive E:\laravel.test.com.at
Note 3: Always copy folder location from address bar in windows explorer, so there is no mistakes.
Note 4: You must restart XAMPP after editing httpd-vhosts.conf every time.
Note 5: Use uncommon part in url [i.e .com.at] so that it is unique and there is no issue resolving dns.
Update: troubleshoot#Jacob Jewett
After a fresh copy of XAMPP installation in C drive -
just add/append these line in httpd-vhosts.conf file
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\htdocs"
<Directory "C:\xampp\htdocs">
DirectoryIndex index.php
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName vws.localhost
DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\vws"
SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV "development"
<Directory "C:\xampp\vws">
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Add append this in httpd.conf file
<Directory />
AllowOverride none
Require all granted
</Directory>
ADD PATH variable for php [C:\xampp\php], and also check that there isn't another php path in the PATH variable.
restart xampp and browse localhost
Additionally make sure that the line
Include etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
is not quoted out in httpd.conf
The answer I found that works is to to this in the hosts file.
192.168.0.47 localhost somthing.instancegaming.net
One thing I'd like to add here: For anyone who is sure everything is setup correctly, make sure you don't use any underscores in the alias string within your hosts file; for some reason it can't accept underscores.
I have similar issue, vhosts not working. But in my case I found there was the permission issue with host file. Hope this helps for some one. hosts file ignored, how to troubleshoot?
If pings are successful but a Virtual Host is not working with XAMPP 7.3.1 and Windows 10 Pro the problem may be interference with the World Wide Web Publishing Service.
On my system, Apache and MySQL start successfully but the virtual host cannot be browsed till I stop the WWWPS service (in Windows Services). The virtual host then becomes instantly available. It instantly stops working when the WWWPS is started again.
I fixed the problem by just restarting my computer after setting up the System32 file hosts and the apache vhosts.
I want to host multiple websites on my computer. I'm using Windows with WAMP server. I already have domains and know how to map them to ip.
I have already edited httpd.conf file to allow virtual hosts.
My httpd-vhosts file looks like this,
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/wamp64/www"
ServerName localhost
ServerAlias localhost
<Directory "C:/wamp64/www">
AllowOverride All
Require local
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/wamp64/www/testcase"
ServerName test.mydomain.com
<Directory "C:/wamp64/www/testcase">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/wamp64/www/test2"
ServerName test2.mydomain.com
<Directory "C:/wamp64/www/test2">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
The problem is that both my domains open only the first site in this VirtualHost tag.
Example: In this case, both my domains will open the WAMP server configuration page. If I were to move the "testcase" tag above the other, both my domains will open the "testcase" page.
Update:
My subdomains show corresponding pages successfully when I open them on the server. But when I open subdomains on another machine, they open the first entry in the VH.
Update 2: Okay, so this is just out of my understanding now. I thought may be WAMP is not my cup of tea. So I installed XAMPP and made changes to the VH configuration and still ended up with same problem. So I then got rid of XAMPP too and installed WAMPDeveloper Pro. What could go wrong when the software sets up all the configuration files for you, right? But to my surprise, I still have the same problem. The websites work fine when I open them (using actual domain name) on the server itself, but when I open them on machine outside network the first VH entry open for all the domains I open.
Can anyone please help me with this?
Thanks!
Using both Apache2.2 and Apache2.4 syntax gets Apache a litle confused.
So as I assume you are running Apache 2.4 change the VH defs to this
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/wamp64/www/testcase"
ServerName test.mydomain.com
<Directory "C:/wamp64/www/testcase">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/wamp64/www/test2"
ServerName test2.mydomain.com
<Directory "C:/wamp64/www/test2">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Why Apache opens the first site i.e. localhost in this case.
If Apache cannot make sense of a VH def, it ignores it and default to loading the first Virtual Host that was correctly defined in the httpd-vhosts.conf file.
Of course you will also need to amend your c:\windows\system32\driverrs\etc\hosts file to include these domain names
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 test.mydomain.com
127.0.0.1 test2.mydomain.com
::1 localhost
::1 test.mydomain.com
::1 test2.mydomain.com
I have installed WAMP version 2.1 on my windows 7 machine. When i browse to localhost in my browser, the WAMP server page is visible.
But when I browse to my IP in my browser, I get the message
403 Forbidden: You don't have permission to access / on this server.
Any suggestions?
