Ubuntu server 12.04/apache2
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Configuring an Apache server
apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php5 # enable modrewrite ln -s ../mods-available/rewrite.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/rewrite.load
Configuration is in /etc/apache2
Store site content in /home/www
mkdir /home/www chown www-data:www-data -R /home/www
Path goes with TLD first, and a few other rules. Access and Error logs are stored in the TLD's directory, with the subdomain prefixed. E.g:
Domain / Subdomain | Content | Access log | Error Log | |
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www.attie.co.uk |
→ | /home/www/attie.co.uk/htdocs |
/home/www/attie.co.uk/logs/access.log |
/home/www/attie.co.uk/logs/error.log
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wiki.attie.co.uk |
→ | /home/www/attie.co.uk/wiki |
/home/www/attie.co.uk/logs/wiki_access.log |
/home/www/attie.co.uk/logs/wiki_error.log
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joke.test.attie.co.uk |
→ | /home/www/attie.co.uk/test/joke |
/home/www/attie.co.uk/logs/test_joke_access.log |
/home/www/attie.co.uk/test/logs/test_joke_error.log
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Start/Restart
service apache2 restart
Setup sites
Add a site file in /etc/apache2/sites-available
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Enable the site by symlinking it into /etc/apache2/sites-enabled
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Sample config
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@attie.co.uk ServerName attie.co.uk ServerAlias www.attie.co.uk DocumentRoot "/home/www/attie.co.uk/htdocs" CustomLog "/home/www/attie.co.uk/logs/access.log" combined ErrorLog "/home/www/attie.co.uk/logs/error.log" </VirtualHost>