Comments on: How to Configure Apache Web Server on Linux

By: ans

ans — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:10:18 +0000

Linerd,
My problem was much simpler. Apache just stop running and I didn't know. sudo service apache2 start was enough! Thanks again.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:38:29 +0000

WONDERFUL!
I had so many issues doing this on Natty 11.04, however on Pp 12.04 and your tutorial it works fine.
BIG BIG thank you!

By: Linerd

Linerd — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:26:00 +0000

Check you /etc/hosts file. Sometimes Network Manager likes to overwrite this file, so you might need to make the changes again. If that is the case, you could try making the file immutable so it can't be overwritten by the system. So make your changes to the file, then

sudo chattr +i /etc/hosts

If you later need to reverse this later (is mutable a word?)

sudo chatter -i /etc/hosts

By: ans

ans — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:41:13 +0000

Hey Linerd,
It looks like things are getting worse for me. This solution I posted worked fine Yesterday, now my browsers can't display any local pages or phpMyAdmin any more... what's going on? thx

By: Linerd

Linerd — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:57:09 +0000

I use

127.0.0.1 localhost site1 site2

with no problems.

By: ans

ans — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:01:45 +0000

hey sorry, I have been waiting and didn't even think about just refreshing the page to see your reply.
this is the content of my hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost site1
127.0.0.1 localhost site2
I did that after reading this comment here:
" Matt says:
January 10, 2012 at 8:33 AM

"Should the first line in /etc/hosts read "127.0.0.1 localhost site1 site2" for instance?"

No, each site requires a new line so instead of "127.0.0.1 localhost site1 site2" it should be:

127.0.0.1 localhost site1
127.0.0.1 localhost site2

You just repeat the steps you did to create site1 in order to create site2, site3, etc. except you add a line in /etc/hosts for each new site. Also, your site name can be pretty much any name you want (it doesn't have to be "site1"). "
I change the configuration to localhost site1 site2 and it it working! I have been on ths simple line for the hole night!!! crasy !
Thank you

By: Linerd

Linerd — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:07:30 +0000

What is the content of your /etc/hosts file? You should have a line that looks like:

127.0.0.1 localhost site1 site2

If you edit that file, make sure to then reload Apache

sudo service apache2 reload

You might also want to clear your browser cache for good measure too.

By: ans

ans — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:36:51 +0000

Hey there,
Thank you for the tutorial. I follow all the steps on ubuntu 12.04, but when I enter site1 or site2 on the address bar it is always the content of the default.html which is displayed. I check that site1 and site2 was enabled in the sites-enabled folder and the links are there. Can you help me figure out what is wrong?
Thank you

By: bifs

bifs — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:50:21 +0000

Excelent tutorial but I have a more especifc question regarding permissions:

Supposing I don't want do change from /var/www main directory, and that I am programming from an external computer with Netbeans updating files directly on the server, what should be /var/www permissions? And owner of the directory?

With only one site I managed it, but now I have other projects and I am trying to setup a SVN subvservion repository and everything goes right until it's time to write inside /var/www/whatever...

Could you please, give me some tips?

Thanks in advance!

By: Linerd

Linerd — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:23:00 +0000

It sounds like mod_rewrite isn't working. Did you change AllowOverride to All under the section?