ordering VirtualHosts in Apache conf - apache

Question

I'm having issues with my apache configuration. The expected outcome is to allow all traffic to go to the default site trekfederation.com, UNLESS the subdomain is specified and matched otherwise. My problem is that some of my subdomains still default to the main site.
I have two files as part of my configuration:
httpd.conf
ships.conf
here's httpd.conf's portion for virtualhost:
#
# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#
NameVirtualHost *:80
#
# NOTE: NameVirtualHost cannot be used without a port specifier
# (e.g. :80) if mod_ssl is being used, due to the nature of the
# SSL protocol.
#
#
# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for requests without a known
# server name.
#
#<VirtualHost *:80>
# ServerAdmin webmaster#dummy-host.example.com
# DocumentRoot /www/docs/dummy-host.example.com
# ServerName dummy-host.example.com
# ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
# CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
#</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName weather.trekfederation.com
ServerAlias weather.trekfederation.com
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/weather"
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName oldsite.trekfederation.com
ServerAlias oldstore.trekfederation.com
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/trekfed"
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName promenade.trekfederation.com
Redirect / http://trekfederation.com/shop
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName donations.trekfederation.com
Redirect / http://trekfederation.com/product-category/donations/
</VirtualHost>
Include conf.d/ships.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName trekfederation.com
ServerAlias trekfederation.com www.trekfederation.com
Alias /phpmyadmin "/usr/share/phpMyAdmin"
<Directory "/usr/share/phpMyAdmin">
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride All
Options FollowSymlinks
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
ServerAlias www.iftcommand.com
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/trekweb"
</VirtualHost>
# Include conf.d/personal.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName ccc.trekfederation.com
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/ccc"
</VirtualHost>
Ships.conf:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName ussgeorgewashington.trekfederation.com
ServerAlias ussgeorgewashington.trekfederation.net
ServerAlias nfc1773a.trekfederation.com
ServerAlias nfc1773a.trekfederation.net
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/NOVA/USS_GEORGE_WASHINGTON
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName ussfarragut.trekfederation.com
ServerAlias ussfarragut.trekfederation.net
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/NOVA/USS_FARRAGUT
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName ussvortex.trekfederation.com
ServerAlias ussvortex.trekfederation.net
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/NOVA/USS_VORTEX
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName ussvictory.trekfederation.com
ServerAlias ussvictory.trekfederation.net
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/NOVA/USS_VICTORY
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName ussnavigator.trekfederation.com
ServerAlias ussnavigator.trekfederation.net
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/NOVA/USS_NAVIGATOR
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName ussfirelace.trekfederation.com
ServerAlias ussfirelace.trekfederation.net
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/NOVA/USS_FIRELACE
</VirtualHost>
the site i'm working on is ussfirelace.trekfederation.com. it still routes to trekfederation.com.
it does register with apache -S:
port 80 namevhost ussfirelace.trekfederation.com (/etc/httpd/conf.d/ships.conf:34)
alias ussfirelace.trekfederation.net
what am I missing?
Thanks.

Answer 1

The configs look good to me. Possible solutions / problems:
a) Did you restart your apache to load the new virtual host?
b) Have you checked that the DNS record points as A Record (or CNAME) to your server and no redirect is configured with your NS provider?
c) Have you checked your code, that it does not trigger a redirect (e.g. 301, or javascript...)?
d) Clearing browser cache is also some thing that you should take care of.
e) Doublecheck the URL you type for typos.