[dundee] Apache2 VirtualHosts setup... Any help?

[christopher wyllie]

Many thanks, this makes sense :-)

2009/7/30 Marcel Hecko <marcel at shmu.org.uk>

> The hostname (labs.localhost) needs to resolve to a IP address - the
> /etc/hosts file does exactly that , but only locally, so don't expect it
> to work on any other box than on the local host (or you have to point the
> hostname to a remote IP address in the /etc/hosts file on that box where
> you want to access the website from; or set-up a DNS record for that
> hostname). :) After the connection is made to the IP address the HTTP
> protocol asks HTTPd for the particular website (labs.localhost).
>
> Marcel
>
> <quote who="christopher wyllie">
> > Thankyou you have the exact answer ! :-D
> > That's wonderful, cheers. Can you explain why this needs done because
> > nothing I've read anywhere mentioned it :-\
> > Thanks,
> >   Chris
> >
> > 2009/7/29 Andrzej Hajto <tlug at defcon1.eu>
> >
> >> Maybe adding 127.0.0.1 labs.localhost in   /etc/hosts will help.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:52 PM, christopher
> >> wyllie<cgwyllie at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hello,
> >> > I am currently trying to set up a virtual host on my localhost server.
> >> I
> >> > have tried several times but so far no luck. The page I've been
> >> following
> >> > just now is this: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/412
> >> > I'm running Debian Etch with Apache 2.2.3. I setup the
> >> "NameVirtualHost
> >> *"
> >> > as shown at the link I posted. I have the "default" virtual host file
> >> in
> >> > sites-available and symlinked to the sites-enabled. Then, I've created
> >> a
> >> > "labs.localhost" file and enabled it too. It simply has a different
> >> > ServerName and DocumentRoot.
> >> > Apache restarts no problem but when I try to visit "
> >> http://labs.localhost" I
> >> > get a "could not locate remote server" error in the browser...
> >> > Has anyone got any ideas on how to fix this? Is it a DNS issue or
> >> similar?
> >> > It would be useful for me to have virtualhosts but I can't seem to get
> >> it
> >> > working :-(
> >> > Thanks for reading,
> >> >   Chris
> >> > P.S. Included site config files...
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