Virtual Hosts

[ralphiooo]

Hi, I have set up my server successfully to run php with mysql. When I goto

http://localhost/

it works fine but the trouble is I've got lots of sites which I use relative linking for. I just want to use apache as a testing server and I understand you can use virtual hosts to help with multiple sites but I don't understand how I can do this without a domain name. I'd appreciate your help.

Thanks

 

[feherke]

Hi

The simpliest way is to just add the virtual host names to the hosts file. For this virtual hosts :

NameVirtualHost *

<VirtualHost *>
  ServerName test
  DocumentRoot /home/feherke/testing
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
  ServerName demo
  DocumentRoot /home/feherke/demo_docs
</VirtualHost>

In /etc/hosts I have this :

127.0.0.1    localhost test demo

Evidently with this only my computer will know about the virtual hosts, the others not.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[ralphiooo]

Hi, cheers I tried:

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
DocumentRoot U:/My Webs/

http://www.test1.com/www

ServerName test1.local
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
DocumentRoot U:/My Webs/

http://www.test2.com/www

ServerName test2.local
</VirtualHost>

and changed the hosts file to:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 test1.local
127.0.0.1 test2.local

but when I do a restart in apache i get an error. I also tried the * instead of 127.0.0.1 but I get the same error "The request operation has failed".

Appreciate your help once more. Thanks

 

[ithounds]

Apache 2.0 Vitural Host Fix:

I use DHCP through comcast and here is how I did it.

#The ip address is a must so is the port
NameVirtualHost your ip address:80


#Notice the port and the slash direction they are very improtant!


<VirtualHost

http://www.website1.com:80>

ServerName

http://www.website1.com

DocumentRoot /htdocs/website1
ServerAdmin webmaster@website1.com
</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost

http://www.website2.com:80>

ServerName

http://www.website2.com

DocumentRoot /htdocs/website2
ServerAdmin webmaster@website2.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost

http://www.website3.com:80>

ServerName

http://www.website3.com

DocumentRoot /htdocs/website3
ServerAdmin webmaster@personalrmc.com
</VirtualHost>

 

[RhythmAce]

Apache doesn't like spaces in your paths. For example,

DocumentRoot U:/My Webs/

http://www.test1.com/www

Try putting them in quotes like this:

DocumentRoot "U:/My Webs/

http://www.test1.com/www"