apache virtual host problem

Mon Feb 4 21:47:24 UTC 2008

I added the lines in /etc/hosts, so now when I try
http://theswebsite.com(secondwebsite) on the computer that is the
server, it shows me my first
site, the same thing happen when I try http://www.linuxabcd.org.
If instead of http://www.linuxabcd.org I try file://www.linuxabcd.org, I see
my file system.

When I try from the Windows computer I can find only the first site
I tried http://192.168.0.105, goes to the first website (seems logical to
me)
http://192.168.0.105/www.theswebsite.com the webpage cannot be found. It
does the same with file://192.168.0.105/www.theswebsite.

I tried apache2 -S in the terminal and this is the result:
VirtualHost configuration:
wildcard NameVirtualHosts and_default_servers:
*:*                                 is a NameVirtualHost
       default server myfirstsite.com (etc/apache2/sites-enabled/mysite:2)
       port * namevhost myfirstsite.com(/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/mysite:2)
Syntax OK

It apparently recognizes only one server name which is the name of the first
website.
Is there anything except writing name server and server alias in the virtual
host files that I should have done?
I have now 192.168.0.105 www.linuxabcd.org and <http://www.linuxabcd.org/>
192.168.0.105 name.second.domain defined in /etc/hosts
Thank you
Meg

On Feb 4, 2008 3:55 PM, Aart Koelewijn <aart at mtack.xs4all.nl> wrote:

