Hello,

Lets assume I am running Linode Debian 4.0 with Apache MySql & PHP. How would I configure my box to support multiple domains?

I was able to do this on several VPS's I have used in the past, but it was via some form of control panel.

For example:

www.testing123.net points to /home/testing123.net
www.example2.com points to /home/example2.com
www.apecraisins.org points to /home/apecraisins.org


Thanks!

Or you could give this a go.

http://www.linode.com/wiki/index.php/User:Kangaby

Nice reading material!



Ahha! This is perfect, I will be reviewing every detail of this resource.

kangaby,

I ran into a problem on your wiki.
This is how I configured the default file.
(my website ip address is 67.18.186.137)

#/etc/apache2/sites-available/default

NameVirtualHost 67.18.186.137:80
<VirtualHost 67.18.186.137:80>
   ServerAdmin root@triptoy.net
   
   DocumentRoot /var/www/
   <Directory />
      Options FollowSymLinks
      AllowOverride None
   </Directory>




   <Directory /var/www/>
      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
      AllowOverride None
      Order allow,deny
      allow from all
      # This directive allows us to have apache2's default start page
                # in /apache2-default/, but still have / go to the right place
                # RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/
   </Directory>

   ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
   <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
      AllowOverride None
      Options ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all
   </Directory>

   ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

   # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
   # alert, emerg.
   LogLevel warn

   CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
   ServerSignature On

    Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
    <Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
        Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
        Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

I then configured these two files in the same directory as default, yet for some reason both domains still point to my /var/www

# /etc/apache2/sites-available/triptoy.net

 <VirtualHost 67.18.186.137:80>
 ServerName triptoy.net
 ServerAlias www.triptoy.net
 DocumentRoot "/home/triptoy.net/public_html"
 ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/triptoy.net/cgi-bin/
 </VirtualHost>


# /etc/apache2/sites-available/slivovitzmusic.com

 <VirtualHost 67.18.186.137:80>
 ServerName slivovitzmusic.com
 ServerAlias www.slivovitzmusic.com
 DocumentRoot "/home/slivovitzmusic.com/public_html"
 ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/slivovitzmusic.com/cgi-bin/
 </VirtualHost>

They look ok to me, and yes they are all opening the same content.

Have you restarted Apache, etc/init.d/apache2 restart since setting up the virtual hosts?

I suspect not, as it is not mentioned in the tutorial. When I did my setup, I set everything first and then restarted apache.

Edit: It is now.

I reloaded it twice, yet I have not tried rebooting the server. I have to head out for work, but I'll try again when I get home.

Thanks

Did you:

a2ensite triptoy.net && a2ensite slivovitzmusic.com 

?

I've added this as well. That's the problem when you go from Apache 1 to Apache 2 and don't write every single thing down.

AFAIK, if you are using the sites-available/ file layout for httpd, you also need to create symlinks to those files from sites-enabled as that is where apache actually gets the files to load.

mwalling,

That's what I always do: set up the symlinks in sites-enabled manually. But I believe that's exactly what the a2ensite tool does.

Should I comment out "DocumentRoot /var/www/" in the default file if I have a file for every website in the directory?

Or point it to a sub-directory of /var/www/ if you like

That's what it does. There are a2en* and a2dis* for sites and modules.