I am getting an 403 access forbidden when attempting to open a page under a vhost where the document root is sitting on a different drive than where apache is sitting. I installed using the apachefriends release. This is my httpd-vhosts.conf file: 

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;
NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1

&amp;lt;VirtualHost 127.0.0.1&gt;
  ServerName foo.localhost
  DocumentRoot &quot;C:/xampp/htdocs/foo/public&quot;
&amp;lt;/VirtualHost&gt;

&amp;lt;VirtualHost 127.0.0.1&gt;
  ServerName bar.localhost
  DocumentRoot &quot;F:/bar/public&quot;
&amp;lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/code&gt;

When opening bar.localhost in my browser, Apache is giving me 403 Access Forbidden. I tried setting lots of different access rights, even full rights to everyone, but nothing I tried helped.

Edit: Thanks! For future reference, add &#39;Options indexes&#39; within to show directory indexes.

Apache gives me 403 Access Forbidden when DocumentRoot points to two different drives

I have ``cmsplus.dev`` under ``/etc/apache2/sites-available`` with the following code,

    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;
    	ServerAdmin master@server.com
    	ServerName www.cmsplus.dev
    	ServerAlias cmsplus.dev
    	
    	DocumentRoot /var/www/cmsplus.dev/public
    
    	LogLevel warn
    	ErrorLog /var/www/cmsplus.dev/log/error.log
    	CustomLog /var/www/cmsplus.dev/log/access.log combined
    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;

Now when I use ``sudo /usr/sbin/a2ensite cmsplus.dev``, I am getting the error,

    ERROR: Site cmsplus.dev does not exist!

My webserver ``Apache/2.4.6 (Ubuntu)``

How to solve this issue?

Site does not exist error for a2ensite

How can I set up virtualhost for multiple domain name on Windows?

I will use it for my own test projects. I have three projects that I need to set up and at the moment I&#39;m using xampplite for the portable Apache.

1. www.foo-bar.com --&gt; direct to c:\xampplite\htdocs\foo-bar\
2. www.abcdef.com --&gt; directo to c:\xampplite\htdocs\abcdef\
3. www.qwerty.com --&gt; direct to c:\xampplite\htdocs\qwerty\web\

I also need to access on another project, but it just like typing
http://localhost/my-project/

How can I write the vhost configuration for that?





Set up Apache virtualhost on Windows

I&#39;m running ubuntu 13.04 64bit on my desktop, I installed Apache2, MySQL and PHP etc.

I wanted to have my web root in `/home/afflicto/public_html` instead of `/var/www`.
So I went along with this guide:  
http://www.maketecheasier.com/install-and-configure-apache-in-ubuntu/2011/03/09  
(I did everything from &quot;configuring different sites&quot;) as I like the solution more.

**Here&#39;s what I did:**  
Installed Apache2, MySQL etc..  
copied `/etc/apache2/sites-avaliable/default` to `/etc/apache2/sites-available/afflicto`. Then edited it, it now looks like the following:

**/etc/apache2/sites-available/afflicto**  

    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;
	ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

	DocumentRoot /home/afflicto/public_html
	&lt;Directory /&gt;
		Options FollowSymLinks
		AllowOverride None
	&lt;/Directory&gt;
	&lt;Directory /home/afflicto/public_html/&gt;
		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
		AllowOverride All
		Order allow,deny
		allow from all
	&lt;/Directory&gt;

	ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
	&lt;Directory &quot;/usr/lib/cgi-bin&quot;&gt;
		AllowOverride None
		Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
		Order allow,deny
		Allow from all
	&lt;/Directory&gt;

	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

	# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
	# alert, emerg.
	LogLevel warn

	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;  

I did `sudo a2dissite default &amp;&amp; sudo a2ensite afflicto &amp;&amp; sudo service apache2 restart`  

I created a `index.php` and `index.html` in `/home/afflicto/public_html/test/`  
when accessing `localhost/test` or `localhost/test/index.html` etc, I get 403 forbidden error.  

What am I doing wrong? thanks in advance.

**update 1**  
I have set the owner of the public_html directory to `www-data`.  
Also `sudo chmod -R +x public_html &amp;&amp; sudo chmod -R 777 public_html`  
Still same 403 error.

Here&#39;s the output of the apache error log:  

    [Sun Jul 14 06:10:32 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (13)Permission denied: access to / denied

    [Sun Jul 14 06:10:32 2013] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (13)Permission denied: access to /favicon.ico denied

Apache2 virtualhost 403 forbidden?

I installed Nginx on Centos 6 and I am trying to set up virtual hosts. The problem I am having is that I can&#39;t seem to find the `/etc/nginx/sites-available` directory.

