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Virtual Hosts Issues

I have a fresh install of Mac OS X 10.4 Server, and am having some problems setting up virtual hosts. I have 2 sites I'd like to host. Both are configured under the Sites tab of Web services. Both are pointing to different web folders. Both are using the same IP (the only IP this server has), and both are using port 80.

Regardless of which site I try to access, I always get the first sites default page. I've already checked to make sure it's not a caching issue, and I have turned on the vhost aliasmodule.

I've read through some old posts on this subject, but haven't found a solution that works yet. Any one know how to resolve this? Thanks!

Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Dec 21, 2006 7:30 PM

21 replies

Mar 7, 2007 8:08 AM in response to Apex81

You must have two of the same virtualhost settings. It might not show up in ServerAdmin (config errors never show up in ServerAdmin). Take a look in /etc/httpd/sites. The sitename.conf files should be in there. Make sure that there are no two files with the same sitename AND port number. In this case, there should be two files 000x default16080.conf and 000y default16080.conf.

OR did you touch the /etc/httpd/httpd.conf file by hand? You might have placed a VirtualHost directive in the wrong place or you may have added reference to other .conf files that include the same statements.

What you could do first, is to determine if you need WebPerfCache. If you don't know what it does, you probably don't need it. Go into ServerAdmin and turn it off for the site 1.1.1.1.

Mar 12, 2007 8:04 AM in response to Tom Ropers

I'm not sure why removing the quotes would have fixed the problem. I am having the exact same issue... several hosts set up, but no matter what url I use the default site appears.

I tried what you just described above (and every other suggestion) and the problem continues.

Mar 12, 2007 8:24 AM in response to Tony Andrews1

Good grief.

I read another (older) post after looking through this one and have found the problem.

If you look at the "Aliases" tab for the first site on the list you will probably find an asterisk. Delete the asterisk and see if you still have the same problem. The asterisk should go on the last site listed.

Mar 19, 2007 7:21 AM in response to Tom Ropers

After 5-6 hours of trying various suggesting / checking config files etc, here's what worked for me.

GUI - Add to the aliases tab for each site
www.mysite.com

Although mentioned in Apples docs, didn't indicate it was required.
My first site worked fine without this, guess I assumed web server would understand it needed to reply to www.domain -

Simon2.3

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Mar 27, 2007 10:46 AM in response to Dave Slayton

Hi There.

Many thanks to the poster of the * pointer!!

My httpd.conf seemed fine, and i was completely baffled.

Every site i had entered manually into the sites pane had a pesky * record created for it by the kind GUI

This problem seems specific to 10.4.8
i did not have this problem 10.4.6

May 14, 2007 5:35 PM in response to Simon2.3

I just encountered this on a fresh install OS X Server Universal. Updated to 10.4.9 plus security patches, before any configuration was added. Oddly enough, things worked at first but then stopped working. Removed the * was the key.

Thanks!

Brad

Virtual Hosts Issues