> On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:15:39 -0500, Ashley Benton wrote:
>
> > I deleted everything, and just left, name server and server alias... in
> > the <VirtualHost> </VirtualHost> files.
> > The result is the same. I can open the link of the page I moved with
> > Windows but not with my computer. When I try to open the page directly
> > Firefox and internet explorer they write "can't find the server at
> > LinuxAbcd.org" I guess it's because I didn't buy a domain name for this
> > two sites. and I will do it later.
> > Now If I open (file://www.linuxabcd.org) the Swebsite or linux abcd from
> > the computer it is on I see my system directory. If I try to open on the
> > windows computer ( http://192.168.0.105/www.linuxabcd.org or
> > file://192.168.0.105/www.linuxabcd.org) It says "the requested URL was
> > not found on this server" (apache 2.2.4 Ubuntu server at 192,168.0.105
> > port 80 The last part I don't understand because when I installed
> > apache2 and the first site I was able to open it by writing the private
> > IP of the computer before I bought the domain name. Now shouldn't I be
> > able to open the other sites with the internal Ip, followed by the
> > server name? Does anybody see a reason why I seem to be unable to
> > configure more than 1 virtual host?
> > Thank you
> > Meg
> >
> > On Feb 4, 2008 2:09 PM, Ashley Benton <meggalen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I will try again like you say and delete everything that I put in every
> >> other files. I still have one question. Last night I copy my second
> >> site main page, put it in the first site folder, and change the links
> >> to have the first site open it where it was. It didn't work with my
> >> computer using Ubuntu 7.10, but it worked with Windows. If I try to see
> >> it with internet explorer and Firefox using Windows it works.
> >> If I try to see it using Firefox and Ubuntu 7.10 I can't see neither
> >> the links nor the other page?
> >> Do I have to put it in the list of file, inside the host configuration?
> >> I think I am missing something very easy and important but I have been
> >> reading and searching and I didn't find out yet. From what you say I
> >> imagine that I don't have to add NameVirtualHost in
> >> /etc/apache2/ports.conf. so I will delete it too. I have been trying
> >> some more last night and I am stuck.
> >> Thank you for your answer, I will change the files back and let you
> >> know the result.
> >> Meg
> >>
> >>
> >> On Feb 4, 2008 10:56 AM, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Ashley Benton wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Sorry I have NameVirtualHost 192.168.0.105 on the first line and
> >> > > <VirtualHost 192.168.0.105 > on the second line. Meg
> >> >
> >> > Karl's leading you astray...
> >> >
> >> > One only needs NameVirtualHost to specify an IP if you have multiple
> >> > interfaces to the Internet.  For this, and almost certainly for your
> >> > production version, you want:
> >> >
> >> > NameVirtualHost *
> >> >
> >> > <VirtualHost *>
> >> >   ServerName example.org
> >> >   ...
> >> > </VirtualHost>
> >> >
> >> > <VirtualHost *>
> >> >   ServerName another.org
> >> >   ...
> >> > </VirtualHost>
> >> >
> >> > From your original mail:
> >> >
> >> > > I tried to add the following lines in /etc/apache2/http.conf
> >> > > ServerName localhost
> >> > > ServerName www.example1.com
> >> > > ServerName www.example2.com
> >> > > ServerName www.Example.org
> >> >
> >> > That's bad :-)  You want the ServerName directives for each virtual
> >> > host _only_ within the <VirtualHost> definition.
> >> >
> >> > (and we don't ever modify http.conf! - put each virtual host config
> >> > in a separate file in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled) --
> >> > derek
> >> >
> >> >
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> >> >
> >>
> > I deleted everything, and just left, name server and server alias... in
> > the <VirtualHost> </VirtualHost> files.<br>The result is the
> > same. I can open the link of the page I moved with Windows but not with
> > my computer. When I try to open the page directly Firefox and internet
> > explorer they write "can't find the server at
> > LinuxAbcd.org" I guess it's because I didn't buy a domain
> > name for this two sites. and I will do it later.<br> Now If I open
> > (file://www.linuxabcd.org) the Swebsite or linux abcd from the computer
> > it is on I see my system directory.<br>If I try to open on the windows
> > computer (<a
> > href="http://192.168.0.105/www.linuxabcd.org">http://192.168.0.105/
> www.linuxabcd.org</a>
> > or file://192.168.0.105/www.linuxabcd.org) It says "the requested
> > URL was not found on this server" (apache 2.2.4 Ubuntu server at
> > 192,168.0.105 port 80<br> The last part I don't understand because
> > when I installed apache2 and the first site I was able to open it by
> > writing the private IP of the computer before I bought the domain name.
> > Now shouldn't I be able to open the other sites with the internal
> > Ip, followed by the server name?<br> Does anybody see a reason why I
> > seem to be unable to configure more than 1 virtual host? <br>Thank
> > you<br>Meg<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 4, 2008 2:09 PM,
> > Ashley Benton <<a
> > href="mailto:meggalen at gmail.com">meggalen at gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204,
> > 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I will try
> > again like you say and delete everything that I put in every other
> > files. I still have one question. Last night I copy my second site main
> > page, put it in the first site folder, and change the links to have the
> > first site open it where it was. It didn't work with my computer
> > using Ubuntu 7.10, but it worked with Windows.<br>
> >
> > If I try to see it with internet explorer and Firefox using Windows it
> > works. <br>If I try to see it using Firefox and Ubuntu 7.10 I can't
> > see neither the links nor the other page?<br>Do I have to put it in the
> > list of file, inside the host configuration? <br>
> >
> > I think I am missing something very easy and important but I have been
> > reading and searching and I didn't find out yet. <br>From what you
> > say I imagine that I don't have to add NameVirtualHost in
> > /etc/apache2/ports.conf. so I will delete it too. I have been
> > trying  some more last night and I am stuck.<br>
> >
> > Thank you for your answer, I will change the files back and let you know
> > the result.<br>Meg <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><div
> > class="gmail_quote">On Feb 4, 2008 10:56 AM, Derek Broughton <<a
> > href="mailto:news at pointerstop.ca"
> > target="_blank">news at pointerstop.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> >
> > <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204,
> > 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>Ashley
> > Benton wrote:<br><br>> Sorry I have NameVirtualHost <a
> > href="http://192.168.0.105" target="_blank">192.168.0.105</a> on the
> > first line and<br>
> >
> > > <VirtualHost <a href="http://192.168.0.105"
> > target="_blank">192.168.0.105</a> > on the second line.<br>>
> > Meg<br><br></div>Karl's leading you astray...<br><br>One only needs
> > NameVirtualHost to specify an IP if you have multiple<br>
> >
> > interfaces to the Internet.  For this, and almost certainly for
> > your<br>production version, you want:<br><br>NameVirtualHost
> > *<br><br><VirtualHost *><br>   ServerName <a
> > href="http://example.org" target="_blank">example.org</a><br>
> >
> >    ...<br></VirtualHost><br><br><VirtualHost *><br>
> >    ServerName <a href="http://another.org"
> >  target="_blank">another.org</a><br>  
> >  ...<br></VirtualHost><br><br>From your original mail:<br><div>
> > <br>> I tried to add the following lines in
> > /etc/apache2/http.conf<br>> ServerName localhost<br>> ServerName
> > <a href="http://www.example1.com"
> > target="_blank">www.example1.com</a><br>> ServerName <a
> > href="http://www.example2.com" target="_blank">www.example2.com</a><br>
> >
> > > ServerName <a href="http://www.Example.org"
> > target="_blank">www.Example.org</a><br><br></div>That's bad :-)
> >  You want the ServerName directives for each virtual host<br>_only_
> > within the <VirtualHost> definition.<br>
> >
> > <br>(and we don't ever modify http.conf! - put each virtual host
> > config in a<br>separate file in
> > /etc/apache2/sites-enabled)<br>--<br>derek<br><font
> > color="#888888"><br><br>--<br></font><div><div></div><div> ubuntu-users
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> a><br>
> >
> > </div></div></blockquote></div><br>
> > </div></div></blockquote></div><br>
>
> Your computers will try to resolve www.linuxabcd.org and will find
> nothing. So in your /etc/hosts file you will have to put:
>
> 192.168.0.105 www.linuxabcd.org
> 192.168.0.105 name.second.domain
>
> to make sure the computer can translate the name to the right (internal)
> IP
>
> Once you have registered the domains and have a official IP for them
> (which points to your server) you can also use a proxy
>
> Aart
> Aart
>
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