how to redirect browser to two different site with apache virtualHost? - apache

I have a valid IP, e.g. x.x.x.x, and a domain, e.g. site.com which point to x.x.x.x.
First, I need to redirect any request from port 80 to 443 (security issue).
Second, for every request sent to my IP, I want apache to show "Hello it's
working" (/var/www/index.html) and everyone request to my domain to show the real site.
I tried this, but it did not work:
<VirtualHost x.x.x.x:433>
ServerName x.x.x.x
ServerAlias x.x.x.x
DocumentRoot /var/www/
DirectoryIndex index.html
Options -Indexes
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost site.com:443>
...
</VirtualHost>

for redirection:
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.yourdomain.com
Redirect / https://www.yourdomain.com
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost _default_:443>
ServerName www.yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache2/htdocs
SSLEngine On
# etc...
</VirtualHost>
for domain separation:
<VirtualHost *:80>
# This first-listed virtual host is also the default for *:80
ServerName www.example.com
ServerAlias example.com
DocumentRoot "/www/domain"
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName other.example.com
DocumentRoot "/www/otherdomain"
</VirtualHost>

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httpd VirtualHost overwrite another VirtualHost

I have a problem whereby my VirtualHost is overriding another VirtualHost on the same domain.
httpd.conf
IncludeOptional conf.d/*.conf
example.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/example/
ServerName www.example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
Redirect permanent / https://www.example.com/
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/example/
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/httpd/ssl/example/example.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/httpd/ssl/example/example.key
SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/httpd/ssl/example/chain.cer
ServerName www.example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
</VirtualHost>
get.example.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/get.example/
ServerName get.example.com
ServerAlias get.example.com
</VirtualHost>
When I created get.example.conf and when I accessed example.com, it is showing the content of get.example.com
Does anyone knows what is going wrong with my configuration?
Found out that I need to include the non-www for the VirtualHost as well. It works if I entered www.example.com but not example.com.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
Redirect permanent / http://www.example.com/
</VirtualHost>
You just have to set up de ServerAlias.
In your example, it should be enough to do as follow:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/example/
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
Redirect permanent / https://www.example.com/
</VirtualHost>
Note that ServerName doesn't has www., so that it's gonna match http://example.com, while with the ServerAlias it's gonna match http://www.example.com
Try to change the order of ServerName and ServerAlias to your get.example.conf:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName get.example.com
ServerAlias get.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/get.example/
</VirtualHost>

ordering VirtualHosts in Apache conf

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.
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.

Apache22: how to redirect a dir to https?

Say, I have a domain http://www.example.com. I have this in httpd.conf: DocumentRoot "/Apache22/htdocs".
I also have /Apache22/htdocs/dir1 application directory, which I want to force users to connect to with https, say, with URL: https://www.example.com/dir1 and redirect any http requests to https for this directory.
I tried VirtualHost and Redirect so:
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.example.com
DocumentRoot /Apache22/htdocs/
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.example.com/dir1
DocumentRoot /Apache22/htdocs/dir1
Redirect permanent /dir1 https://www.example.com/dir1
</VirtualHost>
NameVirtualHost *:443
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName www.example.com/dir1
DocumentRoot /Apache22/htdocs/dir1
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile conf/ssl/server.cert
SSLCertificateKeyFile conf/ssl/server.key
</VirtualHost>
But apparently Apache ignores any subdrectories in ServerName, so both www.example.com and www.example.com/dir1 are the same in VirtualHost block, as far as Apache concerned.
How do I achieve an https redirect of any URL accessing dir1?
Try:
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.example.com
DocumentRoot /Apache22/htdocs/
Redirect permanent /dir1 https://www.example.com/dir1
</VirtualHost>
NameVirtualHost *:443
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName www.example.com
DocumentRoot /Apache22/htdocs
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile conf/ssl/server.cert
SSLCertificateKeyFile conf/ssl/server.key
</VirtualHost>
The ServerName directive takes a host name, not anything including a path component.

Apache virtual host for browsing with IP address

I'm using virtual host. but I want that when user browses IP address, my server will serve resource in local host. The content of my virtual host config:
NameVirtualHost *:80
# for main web
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /Library/WebServer/Documents
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80>
DocumentRoot /Library/WebServer/Documents
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 192.168.1.6:80>
DocumentRoot /Library/WebServer/Documents
</VirtualHost>
#for other webs
...
When user type 192.168.1.6 in the browser, the resource in /Library/WebServer/Documents will be return. But I don't want to designate 192.168.1.6 explicitly, I want something like ..*.*
I changed
...
<VirtualHost 192.168.1.6:80>
DocumentRoot /Library/WebServer/Documents
</VirtualHost>
...
to
...
<VirtualHost *.*.*.*:80>
DocumentRoot /Library/WebServer/Documents
</VirtualHost>
...
but it don't work.
What should I change? Is this even possible?
I am personally using this one for IP Vhost
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin contact#steelbrain.com.pk
DocumentRoot /var/www/ipbased/
ServerName 192.168.1.1
ServerAlias 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2
</VirtualHost>

Apache virtual hosts not working when using subdomain

I am trying to setup a virtual host. I have done this many times before on different servers with no problem, however, I have never tried it using a subdomain.
For some strange reason when I go to the subdomain: sub.mysite.co.uk I get redirected to the /var/www/mysite directory and not /var/www/other-site
Here is my apache.conf file:
Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/
NameVirtualHost *:80
<ifmodule mod_ssl.c>
NameVirtualHost *:443
</ifmodule>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName *.mysite.co.uk
DocumentRoot "/var/www/newsletters/"
</VirtualHost>
And my sites-enabled file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName mysite.co.uk
DocumentRoot /var/www/newsletters
ServerAlias sub.mysite.co.uk
</VirtualHost>
Have I missed something?
Did you check your DNS entries? Maybe it's redirecting all subdomains to mysite.co.uk.
Write this in httpd.conf
Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/*.conf
Listen *:80
Write this in custom-vhost.conf located in sites-enabled
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin contact#example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/domain1
ServerName domain1.me
ServerAlias www.domain1.me
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin contact#example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/domain2
ServerName domain2.com
ServerAlias www.domain2.com
</VirtualHost>
Hope it works