On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:50:15 +1200, you wrote (with possible editing): >Just for a thought, make the hosts file look something like this: > >127.0.0.1 localhost websites agendatest
http://websites/ yields "Proxy Error" http://localhost/ yields "Bad Gateway" >note the lowercase Yes, I did. >and also for your apache config make sure you turn on Name based virtual >hosts I did. >and use lowercase hostnames. that, too. However, the Document Root says "C:/Websites" another says "C:/Websites/AgendaTest" both of which are the actual directories except for the "/" instead of "\". I tried using all lowercase there, but it didn't seem to make a difference. > >read: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/name-based.html >for more info on setting up name based virtual hosts > >Also, the order in which the hosts file gets used in windows >applications depends on the function to do DNS resolution (there are at >least 2 and they use a different order with regards to hosts file and >DNS lookups) This is what I think is the problem. It may be that I have to do a reboot after modifying the hosts file. I'll try that. > >Finally, you probably won't need the following section in your config > >Alias /AgendaTest/ "C:/Websites/AgendaTest/" Ok, I'll eliminate it. Thanks for the help! -- Larry Email to rapp at lmr dot com > > > > >Larry wrote: >> Apache 2.0.47, PHP 4.3.4, MySQL 4 something. All installed on Win XP >> Pro SP2, 2 gig mem. >> >> I am trying to setup a testing server for Dreamweaver 8. Most of my >> work is in subdirectories of C:\Websites, for example >> C:\Websites\AgendaTest. I would like to use Apache with PHP as a >> testing server. I am getting confused between Virtual Hosts and >> Aliases. I thought that adding the lines: >> >> 127.0.0.1 Localhost >> 127.0.0.1 Websites >> 127.0.0.1 AgendaTest >> >> to Hosts in \Windows\System32\Drivers\etc in combination with virtual >> hosts in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf would >> do it, but I guess not. >> >> In httpd.conf I set up (at various places) >> Servername localhost:80 >> DocumentRoot "C:/Websites" >> <Directory "C:/Websites"> >> Alias /websites "C:/Websites/" >> <Directory "C:/Websites"> >> Options Indexes MultiViews >> AllowOverride None >> Order allow,deny >> Allow from all >> </Directory> >> Alias /AgendaTest/ "C:/Websites/AgendaTest/" >> <Directory "C:/Websites/AgendaTest"> >> Options Indexes MultiViews >> AllowOverride None >> Order allow,deny >> Allow from all >> </Directory> >> <VirtualHost *> >> DocumentRoot "C:/Websites" >> ServerName localhost >> </VirtualHost> >> <VirtualHost *> >> DocumentRoot "C:/Websites/AgendaTest" >> ServerName AgendaTest >> </VirtualHost> >> >> What am I screwing up here? >> >> Thanks, >> -- >> >> Larry >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. >> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
