Hi, I’ve set up a LAMP server on an Ubuntu VPS, installed webmin, created DNS records in DigitalOcean panel as instructed by the tutorials. Everything works just fine on the main domain name, but at this point I want to make a test subdomain: text.example.com to lead to /var/www/test/
I’ve been trying for a while now and I don’t know how to do it. Got lost in CNAME records, A records and settting up virtual hosts in webmin.
Does anybody have any pointers or any good tutorial on it? Thanks.
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Not sure if this answer has been answered yet, but here’s my solution. I’m using the latest Ubuntu on my droplet with LAMP, etc. <br> <br>1) Under your DNS settings in the Digital Ocean CP, add an “A” record for the sub-domain. The values should be as follows: <br>Hostname --> sub.mydomain.com. <br>IP --> Use the droplet’s IP <br>IMPORTANT: Make sure to add the period at the end of the hostname like I’ve done! <br> <br>2) Open your /etc/apache2/sites-available/default file. I’m assuming you already have the VirtualHost setup correctly for the primary domain, etc. For the subdomain, simply add: <br><VirtualHost *:80> <br> ServerName sub.mydomain.com <br> DocumentRoot /var/www/the-folder-of-your-choice <br> CustomLog /var/www/logs/sub-mydomain.log combined <br> ErrorLog /var/www/logs/sub-mydomain.log <br></VirtualHost> <br>Your VirtualHost info may differ a little based on the setup of your choice. Restart Apache and check to see if you sub-domain works. I had to wait a little before the subdomain worked in my browser. <br> <br>Hope this helps!
We need to add a helper section to the DNS manager which will give a brief write-up on how to use DNS. <br> <br>A lot of new customers that aren’t familiar with some of the DNS settings don’t know these things and it would help them out in getting the configs right the first time.
Configure all VirtualHosts explicitly with a ServerName directive inside of the VirtualHost directive that way its more explicit and will be easier for you to troubleshoot.