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 Topic: How to run multiple web-sites on localhost with Apache |
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cadol_AL
Joined: 23 Jun 2023
Posts: 3
Location: Canada, Toronto
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 Posted: Fri 23 Jun '23 18:01 Post subject: How to run multiple web-sites on localhost with Apache |
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Hello everybody!
Please help a newbie. I've recently installed LAMP on Ubuntu 22.04.
Apache version: 2.4.52
What I am trying to do is to enable multiple web-sites on my localhost. I’ve read and followed a few posts on this topic however I can’t make it work.
So this is what I’ve done so far to create two sites "prj1" and "prj2":
1. Created two folders
| Code: | sudo mkdir /var/www/prj1
sudo mkdir /var/www/prj2 |
2. Created two index files in the folders:
| Code: | sudo gedit /var/www/prj1/index.html
sudo gedit /var/www/prj2/index.html
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They are simple, the first states:
| Code: | Web prj 1. Location:
<BR>
/var/www/prj1
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The second:
| Code: | Web prj 2. Location:
<BR>
/var/www/prj2
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3. Set permissions:
| Code: | sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www
sudo chown -R 775 /var/www
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/prj1
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/prj2
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4. Created .conf files for each project:
sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/prj1.conf
| Code: | <VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@prj1
ServerName prj1
DocumentRoot /var/www/prj1/
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/prj1/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/prj1.webdock.io_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/prj1.webdock.io_access.log combined
</VirtualHost> |
sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/prj2.conf
| Code: | <VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@prj2
ServerName prj2
DocumentRoot /var/www/prj2/
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/prj2/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/prj2.webdock.io_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/prj2.webdock.io_access.log combined
</VirtualHost> |
5. Enabled sites:
| Code: | a2ensite prj1
a2ensite prj2
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6. Edited apache2.conf:
sudo gedit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
I’ve added the following:
| Code: | <Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/prj1"
<Directory "/var/www/prj1">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/prj2"
<Directory "/var/www/prj2">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
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7. Added two lines in /etc/hosts:
sudo gedit /etc/hosts
| Code: | 127.0.0.1 localhost prj1
127.0.0.1 localhost prj2 |
8. Restarted Apache:
| Code: | | systemctl restart apache2 |
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Now I am using the following URL in the browser:
| Code: | | http://prj1.localhost/ |
this works as expected, it shows:
| Quote: | Web prj 1. Location:
<BR>
/var/www/prj1
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However if I use | Quote: | | http://prj2.localhost/ |
it still shows the first site
| Quote: | Web prj 1. Location:
<BR>
/var/www/prj1
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What do I do wrong?
Thank you,
Alex |
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Otomatic
Joined: 01 Sep 2011
Posts: 157
Location: Paris, France, EU
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| Posted: Sat 24 Jun '23 8:50 Post subject: |
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Hi,
In comparison with Wampserver on Windows, I think that in the hosts file, it should be :
| Code: | 127.0.0.1 prj1
127.0.0.1 prj2
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cadol_AL
Joined: 23 Jun 2023
Posts: 3
Location: Canada, Toronto
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| Posted: Sat 24 Jun '23 12:58 Post subject: |
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Hi Otomatic,
Thank you! Just tried, still not working... |
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James Blond
Moderator
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7298
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg
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| Posted: Mon 26 Jun '23 11:24 Post subject: |
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Become the root user and check what vhosts are seen by Apache
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sudo su -
source /etc/apache2/envvars
/usr/sbin/apache2ctl -S
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cadol_AL
Joined: 23 Jun 2023
Posts: 3
Location: Canada, Toronto
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| Posted: Mon 26 Jun '23 13:04 Post subject: |
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Hi James Blond,
First, let me thank you for stepping in, it seems that after issuing the command you suggested now I see what the problem was.
The message after the command was:
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| Quote: | AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message
VirtualHost configuration:
*:81 prj2 (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/prj2.conf:1)
*:80 is a NameVirtualHost
default server prj1 (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/prj1.conf:1)
port 80 namevhost prj1 (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/prj1.conf:1)
port 80 namevhost test1 (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/test1.conf:1)
alias www.test1
port 80 namevhost ws1 (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ws1.conf:1)
alias www.ws1
ServerRoot: "/etc/apache2"
Main DocumentRoot: "/var/www/prj2"
Main ErrorLog: "/var/log/apache2/error.log"
Mutex default: dir="/var/run/apache2/" mechanism=default
Mutex mpm-accept: using_defaults
Mutex watchdog-callback: using_defaults
PidFile: "/var/run/apache2/apache2.pid"
Define: DUMP_VHOSTS
Define: DUMP_RUN_CFG
User: name="www-data" id=33
Group: name="www-data" id=33 |
*****
It shows (line 3) that the port for prj2 was 81 not 80. Honestly I don't know how that happened, I can't even say it was a typo since the whole text was copy/pasted.
Anyways, after I changed it to 80 both sites are now working. The URLs are http://prj1 and http://prj2. The only thing is that the browser tells that connection to the sites "Not secure".
Thanks again,
Alex |
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James Blond
Moderator
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7298
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg
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| Posted: Mon 03 Jul '23 10:29 Post subject: |
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The connection that your browser tries to open is not secure. https:// instead of HTTP://
Do you force SSL somewhere? No try a different browser. |
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