Can't set two domains to direct to separate root folders

February 4, 2018 1k views
Apache Ubuntu
jonnytothedee
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jonnytothedee

Hello everybody, so basically I have two separate domains, that I'm trying to run on the same droplet, but have both domains navigate to separate root folders, being two separate websites.
I've followed this guide to the LETTER: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-apache-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-14-04-lts

My sites available folder has the following files: 000-default.conf , cybergamegear.com.conf , default-ssl.conf , and delcontedesigns.com.conf.
So the two domains I'm trying to set up are DelconteDesigns.com (which works) and CyberGameGear.com (which navigates to DelconteDesigns.com currently for some reason, rather than the root folder I want it to.

Here is what my cybergamegear.com.conf looks like:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin jonathandelcontedesigns@gmail.com
ServerName cybergamegear.com
ServerAlias www.cybergamegear.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/cybergamegear.com/publichtml
ErrorLog ${APACHELOGDIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHELOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

The only thing I can imagine is that my 000-default.conf is overriding it?
Here is what that file looks like:

<VirtualHost *:80>

ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html


<Directory /var/www/html>
        Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
</Directory>

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

</VirtualHost>

Do I need to delete this file?

3 comments
  • jnugh February 4, 2018

    Did you run a2ensite? 000-default.conf does not contain a ServerName and will therefor only be used as a fallback.
    Does ls /etc/apache2/sites-enabled list cybergamegear.com.conf?
    DId you reload the apache configuration by running (for example) service apache2 reload?

  • jonnytothedee February 4, 2018

    @jnugh Yes I ran a2ensite, it says both sites are running.
    etc/apache2/sites-enabled lists both sites,
    and I did run service apache2 restart

  • jnugh February 4, 2018

    Could you post the output of apache2ctl -S?

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jonnytothedee February 4, 2018

@jnugh
AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message.
VirtualHost configuration:
*:80 is a NameVirtualHost
default server 127.0.1.1 (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf:1)
port 80 namevhost 127.0.1.1 (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf:1)
port 80 namevhost cybergamegear.com (etc/apache2/sites-enabled/cybergamegear.com.conf:1)
alias www.cybergamegear.com
port 80 namevhost delcontedesigns.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/delcontedesigns.com.conf:1)
alias www.delcontedesigns.com
ServerRoot: "/etc/apache2"
Main DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"
Main ErrorLog: "/var/log/apache2/error.log"
Mutex watchdog-callback: usingdefaults
Mutex rewrite-map: "usingdefaults
Mutex default: dir="/var/lock/apache2" mechanism=fcntl
Mutex mpm-accept: usingdefaults
PidFile: "/var/run/apache2/apache2.pid"
Define: DUMPVHOSTS
Define: DUMPRUNCFG
User: name="www-data" id=33
Group: name=www-data" id=33

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  • jnugh February 4, 2018

    This looks correct to me. I just notices that your website is served by an nginx, do you use a loadbalancer setup or something similar? It's probably redirecting everything to delcontedesigns.com.

    • jonnytothedee February 4, 2018

      It should be served by apache not nginx. I only set up this for apache, I didn't touch any nginx settings. I'm not using loadbalancer.
      My thought is maybe it's something in my networking settings?

      • jnugh February 4, 2018
        • Did you install nginx? If so: you cant run apache and nginx at the same time on the same ip / port. In this case try: sudo service nginx stop && sudo service apache2 start If it works you should probably uninstall nginx.
        • Is 162.243.5.76 pointing to the correct droplet? Or probably an old droplet running nginx? A floating IP or something pointing to another system?
        • jonnytothedee February 4, 2018

          Nginx is not running but apache2 is.
          I only have one droplet so that is pointing to the droplet.

          • jnugh February 4, 2018

            Whatever happened: The website is now served by apache, and seems to accept you vhost config :) . Something else seems to be broken however. Are you sure sudo service nginx stop && sudo service apache2 start didn't do the trick?

        • jonnytothedee February 4, 2018

          @jnugh what do you mean something seems to be broken?
          For me both domains are still pointing to the same folder, I'm still seeing my DelconteDesigns.com page on both domains

jonnytothedee February 4, 2018

@jnugh hm.. do you have any idea why disabling nginx would change the way my css/js folders would work?
I'm not sure how to fix that

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  • jonnytothedee February 4, 2018

    @jnugh nevermind, i forgot I created a new folder for my delcontedesigns and only placed the HTML file... Duh.. brainfart moment. Thank you so much! I'll just uninstall nginx.

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