I have a LAMP droplet with let’s encrypt, on which I installed WordPress. ServerAlias works but not ServerName. For example, when I go to www.subdomain.domain.com it works with the correct webpage, but not when I go to subdomain.domain.com It shows the domain.com webpage.
My subdomain virtualhost file is written like this <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost ServerName subdomain.domain.com ServerAlias www.subdomain.domain.com DocumentRoot /var/www/wordpress </VirtualHost>
I have set up an A record for the subdomain to the same droplet that my domain has. I have a CNAME record for www.subdomain.domain.com I had a .htaccess file which I renamed to .htaccess2 (I don’t know if that stops it from working or not)
Any ideas on what is wrong?
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