CentOS 6.5 + Apache Virtual Host

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I have installed CentOS 6.5 on my VPS (IP 149.210.167.9). Eventually I want to serve multiple domains, but for now I only want to handle 1 domain in particular: aforismo.eu. When you surf to the IP directly it shows me an Apache test page, so that works. When I ping aforismo.eu it shows me the correct IP, so I think the DNS is setup correctly. If I'm missing something trivial, please teach me :)

What I did so far to handle this domain:

I) I've created /etc/httpd/conf.d/site-aforismo.conf

<VirtualHost *:80> 
    ServerAdmin    [email protected] 
    DocumentRoot   /var/www/aforismo.eu/public/ 
    ServerName     aforismo.eu
    ServerAlias    *.aforismo.eu 
    ErrorLog       logs/aforismo.error_log 
    CustomLog      logs/aforismo.access_log common
</VirtualHost>

II) Modified a few bits in /etc/http/conf/httpd.conf:

Include conf.d/*.conf

NameVirtualHost *:80

III) Afterwards I've restarted apache

service httpd restart

IV) Checking httpd -S results in:

wildcard NameVirtualHosts and _default_ servers:
_default_:443  vps.vanoosten.me (/etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf:74)
*:80           is a NameVirtualHost
     default server aforismo.eu (/etc/httpd/conf.d/site-aforismo.conf:1)
     port 80 namevhost aforismo.eu (/etc/httpd/conf.d/site-aforismo.conf:1)
       wild alias *.aforismo.eu Syntax OK

But ... surfing to http://www.aforismo.eu (or http://aforismo.eu) does not work. Since it's not my everyday business, I'd sure miss something quite trivial, but I can't find out what it is. Can you help me a bit further? Much appreciated.

Does it work when you hit it from that machine (http://localhost)? — klugerama
Are you sure you can ping it, I surely cannot. Have you setup the DNS at the nameserver properly. You can check you info here: whois.domaintools.com/aforismo.eu — Gaurav Joseph
The domain nameserver does not assign IPs to it. dig aforismo.eu ANY does not return any A record IPs. So the problem is probably somewhere else, not in the Apache Docs. — aularon
Thank you all for your feedback; @NicolaMusatti I'm sorry if this is an off-topic question, but I'm not sure what would be the correct location for it? I'll dig into the DNS of the domain. I probably made a mistake there. Again thanks for all your advice; appreciated! — meavo

klugerama klugerama · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-27T20:40:33

You may need to add Listen *:80.

You may also need to add UseCanonicalName off under <VirtualHost *:80>.

Edit:

Unless it's meant to be internal only, there is something wrong with your DNS. I can hit the IP but aforismo.eu doesn't resolve to anything.

CentOS 6.5 + Apache Virtual Host

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