Apache VHosts

[-Alex-]

Hi all,

All of my current VHosts work as they should, but I'm trying to get it to display a 'default' host if there is no VHost for that domain, which doesn't appear to work. I've put it on the end of my VHosts on here but I've also tried putting it as the first host. Any advice would be appreciated! :)

<VirtualHost conquerinternet.com:80>
	DocumentRoot /home/conquerinternet.com
	ServerAlias *.conquerinternet.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost d14.info:80>
	DocumentRoot /home/d14.info
	ServerAlias *.d14.info
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost dannybeckett.co.uk:80>
	DocumentRoot /home/dannybeckett.co.uk
	ServerAlias *.dannybeckett.co.uk
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost enterpriseali.com:80>
	DocumentRoot /home/enterpriseali.com
	ServerAlias *.enterpriseali.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost fluxriver.com:80>
	DocumentRoot /home/fluxriver.com
	ServerAlias *.fluxriver.com
	# Force to use HTTPS
		RewriteEngine On
		RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
		RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost fluxriver.com:443>
	DocumentRoot /home/fluxriver.com
	ServerAlias *.fluxriver.com
	DirectoryIndex default.php index.php
	# SSL certificate
		SSLCertificateFile /home/ssl/fluxriver.com/crt
		SSLCertificateKeyFile /home/ssl/fluxriver.com/key
		SSLCertificateChainFile /home/ssl/fluxriver.com/ca-bundle
		SSLEngine on
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
	DocumentRoot /home/default
	ServerAlias *
	ServerName default
</VirtualHost>

[Kudos Veteran]

#the asterisk here is in replacement of an IP address, not a hostname
<VirtualHost *:80>
	DocumentRoot /home/conquerinternet.com
#this is how you name a vhost
	ServerName conquerinternet.com
	ServerAlias *.conquerinternet.com
</VirtualHost>

If memory serves, apache will simply serve the first vhost as the default if it doesn't find a match in your definitions.

[-Alex-]

Apologies in the delay in thanking you for this, I've literally just got round to playing with Apache. Got it fixed partially thanks to Kudos and partially thanks to the Apache documentation. My VHOSTs are now working properly (:D) with the following config:

Listen *:80
NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
	DocumentRoot /home/default
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
	DocumentRoot /home/conquerinternet.com
	ServerName conquerinternet.com
	ServerAlias *.conquerinternet.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
	DocumentRoot /home/d14.info
	ServerName d14.info
	ServerAlias *.d14.info
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
	DocumentRoot /home/dannybeckett.co.uk
	ServerName dannybeckett.co.uk
	ServerAlias *.dannybeckett.co.uk
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
	DocumentRoot /home/enterpriseali.com
	ServerName enterpriseali.com
	ServerAlias *.enterpriseali.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
	DocumentRoot /home/fluxriver.com
	ServerName fluxriver.com
	ServerAlias *.fluxriver.com
	# Force to use HTTPS
		RewriteEngine On
		RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
		RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
	DocumentRoot /home/fluxriver.com
	ServerName fluxriver.com
	ServerAlias *.fluxriver.com
	DirectoryIndex default.php index.php
	# SSL certificate
		SSLCertificateFile /home/ssl/fluxriver.com/crt
		SSLCertificateKeyFile /home/ssl/fluxriver.com/key
		SSLCertificateChainFile /home/ssl/fluxriver.com/ca-bundle
		SSLEngine on
</VirtualHost>

[Mathachew Veteran]

Ever considered VirtualDocumentRoot? It can map all of the domains dynamically so that all you essentially have to do is create a folder (this assumes the domain is already pointing to your server). You would still need the SSL config; the HTTPS redirect could be placed in .htaccess for the site, and if I'm not mistaken, you'd have to still define the default site.

[Kudos Veteran]

Ever considered VirtualDocumentRoot? It can map all of the domains dynamically so that all you essentially have to do is create a folder (this assumes the domain is already pointing to your server). You would still need the SSL config; the HTTPS redirect could be placed in .htaccess for the site, and if I'm not mistaken, you'd have to still define the default site.

You should only consider doing this if you find you are often reloading the config files to add vhosts.