Virtual Host only finds the first in the list

although I have several set up.

[RKramkowski]

I'm running all the latest builds of Apache, MySQL, php, and phpMyAdmin. I have several virtual hosts set up in Apache. No matter what I do, when I try to go to any of the virtual hosts, only the first of the three come up. I've done searches, dug through the Apache docs, and searched other forums and have no idea what I've missed. In the list, I originally didn't have phpMyAdmin set up as a virtual host but when I put up my first virtual host, phpMyAdmin went there as well. So I tried making it a virtual host. No luck. All the entries are in the hosts file as well. Here's the extract of my httpd.conf file:

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1 Domain1.local>
ServerName Domain1.local
DocumentRoot C:\htdocs\Domain1
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1 phpMyAdmin>
ServerName phpMyAdmin
DocumentRoot C:\htdocs\phpMyAdmin
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1 Domain2.local>
ServerName Domain2.local
DocumentRoot C:\htdocs\Domain2
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php
</VirtualHost>

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Bob

[jabez]

Hi Bob - maybe this will help get you going.

#----------------------------------------------------------------- 
# virtual host definitions 
# needs to be the IP number of the network card interface 
# NOT my public IP address 
NameVirtualHost 10.0.0.1 
#----------------------------------------------------------------- 
# default virtual host 
<VirtualHost 10.0.0.1> 
 ServerName www.first-domain.net 
</VirtualHost> 
# default virtual host - www.first-domain.net 
# uncomment this section to make www.first-domain.net 
# a virtual server accessed locally via [first-domain...]  
# and global via [first-domain.net...]  
<VirtualHost 10.0.0.1> 
 ServerName www.first-domain.net 
 ServerAlias first-domain 
 DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs/first-domain 
</VirtualHost> 
<Directory /srv/www/htdocs/first-domain> 
 DirectoryIndex index.html 
 Options None 
 # Option Indexes 
 Order deny,allow 
 Allow from all 
</Directory> 
#----------------------------------------------------------------- 
# virtual host second-domain.org.uk 
<Directory /srv/www/htdocs/second-domain> 
 DirectoryIndex index.php 
 Options None 
 # Options Indexes 
 Order deny,allow 
 Allow from all 
 php_admin_flag display_errors OFF 
</Directory> 
<VirtualHost 10.0.0.1> 
 ServerName second-domain.org.uk 
 ServerAlias second-domain 
 ServerAdmin [e-mail] 
 DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs/second-domain 
</VirtualHost> 
#----------------------------------------------------------------- 

Things to note:
(This assumes that your network card is set to the IP address of 10.0.0.1, which it probably is if you only have one card installed.)

You need to set the NameVirtualHost to the IP address of your network card - in this case 10.0.0.1

In the VirtualHost container, ServerName *must* be a live domain name that resolves to your web server's static IP address. Apache examines the header request field from external users, and from this deduces which virtual server the user wants a page from.

ServerAlias is a setting you add to your hosts file. Under Linux this is in /etc/hosts, and contains something like:

# hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address 
# mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly 
# used at boot time, when no name servers are running. 
# On small systems, this file can be used instead of a 
# "named" name server. 
# Syntax: 
# 
# IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname 
# 
127.0.0.1 localhost 
# special IPv6 addresses 
::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback 
fe00::0 ipv6-localnet 
ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix 
ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes 
ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters 
ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts 
10.0.0.1 first-domain 
10.0.0.1 second-domain 
10.0.0.1 any-other-virtual-serveralias-here 

This will then allow you to access your virtual servers from localhost, using the following in a browser:

[first-domain...]

should take you to the index.php page of the first-domain virtual server. Obviously index.php has to exist in the DocumentRoot of the hard-drive for that VirtualServer.

Just copy and paste the above examples to the end of your httd.conf file, and tweak the settings to suit your needs. Don't forget to add your ServerAlias(es) to your host file.

That's about it really. Not that difficult once you get used to it all.