Install Virtualhosts on Fedora 11/12

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Lets give a definition of a vrtualhost

The term Virtual Host refers to the practice of maintaining more than one server on one machine, as differentiated by their apparent hostname. For example, it is often desirable for companies sharing a web server to have their own domains, with web servers accessible as
www.company1.com

and
www.company2.com

, without requiring the user to know any extra path information.

Apache was one of the first servers to support IP-based virtual hosts right out of the box. Versions 1.1 and later of Apache support both, IP-based and name-based virtual hosts (vhosts). The latter variant of virtual hosts is sometimes also called host-based or non-IP virtual hosts. (source apache.org)

now first we have to install httpd server

#yum install httpd

Now when the apache server installled you can find the config files

Example : we have 2 domaine : example1.com and example2.com

Now . we have to make the domains pub_html inside the home user /home/test1

now first create the public_html inside this directory with subdirctories of this domaine

cd  /home/test1
mkdir public_html

Now  create  the  subdirectories of  the  virtual hosts :

mkdir -p public_html/example1.com/{public,private,log,cgi-bin,backup}
mkdir -p public_html/example2.com/{public,private,log,cgi-bin,backup}



now  lets  make  a  small   script  to  direct   the   index.html  to   the  virtualhost 

VI  public_html/example1.com/public/index.html

and  add 

html
 head
    title>example1.com
  /head
  body
    h1>example1.com
  /body
/html

dont froget to close the  lines  with



 

 


dont  forget   to  make  the  same  chnage  in the  index.html  of   example2


Now  you have  to  edit   httpd.conf  and  make  line   uncomented 
# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#
NameVirtualHost *:80
 Now  restart   your  httpd  service  
#services  httpd restart 
you  will get   somthing  like 

Stopping httpd:                                            [  OK  ]

Starting httpd: [Mon 15 Dec  07:12:12 2010 [warn] NameVirtualHost *:80 has no VirtualHosts

                                                           [  OK  ]
Configure  virtualhosts 
vi   /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf   
add this 

# Place any notes or comments you have here
# It will make any customization easier to understand in the weeks to come

# domain: example1.com
# public: /home/test1/public_html/example1.com/



  # Admin email, Server Name (domain name) and any aliases
  ServerAdmin webmaster@example1.com
  ServerName  example1.com
  ServerAlias www.example1.com


  # Index file and Document Root (where the public files are located)
  DirectoryIndex index.html
  DocumentRoot /home/test1/public_html/example1.com/public


  # Custom log file locations
  LogLevel warn
  ErrorLog  /home/test1/public_html/example1.com/log/error.log
  CustomLog /home/test1/public_html/example1.com/log/access.log combined




save  and  exit   

dont  forget to   do  the  same  config   for  example2.com

No  reboot or  reload  the  httpd
#services   httpd  restart  
or 
#services   httpd   reload


 

Now   navigate  to  the  first   virtual host 
http://www/example1.com and  should  be  working 
if    you  want   to check  your  logs 
ls  /home/demo/public_html/example1.com/log/

this  it  the  output 

access.log  error.log

Please  enjoy  and  ask  if  you  have  any  question 




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