Is there something I need to do in order to create it? I know Nginx is up and running because I can browse to it.

nginx missing sites-available directory

I&#39;ve got a XAMPP installation running on Windows 7.

As soon as I add a VirtualHost to httpd-vhosts.conf, BOTH the &#39;regular&#39; `http://localhost` AND the new `dropbox.local`  aren&#39;t working.

This is what I added to my `httpd-vhosts.conf`:

    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;
        ServerAdmin postmaster@dummy-host.localhost
        DocumentRoot &quot;E:/Documenten/Dropbox/Dropbox/dummy-htdocs&quot;
        ServerName dropbox.local
        ServerAlias www.dropbox.local
        ErrorLog &quot;logs/dropbox.local-error.log&quot;
        CustomLog &quot;logs/dropbox.local-access.log&quot; combined
    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;

So I looked up my `dropbox.local-error.log` for any information:

    [Thu Feb 02 10:41:57 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] client denied by server configuration: E:/Documenten/Dropbox/Dropbox/dummy-htdocs/

This error seems to be solved by adding 


    &lt;directory &quot;E:/Documenten/Dropbox/Dropbox/dummy-htdocs&quot;&gt;
	     Allow from all
    &lt;/directory&gt;

But now I get this error in `dropbox.local-error.log`: 

    [Thu Feb 02 10:45:56 2012] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: E:/Documenten/Dropbox/Dropbox/dummy-htdocs/

Furthermore when I try to access `http://localhost`, I dont get any error in the regular `error.log`, although I get the `error 403` when I try to access it.

Can anybody help... It&#39;s driving me mad :S

EDIT:
Also in `httpd.conf` there is the following (I&#39;ve seen it mentioned multiple times, so before anyone says it):

    &lt;IfModule dir_module&gt;
        DirectoryIndex index.php index.pl index.cgi index.asp index.shtml index.html index.htm \
                       default.php default.pl default.cgi default.asp default.shtml default.html default.htm \
                       home.php home.pl home.cgi home.asp home.shtml home.html home.htm
    &lt;/IfModule&gt;

Adding VirtualHost fails: Access Forbidden Error 403 (XAMPP) (Windows 7)

Once again, I have a problem with my apache virtual host configuration. (The default configuration is used instead of my specific one).

The problem is not really the misconfiguration but how to solve it. 

Does anyone has good advices to do resolve this kind of problem quickly?


Some more informations.

The default conf file is this one:


    NameVirtualHost *
    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;
            ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    
            DocumentRoot /var/www/
            &lt;Directory /&gt;
                    Options FollowSymLinks
                    AllowOverride None
            &lt;/Directory&gt;
            &lt;Directory /var/www/&gt;
                    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                    AllowOverride None
                    Order allow,deny
                    allow from all
            &lt;/Directory&gt;
    
            ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
            &lt;Directory &quot;/usr/lib/cgi-bin&quot;&gt;
                    AllowOverride None
                    Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
                    Order allow,deny
                    Allow from all
            &lt;/Directory&gt;
    
            ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
    
            # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
            # alert, emerg.
            LogLevel warn
    
            CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
            ServerSignature On
    
        Alias /doc/ &quot;/usr/share/doc/&quot;
        &lt;Directory &quot;/usr/share/doc/&quot;&gt;
            Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
            AllowOverride None
            Order deny,allow
            Deny from all
            Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
        &lt;/Directory&gt;
    
    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;

And the virtual host config that doesn&#39;t apply is this one:



    &lt;VirtualHost *:*&gt;
    
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    ProxyPass / http://ip.ip.ip.ip:8088/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://ip.ip.ip.ip:8088/
    ServerName wiki.mydomain.com
    
    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;




How to debug an apache virtual host configuration?

I recently tried to set a test server up with Apache. The site must run under domain `www.mytest.com`. I always get a `403 Forbidden` error. I am on Ubuntu 10.10 server edition. The doc root is under dir `/var/www`. The following are my settings:

**Content of /var/www**

    ls -l /var/www/

    total 12
    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-08-04 11:26 mytest.com
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 177 2011-07-25 16:10 index.html


**Content of the host file on the server (with IP 192.168.2.5)**

    cat /etc/hosts

    127.0.0.1 localhost 
    127.0.1.1 americano
    192.168.2.5 americano.mytest.com www.mytest.com

    # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
    ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
    fe00::0 ip6-localnet
    ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
    ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
    ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

**Site config**

    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;
    ServerAdmin admin@mytest.com
    ServerName www.mytest.com
    ServerAlias mytest.com
    
    DocumentRoot &quot;/var/www/mytest.com&quot;
    
    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/mytest-error_log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/mytest-access_log combined
    
    #
    # This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
    #
    &lt;Directory &quot;/var/www/mytest.com&quot;&gt;
    Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    &lt;/Directory&gt;
    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;

I have no `.htaccess` file in my doc root. The permissions are set correctly (readable by www-data).

