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How do I host websites on Lion Server?

I've been hosting websites on an XServe and a couple of Mac Mini Servers for years now, but Lion Server on my latest Mac Mini Server has me stumped.


I've turned on the webserver and I can see my default website, modify the index.html.en file and see the changes, etc.


I've added another website using Server.app, set it to a different directory under .../Sites/ , dropped in a simple index.html, and all I see when I browse to it is the default site.


I've searched a bit here, but I keep finding stuff about enabling name-based virtual hosting, but wouldn't that already be on? I really don't think I should be mucking about with configuration files, should I?


Also, I used to be able to FTP files using a WebDAV Realm, but all the knobs for that stuff has disappeared. What's the official method for uploading websites to a Lion Server?


Many Thanks In Advance!

Mac Mini Server, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Sep 5, 2011 4:37 PM

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Posted on Sep 5, 2011 7:23 PM

Well, I found:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3190398?start=0&tstart=0


which says create a file:

/etc/apache2/sites/00000_MoreTestingRequired.conf

with a single line in it:

NameVirtualHost *:80


And it works, but that can't be right, can it? Shouldn't the web server on Lion Server work out of the box without resorting to the command line?

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Sep 5, 2011 7:23 PM in response to wpns

Well, I found:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3190398?start=0&tstart=0


which says create a file:

/etc/apache2/sites/00000_MoreTestingRequired.conf

with a single line in it:

NameVirtualHost *:80


And it works, but that can't be right, can it? Shouldn't the web server on Lion Server work out of the box without resorting to the command line?

How do I host websites on Lion Server?

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