Apache virtual host not working

Posted on September 18, 2014

I’m trying to setup my Apache server to have a second site but it does not appear to be starting when I reload and restart Apache.

Here is my conf file for both sites:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin <redacted>
        DocumentRoot /var/www

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:8083>
        ServerAdmin <redacted>
        DocumentRoot /var/www-local

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error-www-local.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

The first one loads up just fine, but the second one always gives a connection reset whenever I try to access it through that port.

Is there something I am doing or configuring wrong?

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