If I type in the IP address from my desktop, the site shows up correctly. I changed the hosts file on my desktop to point `www.mytest.com` to the server&#39;s IP. When I use it, I get `403`. Since many functions of this site are sitename-sensitive, I have to be able to access the site by the domain name.

Another funky thing is, even if all log files are created properly, they have no information regarding this error.

I am stuck. Can anybody help?

Apache VirtualHost 403 Forbidden

I am looking to create a system which on signup will create a subdomain on my website for the users account area. 

e.g. johndoe.website.com

I think it would be something to do with the .htaccess file and possibly redirecting to another location on the website? I don&#39;t actually know. But any information to start me off would be greatly appreciated.

Creating a sign up area is not the problem - I have done this many a time. I am just unsure where to start with the subdomain. 

Create subdomains on the fly with .htaccess (PHP)

On one Linux Server running Apache and PHP 5, we have multiple Virtual Hosts with separate log files. We cannot seem to separate the php `error_log` between virtual hosts.

Overriding this setting in the `&lt;Location&gt;` of the `httpd.conf` does not seem to do anything.

Is there a way to have separate php `error_logs` for each Virtual Host?

error_log per Virtual Host?

Since setting up my development environments on Mac OS X Lion (brand new macbook air purchased in January 2012), I have noticed that resolving to a virtual host is very slow (around 3 seconds) the first time but after that is fast as long as I continue loading it regularly.

If I leave it untouched for a couple of minutes and then reload again, the first reload is (again) painfully slow; seems like something is being cached. 

As can be seen below I am not using the .local TLD.

My setup: Apache 2 - MySQL - PHP installed and enabled - added a couple of virtual hosts one of which I created for localhost

My /etc/hosts:

    127.0.0.1       localhost
    255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
    ::1             localhost
    fe80::1%lo0     localhost
    127.0.0.1       myproject.dev
    ::1             myproject.dev
    fe80::1%lo0     myproject.dev


My virtual host set-up in username.conf: 

    NameVirtualHost *:80
    
    &lt;Directory &quot;/Users/myusername/Sites/&quot;&gt;
        Options Indexes MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    &lt;/Directory&gt;
    
    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;
        ServerName localhost
        DocumentRoot /Users/myusername/Dropbox/dev_envs/
    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;
        ServerName myproject.dev
        DocumentRoot /Users/myusername/Dropbox/dev_envs/myprojectname
    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;



How can I eliminate slow resolving/loading of localhost/virtualhost (a 2-3 second lag) on Mac OS X Lion?

I am sure this question is being asked many times but I am not encounter with a problem. I am using XAMPP where I configure Zend framework.

XAMPP is running on **port 8081** as **80** is being occupied by some Windows process I need to use virtual host for that I configure with following code in `C:/xampp/apache/config/extra/httpd-vhosts.config` (or `C:/xampp/apache/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf` in newer releases).

    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;
	ServerName comm-app.local
	DocumentRoot &quot;C:/xampp/htdocs/CommunicationApp/public&quot;
	SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV &quot;development&quot;
		&lt;Directory &quot;C:/xampp/htdocs/CommunicationApp/public&quot;
			DirectoryIndex index.php
			AllowOverride All
			Order allow,deny
			Allow from all
		&lt;/Directory&gt;
    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;    

and also update the hosts file with `127.0.0.1 comm-app.local` and try to re-start apache but it is showing error.

    15:03:01  [Apache] 	Error: Apache shutdown unexpectedly.
    15:03:01  [Apache] 	This may be due to a blocked port, missing dependencies, 
    15:03:01  [Apache] 	improper privileges, a crash, or a shutdown by another method.
    15:03:01  [Apache] 	Press the Logs button to view error logs and check
    15:03:01  [Apache] 	the Windows Event Viewer for more clues
    15:03:01  [Apache] 	If you need more help, copy and post this
    15:03:01  [Apache] 	entire log window on the forums


how to create virtual host on XAMPP

I have an odd situation where I want to have the URLs `app1.example.com`, `example.com` and `*.example.com`  all using a different virtual host.  This is what I have (excluding `example.com` because it just makes it messier).

