Virtual Hosts on Win32

vhost settings on an XP machine

[chroma]

Hi, this is probably something that comes up again and again, and I've looked through the searches, and tried some things, but can't get this setup to work.

Basically, I want to setup a server on my local machine, with access only from the same machine, but want to run two or more virtual hosts.

I've installed apache2triad and have the following config...

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From httpd.conf

NameVirtualHost local.test:80
NameVirtualHost localhost:80

<VirtualHost local.test:80>
ServerName local.test
DocumentRoot "c:\apache2triad\htdocs\test"
ErrorLog logs/test-error_log
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost localhost:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot "c:\apache2triad\htdocs\localhost"
ErrorLog logs/localhost-error_log
</VirtualHost>

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In HOSTS file:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 local.test

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apache -S gives this output...

C:\apache2triad\bin>apache -S
[Wed May 17 11:45:35 2006] [error] (OS 11001)No such host is known. : Cannot resolve host name local.test --- ignoring!
[Wed May 17 11:45:35 2006] [error] (OS 11001)No such host is known. : Cannot resolve host name local.test --- ignoring!
VirtualHost configuration:
127.0.0.1:80 is a NameVirtualHost
default server localhost (C:/apache2triad/conf/httpd.conf:1023)
port 80 namevhost localhost (C:/apache2triad/conf/httpd.conf:1023)
Syntax OK

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My browser reports that it can't find server for [local.test...] [localhost...] is fine, and works from the defined directory in httpd.conf

I thought it could be a problem with the XP HOSTS setup, but can't work out what. I can't ping local.test, but can ping localhost. I'm stumped - any ideas much appreciated.

Chroma

[maccas]

Doesn't answer your question but I have it set up like this on my windows xp machine:

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
DocumentRoot C:/webpages/site1
ServerName 127.0.0.1
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.2>
DocumentRoot C:/webpages/site2
ServerName 127.0.0.2
</VirtualHost>

etc etc

[chroma]

looks interesting - does the 127.0.0.2 loopback to the local machine then?

[basuraza]

127.0.0.2 doent seems to be a loopback of the machine, so try the trick that puts the path to different address, or try file hosts to define local.test

[jdMorgan]

127.0.0.2 should be a loopback address, but due to a known bug, it doesn't work on XP SP2 without an unpublicized patch. See: Programs that connect to IP addresses that are in the loopback address range may not work as you expect in Windows XP Service Pack 2 [support.microsoft.com]

Jim

[chroma]

Thanks very much - that's got it working nicely.