Hi Tom, thanks for the so prompt answer! I didn't know that option of httpd, looks interesting. As of today, the vhost goes to the appropriate file (according to the DUMP VHOST). But I would use that same command when it fails again (after next reboot? ;-)
To answer your question, we are listening on different IPs and that is why we need to specify it in the vhost config. Olivier > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Evans [mailto:tevans...@googlemail.com] > Sent: 13 January 2010 15:47 > To: users@httpd.apache.org > Subject: Re: [us...@httpd] Name based virtual host bug after > Apache restart > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Chirouze Olivier > <olivier.chiro...@volvo.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > After some years out of the Apache discussion, I'm back for > a quite specific > > question... ;-) > > > > We have been running Apache HTTP Server 2.0 for some years > now. Everything > > works fine as expected but I think we encounter something > that can only be a > > bug. > > > > We are using _name based virtual hosts_ and mod_rewrite. > Each virtual host > > is defined in a specific conf file that is included by httpd.conf > > > > Let's say: > > > > FileA: > > <VirtualHost ip:port> > > ServerName nameA1.org > > ServerAlias nameA2.org > > [...] > > </VirtualHost> > > > > FileB: > > <VirtualHost ip:port> > > ServerName nameB1.org > > ServerAlias nameB2.org > > [...] > > </VirtualHost> > > > > (yes, I'm talking about same ip:port) > > > > One day nameB1.org started not to work properly: requests to, > > say http://nameB1.org/ didn't go to FileB, but were > treated by httpd.conf. > > We could see that in log files. A simple restart and the > problem was fixed. > > A few weeks later, the problem reoccured and we realized it > happend just > > after a restart we had done (without changing FileB at all). > > > > Today we realized we had the problem again: I double > checked logs and saw it > > started after a restart I made. I tested that requests to > nameB2.org worked, > > _not_ nameB1.org: they were treated by httpd.conf and ended > as "forbidden" > > (because of course the proper Rewrite rules are in the appropriate > > virtualhost). > > > > In a word: _sometimes_ when we restart Apache, one of our many > > servernames/aliases doesn't go to the proper virtualhost, > it is treated by > > httpd.conf. > > > > Answers to some questions you might ask: > > - we are running 2.0.58 > > - This is _always the same servername_ that fails. > > - the actual servername that bugs is of the form > > www.aservername.co.za (something with the double country > extension?? - we do > > have other servers of the form .co.uk, co.il, etc and they > work as expected) > > - I checked that the servername appears only in the proper > virtual host > > - I verified that DNS resolution stayed correct: the IP is > always the one > > from the correct virtualhost, it SHOULD work. > > - note that a serveralias in the same virtualhost still > works: in fact, it's > > ServerName www.something.com and ServerAlias something.com. > something.com > > goes to the correct virtualhost, www.something.com doesn't. > > - originaly the servername was one of many serveraliases in > a virtualhost. > > We extracted it to a separate virtualhost and conf file but > the problem > > still occurs. > > > > Any idea??? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Olivier > > What does ``httpd -S -f /path/to/conf'' say about this vhost? > > Is the vhost that it ends up going to the default vhost? Ie the first > encountered when parsing the conf file. > This would indicate that the requested hostname didn't match any other > applicable vhost. > > The one weird thing in your config is that you are specifying an > ip:port for your vhosts. Are you using _solely_ name based virtual > hosting? If so, I would configure the vhosts with ``<VirtualHost > *:80>'' (and obviously, ``NameVirtualHost *:80'' in the appropriate > place) rather than a specific ip:port. > > Cheers > > Tom > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