    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;
      ServerName app1.example.com
      ServerAlias app1.example.com
    
      DocumentRoot = /var/www/app1
      # Other configuration for this app here
    
    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
    
    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;
      ServerName wildcard.example.com
      ServerAlias *.example.com
    
      DocumentRoot = /var/www/wildcard
      # other configuration for this app here
    
    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;

The problem is that they conflict.  Whichever one is listed first wins out. How can I host both a wildcard virtualhost and a specific one?

Note: I&#39;m not just changing `DocumentRoot` in the config, so using `mod_rewrite` to change the DocumentRoot variable does not fix it.


Virtualhost For Wildcard Subdomain and Static Subdomain

I&#39;m working with XAMPP on Mac OS X.

I&#39;m trying to run a [Symfony][1] website properly for a client, and I really don&#39;t know Symfony (yet). I just want to install and launch it.

I&#39;ve changed my *[/etc/hosts][2]* file this way:

    127.0.0.1 www.mysite.local

And the *httpd.conf* file this way:

```lang-none
&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;
  ServerName www.mysite.local
  DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mysite/web
  DirectoryIndex index.php
  &lt;Directory /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mysite/web&gt;
    AllowOverride All
    Allow from All
  &lt;/Directory&gt;
  Alias /sf /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mysite/lib/vendor/symfony/data/web/sf
  &lt;Directory &quot;/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mysite/lib/vendor/symfony/data/web/sf&quot;&gt;
    AllowOverride All
    Allow from All
  &lt;/Directory&gt;
&lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
```

Now, the site is working (yay!), but I can&#39;t access any more any of my other local sites because **localhost** is rendered as **www.mysite.local**.

Where am I wrong?

  [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symfony
  [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)



Apache VirtualHost and localhost

With the release of TCP load balancing for the Nginx community version, I would like to mix OpenVPN and SSL pass-through data. The only way for Nginx to know how to route the traffic is via their domain name.

     vpn1.app.com ─┬─► nginx at 10.0.0.1 ─┬─► vpn1  at 10.0.0.3
     vpn2.app.com ─┤                      ├─► vpn2  at 10.0.0.4
    https.app.com ─┘                      └─► https at 10.0.0.5

I have taken a look at the [TCP guides][1] and the [module documentation][2], but it doesn&#39;t seem well referenced. If anyone can point me to the right direction, i&#39;d be grateful.

Related question on ServerFault: [Can a Reverse Proxy use SNI with SSL pass through?][3]


  [1]: https://www.nginx.com/resources/admin-guide/tcp-load-balancing/
  [2]: http://nginx.org/en/docs/stream/ngx_stream_core_module.html?_ga=1.74120594.1237357975.1452565611
  [3]: https://serverfault.com/questions/625362/can-a-reverse-proxy-use-sni-with-ssl-pass-through

Nginx TCP forwarding based on hostname

I try to setup kohana 3 project as virtual host.

Config:

    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;
      DocumentRoot &quot;D:/Devel/matysart/matysart_dev1&quot;
      ServerName matysart-one.local
      ServerAlias www.matysart-one.local
      DirectoryIndex index.php
    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;

Error (403):

&gt; [client 127.0.0.1] client denied by server configuration:
&gt; D:/Devel/matysart/matysart_dev1/

Could somebody help?


client denied by server configuration

I get this error when trying to start Apache.
&gt;\_default_ virtualhost overlap on port 443

I&#39;m trying to set up SSL. Almost every solution online says add:

    NameVirtualHost *:443

to the conf file but Apache still fails to start and just says 

&gt;Action start failed. the apache logs may have more information

There is zero information in the Apache logs.

Apache error: _default_ virtualhost overlap on port 443

I have a long and intricate list of &amp;lt;VirtualHost&amp;gt; directives, and I have to duplicate them into separate &amp;lt;VirtualHost&amp;gt; groups for ports 80 and 443 because I&#39;m using SSL. Whenever I update my mod_rewrite rules I have to remember to do it in both places or else I&#39;ll break my app... this duplication is asking for trouble. Is there a way to combine or alias these -- the only difference between the two is that the port 443 version contains the SSLEngine, SSLCertificateFile and the like.

My &amp;lt;Virtualhost&amp;gt; contains many mod_rewrite rules, LocationMatch rules, CGI directives, etc.

Also, I can&#39;t use .htaccess files.

Do I have to duplicate the Virtualhost directives for port 80 and 443?

I&#39;ve looked for a solution in the web, but I&#39;ve not found a solution yet.
I need to access to my Laravel 5 app from my iPhone, but I&#39;m in develop, so I don&#39;t want to publish my app on a web server.

If you have a link to follow, that you assure it works, It&#39;s perfect for me.

Thank you!

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