[nzlug] no-ip.com , ipcop and apache2

[Nevyn]

On Feb 11, 2008 6:33 PM, Nick 'Zaf' Clifford <zaf at nrc.co.nz> wrote:
> Nevyn wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to come up with a way to host a couple of websites on my network.
> >
> <snip>
>
> > The problem is that no matter which site I go to (say nevyn1.no-ip.com
> > and nevyn2.no-ip.com), everything seems to be served up by the
> > nevyn2.no-ip.com despite me putting both definitions into a single
> > file and putting nevyn2.no-ip.com second just for testing. I looked at
> > the logs and the referral site is coming up as "-" so it's getting
> > lost there somewhere.
> >
> > Sample of the log file (using combined format as grabbed from here:
> > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/logs.html):
> > 192.168.0.1 - - [11/Feb/2008:17:27:22 +1300] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 304 -
> > "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12)
> > Gecko/20080207 Ubuntu/7.10 (gutsy) Firefox/2.0.0.12"
> >
> >
> <snip>
>
> Ok, first, Referer isn't playing any effect here. Virtual hosting (two
> domains, one IP) has nothing to do with Referer.
>
> You need to read up the document on Apache Virtual Hosting. But to
> summerize:
>
> The config should look *something* like this:
> --BEGIN--
> NameVirtualHost *:80
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>   ServerName www.myfirstdomain.com
>   DocumentRoot /var/www/myfirstdomain/
> </VirtualHost>
>
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>   ServerName www.myseconddomain.com
>   DocumentRoot /var/www/mysecondomain/
> </VirtualHost>
> --END--
>
> This tells apache we want a Name based Virtual host on all interfaces
> (eg multiple domains, one IP) (vs different IPs for each domain)
> And creates two virtual hosts, myfirstdomain.com and myseconddomain.com,
> and has the files in the respective directories
>
> That is small clip of the relevant parts of the config.
> You'll need to have a lot more than just those lines in the apache config.
>
> Note that most Apache setups use multiple files, for example on Ubuntu,
> all of the indiviual sites are suppose to have their own file in
> /etc/apache2/sites-available and you need to use a2ensite to
> enable/disable each site.
>
> If you have such a setup, try following the distro's setup guides.
>
>
> Also be aware that many problems stem from being inside the firewall
> when trying virtual hosting. My suggestion for that is to try it from
> outside (eg VNC to a remote machine, and try from outside), or use
> telnet direct to the apache server
> eg:
> # telnet myapachebox 80
> GET / HTTP/1.0
> Host: www.myfirstdomain.com:80
>
> (press enter twice after the Host: line and you should get the raw html
> from the page back. It helps of course if you have a simple page that
> says: THIS IS THE FIRST DOMAIN, and THIS IS THE SECOND so you can tell
> the difference easily :))
>
> Nick

Just managed to get this sorted. Not entirely sure how but it is working now...