Apache VirtualHosts

[TechMonkey]

Can anyone spot what I am doing wrong?

 

I am trying to setup a test Apache server to allow staff to look at Moodle and have a play. I have a station running everything fine but I want a simple name for them to enter in the address bar. I have setup the DNS fine but the VirtualHosts seems to be causing me trouble.

 

So I want EduGeek.net to go to the moodle installation. moodle is redirected by DNS to that station.

 

In the http.conf I have:

NameVirtualHost *:80


DocumentRoot "C:/Program files/xampp/htdocs/moodle"
ServerName moodle

But nothing happens. That document path is correct for the folder moodle is installed on & all I get is a network timeout error.

 

Any ideas?

[kmount]

If you're getting a network timeout error; it's nothing to do with your vhost mate assuming apache is actually running at http://1.2.3.4

 

More likely the DNS (or even further more likely is that it's trying to through your proxy).

[TechMonkey]

Well "moodle" is in my proxy bypass settings and before setting the virtualHost I could use "moodle" to go to the document root fine. It just gives this error when teh VH is being used.

[kmount]

So ignoring the vhost for a second, can you still access the "real" document root via the boxes IP. (In effect checking whether Apache is actually running properly)

 

Failing that; check the logs as apache is pretty verbose when vhosts are annoying it, but I've not used it on Windows so can't do too much

[WiPPaH]

Im not sure if this will help but my vhost files look like this:

 

DocumentRoot "/var/www_external"

ServerName moodle

 

allow from all

Options +Indexes

 

When you restart apache it normally tells you of any problems, I see you are using XAMPP, try checking the httpd.log for clues.

[TechMonkey]

DOH!!! GRRRRRRRR. Just found that somewhere along the way the config file had saved to a completely different server!!! WHY!! SO I'll start this again.

[kmount]

=) - It happens...

[TechMonkey]

& I have just got it working first time. Although this time I switched to using the httpd-vhosts.conf file. why couldn't this have happened 3 hours ago!! Ta for the help though all