Local virtual hosts pointing to the same directory

Question

I have been getting lost amidst forum posts on this issue.

1) I have MAMP (not Pro) Installed

2) My Apache port is set to 8888

3) My Document Root in preferences is set-up to /Users/usr/Sites

I want to set-up multiple local subdomains i.e.

private/etc/hosts

127.0.0.1    local1.sitename.com
127.0.0.1    local2.sitename.com
127.0.0.1    local3.sitename.com

No that is where the problem arises. In the httpd-vhosts.conf I tried to set up the following:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin [email protected]
  DocumentRoot "/Users/usr/Sites/Site1Name“
  ServerName local1.sitename.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin [email protected]
  DocumentRoot "/Users/usr/Sites/Site2Name“
  ServerName local2.sitename.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin [email protected]
  DocumentRoot "/Users/usr/Sites/Site3Name“
  ServerName local3.sitename.com
</VirtualHost>

etc.

For some reason all of these subdomains point to the same localhost:8888 document root directory. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Whiffet

You have dublicate ServerName in the second virtual host. – Horst

Sorry, I haven't. It's just a copy/paste typo. Has this got anything to do with the port 8888? – Whiffet

Port is OK. Do you have some warnings in log? Try to ask this type of question at serverfault.com – Horst

error log of apache, or see apachectl configtest – Horst

This is all I get: Syntax OK. By the way I have changed port to 80. Will edit my question. – Whiffet

I believe you need to change the vhost port from 80 to 8888. Not positive though. – Selimah

Answer 1

I fixed this issue somehow by simply typing the directive for my virtual hosts as follows"

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot /Users/usr/Sites/Site2Name/
    ServerName local.Site2Name
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
  DocumentRoot /Users/usr/Sites/Site3Name/
  ServerName local.Site3Name
</VirtualHost>

Don't ask me to explain why did this fix the problem though. If anyone knows the answer, let me know.

Whiffet

I always get this problem with Apache. No feedback or way to debug it. I can see why nginx has taken over – Ruhl

Answer 2

Adding below code on apache\conf\extra\httpd-ssl.conf fixed the issue for me.

General setup for the virtual host

DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/mysite.local"
ServerName mysite.local
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ErrorLog "C:/xampp/apache/logs/error.log"
TransferLog "C:/xampp/apache/logs/access.log"

Brought