Magento and multiple domains

Question

I'm trying to build a store with multiple domains, based on the language: for example mysite.com (english), mysite.it (italian), mysite.ru (russian).

I'm following this and this, but i think it could be a non-magento problem.

My apache setup is the following:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName mysite.rb.com
ServerAlias mysite.it
ServerAlias mysite.ru
...

the problem is that if I print to the log the http host, it's always:

[HTTP_HOST] => mysite.com

also if i type mysite.it or mysite.ru Am I doing anything wrong with apache? Should i declare another virtual host instead of an alias?

If I can't recognize properly the requested host, I also can't show the correct store.

PS: unsecure and secure base urls have been set to the correct domain name, each one for the proper language

EDIT: now I am sure that it's not an apache problem. I deleted the directory of my project, and apache did not send a 302 redirect. So Magento is handling this redirect by itself

Do you use .htaccess for setting the store to run or index.php? Please show how you configured them. When using .htaccess check if mod_setenvif is enabled enabled. Not all hosters support this method. — Simon H
This sounds like your store code is not correctly set. How do you actually set it? .htaccess? index.php? — Grimace of Despair
it's resolved now. it was a problem with the setEnv of apache config — Alive Developer

Francis Kim Francis Kim · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-21T00:43:02

The apache virtual host setup is wrong. You need separate virtualhost entries for each domain as the following:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /var/www/http
    ServerName domain0.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /var/www/http
    ServerName domain1.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /var/www/http
    ServerName domai2.com
</VirtualHost>

And also the .htaccess file in your Magento root directory:

SetEnvIf Host www\.domain1\.com MAGE_RUN_CODE=domain1_com
SetEnvIf Host www\.domain1\.com MAGE_RUN_TYPE=website
SetEnvIf Host ^domain1\.com MAGE_RUN_CODE=domain1_com
SetEnvIf Host ^domain1\.com MAGE_RUN_TYPE=website

SetEnvIf Host www\.domain2\.com MAGE_RUN_CODE=domain2_com
SetEnvIf Host www\.domain2\.com MAGE_RUN_TYPE=website
SetEnvIf Host ^domain2\.com MAGE_RUN_CODE=domain2_com
SetEnvIf Host ^domain2\.com MAGE_RUN_TYPE=website

SetEnvIf Host www\.domain3\.com MAGE_RUN_CODE=domain3_com
SetEnvIf Host www\.domain3\.com MAGE_RUN_TYPE=website
SetEnvIf Host ^domain3\.com MAGE_RUN_CODE=domain3_com
SetEnvIf Host ^domain3\.com MAGE_RUN_TYPE=website

Refer to the following link for more information:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/tutorial-multi-site-multi-domain-setup

Magento and multiple domains

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