Question

I have set up a linux box mainly for testing and I have got to a stage were apache, mysql and php are running. I followed tutorials on how to set up virtual hosts so I can point domains to it but something strange is happening.
This is my httpd-vhosts.conf file that I have included in my httpd.conf file:

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName thedomain.co.uk
  DocumentRoot /var/www/thedomain
</VirtualHost>

When I go to thedomain.co.uk it is pointing to the correct place as you’d expect. But when I go to my servers ip, internal or external it is going to the same directory as the virtual host. Could you guys think of any reason that is? I would expect it to go to /var/www/html by default? Oh and I’m running CentOS 6.3

Thanks in advance for any answers!

Answer 1

You have used wildcard to point everything at DocumentRoot /var/www/thedomain

You need to create second listing :

<VirtualHost myotherdomain.co.uk:80>
  ServerName myotherdomain.co.uk
  DocumentRoot /var/www/myotherdomain
</VirtualHost>

where your other domain is whatver ip and the document root, points to your choise.

The first vhost listing is also used as the default … so if you were to use localhost it would resolve to whatever is first in list.