The access to your Apache server is forbidden from addresses other than 127.0.0.1 in httpd.conf (Apache's config file) :
<Directory "c:/wamp/www/">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Directory>
The same goes for your PHPMyAdmin access, the config file is phpmyadmin.conf :
<Directory "c:/wamp/apps/phpmyadmin3.4.5/">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride all
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Directory>
You can set them to allow connections from all IP addresses like follows :
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
I found a simpler fix...
Although the icon was green WAMP still needs to be "Put Online" (last item of menu when left-clicking icon).
After that I had access as normal.
For me the inclusion of "Require local" helped to solve Error 403. The alias config file looks like this:
Alias /mytest/ "C:/mytest/"
<Directory "C:/mytest/">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride all
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Require local
</Directory>
The solution for changing the permissions in the httpd.conf will work if you are OK with providing access to the WAMP server from outside.
If you do not want to do that then all you have to do is tell windows that the "localhost" domain points to 127.0.0.1. You can do that by editing the hosts file in your system directory.
The file is placed at : C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
by default windows 7 ships with :
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
You have to un-comment the mapping for localhost:
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
Note: you will not be able to edit the hosts file as its a read-only file. To edit, you have to be the administrator, copy the file to some other location, edit it and then copy it back to the etc directory.
I do not recommend the change of the hosts file. Use the permissions of httpd.conf file. use the hosts file approach only if you do not want the server accessed from outside.
Try adding the following lines of code to the file httpd-vhosts.conf:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin serveradmin#host.com
DocumentRoot "C:\wamp\www"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
Another thing I found out is that if your network adapter uses IPV6, it will not show as 127.0.0.1 but ::1
What I ended up doing is this:
<Directory "c:/wamp/www/">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
Allow from ::1
</Directory>
The same goes for your PHPMyAdmin access, the config file is phpmyadmin.conf :
<Directory "c:/wamp/apps/phpmyadmin3.4.5/">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride all
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
Allow from ::1
</Directory>
For Wamp 3.1.3 and Apache 2.4 I simply had to change 1 line in my httpd-vhosts.conf file.
Open httpd-vhosts.conf
Change "Require local" to "Require all granted"
Restart all services
I was then able to get to my apache server from other computers.
Give credit to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy_f6wBGnjI
if you have used localhost/phpmyadmin/
simply use
127.0.0.1/phpmyadmin/ for PHPMyAdmin
127.0.0.1/sqlbuddy/ for SQLBuddy
or if you have used localhost:8080/phpmyadmin/ then
127.0.0.1:8080/phpmyadmin/ for PHPMyAdmin
127.0.0.1:8080/sqlbuddy/ for SQLBuddy
Remember to remove dummy elements in httpd-vhosts.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#dummy-host.example.com
DocumentRoot "c:/Apache24/docs/dummy-host.example.com"
ServerName dummy-host.example.com
ServerAlias www.dummy-host.example.com
ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#dummy-host2.example.com
DocumentRoot "c:/Apache24/docs/dummy-host2.example.com"
ServerName dummy-host2.example.com
ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host2.example.com-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/dummy-host2.example.com-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>
For Apache version 2.4.x simply replace Require local with Require all granted in httpd.conf file inside <Directory "c:/wamp/www/"> tag then Restart all services
There could many causes to this problems
What I have experienced are:
1) 127.0.0.1 localhost entry was duplicated in hosts file
2) Apache mod_rewrite was not enabled
Regardless of the cause, backing up your www folder, vhost configuration file (and httpd configuration file) will help.
And such process takes a few minutes.
Good luck
I read & tried All Fixes But Not one worked. At last i Found that the Wamp Server Logo Is Green But Need to Be "PUT ONLINE".
So simple & a Quick Fix After Checking Your PHPMyAdmin.Cofg & HttPD.cofg Just Click on PUT ONLINE
I tried the configs above and only this worked for my WAMP Apache 2.4.2 config. For multiple root site without named domains in your Windows hosts file, use http://locahost:8080, http://localhost:8081, http://localhost:8082 and this configuration:
#ServerName localhost:80
ServerName localhost
Listen 8080
Listen 8081
Listen 8082
#.....
