[KLUG Members] Apache/HTTP Problem: Virtual Host Freakout

[Kevin Wixson]

Thanks for responding. Nevermind. Turns out I'm stupid and lack 
attention to detail. Not surprising.

-Kevin


Robert G. Brown wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:31:49 -0500, Kevin Wixson wrote:
>
>   
>> What would make a previously working name-based Virtual Host on a 
>> testing server suddenly start showing the "Test Page for Apache" page, 
>> like what you get when you first set up Apache and browse to the IP 
>> address of the machine?
>>     
> Several things.
>
>   
>> A different Virtual Host on the same machine still does work.
>>     
> OK, and obvious (maybe dumb) question is: "What is different between the 
> two virtual hosts?".
>
>   
>> I didn't do anything to the server between Friday, when 
>> it was last working, and today, when I discovered there was a problem. 
>>     
> We don't believe you, of course! :) Either the problem existed before and
> you were not aware of it, or you made a subtle and (you thought) unrelated 
> change to the server enviroment.... OR... you made a (similar?) change to
> the client that now makes the site unreachable for some reason. I do not
> beleive the error "just started to happen"; we don't live in a magical 
> world.
>
> Hmmm... is there an automatic update effecting the server or the client?
> Another possibility... am I grasping at straws?... well, yes.
>
>   
>> Browsing to yet another Virtual Host that used to be working is giving 
>> me a "server not found" error in the browser.
>>     
> Ah, so how many virtual hosts do you have on that machine, and which ones 
> work?
>
>   
>> I have checked the following:
>>     
>
>   
>> 1.) my local hosts file -- the hostnames I'm using for the virtual hosts 
>> are there, and pointing to the proper IP (internal)
>>     
> Local to what? A client on a different LAN host? On the same box as the server?
>
>   
>> 2.) my server IP (interal) is the one in my local hosts file
>>     
> >From these questions I am concluding that this is a LAN-only virtual host.
>
>   
>> 3.) I checked my httpd.conf for each of the virtual hosts to confirm the 
>> hostnames were correct, pointing to a directory that exists and has my 
>> web files
>>     
> Um, let's see... permissions? 
>
> Another thought... have you checked the error logs of the virtual hosts?
> the server access logs? please do so if you have not.
>
> Offered as leads and food for thought and examination. Please provide more
> information and we can reach more specific conclusions.
>
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