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Create multiple sites in a single apache instance

rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 355 / 2 Years ago, thu, may 12, 2022, 10:14:15

I need to have multiple local sites in apache. So I add a virtual host for each one:

#/etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com:

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80>

        ServerAdmin [email protected]

        ServerName  www.example.com

        ServerAlias example.com



        # Indexes + Directory Root.

        DirectoryIndex index.php

        DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com/htdocs/



        # CGI Directory

        ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/example.com/cgi-bin/

        <Location /cgi-bin>

                Options +ExecCGI

        </Location>





        # Logfiles

        ErrorLog  /var/www/example.com/logs/error.log

        CustomLog /var/www/example.com/logs/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

And then I do sudo a2ensite example.com and sudo service apache2 restart.
The problem is that root-relative paths don't work. For example when I say <link href="/css/somefile.css" rel="stylesheet"> somewhere in /var/www/example.com/htdocs/index.php, apache fails to serve /var/www/example.com/htdocs/css/somefile.css to browser (browsing: localhost/example.com/htdocs)

What I'm missing?

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answered 2 Years ago amencisiv · Accepted Answer

I think the problem is that you access the site with localhost/example.com/htdocs

You can do the following:

In your vhost configuration switch ServerName and ServerAlias:

ServerName  example.com

ServerAlias www.example.com

restart apache2 with:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Now in /etc/hosts add the 2 lines:

127.0.0.1 example.com

127.0.0.1 www.example.com

You sould now be able to access the site with www.example.com or example.com.
(This works if you are working on the same machine where you have your apache installed)

And your path should work as expected.

Please comment, if you have any problems.