<VirtualHost *:8080>
DocumentRoot "c:\www"
ServerName localhost
<Directory "c:/www/">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
Require local
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:8081>
DocumentRoot "C:\www\directory abc\svn_abc\trunk\httpdocs"
ServerName localhost
<Directory "C:\www\directory abc\svn_abc\trunk\httpdocs">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
Require local
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
#<VirtualHost *:8082></VirtualHost>.......
I faced this issue with wamp on windows 7. Adding following code to httpd-vhosts.conf solved the issue for me.
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "F:/wamp_server/www/"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
Thanks for your question.
I'am using wamp 3 now.
And I find an simple answer to do this under your question.
But that answer should change a little on wamp 3.
The steps are as following:
Right click wamp icon
Choose Wamp Setting
Click the Menu item:online/offline
Left click wamp icon
You will find there is a new item called "Put online"
It took me forever to figure this out.
C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.4.9\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf
In this file you will notice several example virtual host files, that look like:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#dummy-host.example.com
DocumentRoot "c:/Apache24/docs/dummy-host.example.com"
ServerName dummy-host.example.com
ServerAlias www.dummy-host.example.com
ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#dummy-host2.example.com
DocumentRoot "c:/Apache24/docs/dummy-host2.example.com"
ServerName dummy-host2.example.com
ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host2.example.com-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/dummy-host2.example.com-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>
Simply delete these entries and replace with:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin serveradmin#host.com
DocumentRoot "C:\wamp\www"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
You definitely need to make sure your other ducks are in a row but this for me with the solution that worked.
hi there are 2 solutions :
change the port 80 to 81 in the text file (httpd.conf)
and click 127.0.0.1:81
change setting the network
go to control panel--network and internet--network and sharing center
click-->local area connection
select-->propertis
check true in the -allow other .....
and --- allo other .....
I had this problem too. The route of my problem was I had made a mistake in my vhosts.conf file. If you are using vhosts this is another thing to check
This configuration in httpd.conf work fine for me.
<Directory "c:/wamp/www/">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1 ::1
</Directory>
Make sure you aren't using a Windows' directory separator character (backslash) in your path names in your .conf file, even if you are on Windows. Apache doesn't understand them but will still start up and then output a 403 Forbidden Message.
wrong:
<Directory "c:\websites\my-website\">
right:
<Directory "c:/websites/my-website/">
Surprisingly, square brackets in DocumentRoot (and related, like <Directory>) paths can also cause error 403:
DocumentRoot "P:/TRY/web/fatfree/from_github/fatfree-master[bang]" failed with 403, while
DocumentRoot "P:/TRY/web/fatfree/from_github/fatfree-master" worked fine.
(I didn't bother figuring out the Apache path escaping, if any, just renamed the path instead. If anyone knows, comments are welcome.)
My solution was to disable encoding for encoded files (these files are green in windows). Ive got these files from MAC computer and it was encrypted by default.
Ive select these files > right click > properities > general tab > andvanced > uncheck encrypt files...
And voila it works.
I have tried all the stuff except clearing the mess in .htaccess file.
Go to www/ directory and make a copy of .htaccess file in another folder. Then clear all the lines in .htaccess original file.
And add this line,
RewriteEngine On
Then restart the server.
This has solved my problem and got access to all my localhost sites.
Hope it would solve yours too.
Also on Apache 2,4 you may need to add this to the directory directive in conf,
in case you decided to include httpd-vhosts.conf.
By default you can install wamp in C:\ but still choose to deploy your web development in another location.
To do this inside the vhosts.conf you can add this directive:
<Directory "e:/websites">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride All
<IfDefine APACHE24>
Require local
</IfDefine>
<IfDefine !APACHE24>
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all
Allow from localhost ::1 127.0.0.1
</IfDefine>
</Directory>
make sure that, the name of the file in the directory c:/wamp/apps/phpmyadmin3.1.3.1/, match the name (or version) in the phpMyAdmin.conf (Alias /phpmyadmin "c:/wamp/apps/phpmyadmin3.1.3.1/" )
I have found that if you are using ammps that for some reason its always forbidden when its in your root folder so i put it in the directory above my root folder and made a alias in the httpd.conf using this
Alias /phpmyadmin "C:/Program Files (x86)/Ampps/phpMyAdmin"
please note i am using ammps and i dont know for sure if it will work for others but its worth a try ;)