[Deaf-lug] Virtual Hosts

[Dafydd Eveleigh]

Thank you JG

That is a big help.

Many Thanks

Dy

PS for your vlog what did you use to embed video?

On 21 Jun 2008, at 13:32, JGJones wrote:

> For your own "domains" such as CMS, Blog etc going to a localhost  
> server (on your own PC) you need to configure a site configuration  
> file in /etc/apache2/site-available
>
> let's call it cms
>
> and put this in:
>
> <VirtualHost *>
> 	ServerAdmin webmaster at cms
> 	ServerName cms
> 	#ServerAlias www.cms
> 	DocumentRoot /home/(your user name)/(your web folder)/CMS
> 	Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews		
> 	<Directory /home/(your user name)/(your web folder)/CMS
> 		AllowOverride All
> 		Order allow,deny
> 		allow from all
> 	</Directory>
> </VirtualHost>
>
> /home/(your user name)/(your web folder)/CMS = in my case it's /home/ 
> jgjones/Sites/CMS
>
> Enable it by sudo a2ensite cms
>
> You also need to add to your /etc/hosts file:
>
> 127.0.0.1 cms (add to end of the locolhost line even) so that  
> browser know what does cms translate into.
>
> Rapache does all of this automatically so you would find it MUCH  
> easier to use that, but I agree...doing it in text allows you to  
> learn Apache2 better.
>
> Finally, if you are playing with CMS etc in Apache2 on a local  
> computer bear in mind - you might find it better to chgrp all files  
> in your web folder to www-data (allow apache to write by enabling  
> group-writable).
>
> Group writeable means apache2 can make changes to the files via a  
> webbrowser (although you can't actually do this in a browser unless  
> you "log in" ie into a blog or whatever you're working on.
>
> Provided you do the above, then default would work (ie http://localhost 
>  = goes to /var/www) and you can separate the files via virtualhost  
> names.
>
> Hope that's clear and if in doubt, let me know.
>
> Dafydd Eveleigh wrote:
>> Thank you very much
>> I actually figured it out last night.
>> It would appear that the default host overridden the other host so  
>> by disabling the default using
>> sudo a2dissite default
>> It allowed me to set up virtual host for the sites I want. However  
>> when I did
>> sudo a2ensite default
>> the default site no longer comes up!!!!
>> It is certainly an a patchy server!!!!! :-)
>> I am not worried but would like to work out why to enhance my  
>> understanding of apache but not a biggy at the moment.
>> I will certainly try the rapache.
>> Thank you for sharing my pain.
>> On 18 Jun 2008, at 17:22, JGJones wrote:
>>> Right...I understand your pain...I'll look at mine BUT in the  
>>> meantime why not give this a try:
>>>
>>> http://en.emanuele-gentili.com/index.php/2008/06/18/rapache-02-1-alpha-packaged/
>>>
>>> rapache aims to provide a GUI interface to configuring Apache  
>>> making it vastly much easier.
>>>
>>> As for your issue...I'll just take a look at my configuration and  
>>> get back to you asap (rather busy at the moment) but emailed to  
>>> let you know your pain is heard.
>>>
>>> Dafydd Eveleigh wrote:
>>>> Hi fellow ubuntuees
>>>> I am trying to set up virtual hosts on my ubuntu 8.04 for  
>>>> personal testing and experimentation.
>>>> I want to be able to do somthing like http://joomla/ when I want  
>>>> to test out joomla or http://wordpress/ when i want to test word  
>>>> press and so on. Rather than http://localhost/joomla or http://localhost/wordpress 
>>>> .
>>>> The server won't be public as it is for messing about and  
>>>> learning php and tomcat and so on.
>>>> I tried following the instructions set out here
>>>> http://ricardocabello.com/blog/post/543/
>>>> But when I type in joomla it doesn't go to the root folder which  
>>>> i have set up at /home/dafydd/www/joomla and goes to the default  
>>>> folder.
>>>> If anybody can provide a simple to use guide that will allow me  
>>>> to set up multiple virtualhosts on ubuntu 8.04 that would be a  
>>>> great help.
>>>> I am thinking that the problems are caused using the synaptics  
>>>> package manager and using a LAMP install. I wonder if it is  
>>>> better to install individually using the terminal rather than the  
>>>> package manager.
>>>> Many Thanks in advance
>>>> Dy
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Dafydd Eveleigh
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