Subdomain for images doesn't work. What is the problem?

Question

I'm working on image hosting imgur clone. I created a subdomain for my images i.localhost Added to the hosts file -> 127.0.0.1 i.localhost Added to httpd-vhosts.conf ->

<VirtualHost *:80>
   DocumentRoot "/Users/BillGates/Sites/images/"
   ServerName i.localhost
</VirtualHost>

My site is running on my local machine at localhost. Visitor can see the image at url like localhost/NE2bd, I did this url with Mod_Rewrite so it's all like imgur.com

Since I store all my images in /Users/BillGates/Sites/images/ I can't see an image at i.localhost/NE2bd.jpeg !!!! But the image is in the images folder!!

I am getting Not Found

The requested URL /NE2bd.jpeg was not found on this server. My httpd-vhosts.conf

#
# Virtual Hosts
#
# If you want to maintain multiple domains/hostnames on your
# machine you can setup VirtualHost containers for them. Most configurations
# use only name-based virtual hosts so the server doesn't need to worry about
# IP addresses. This is indicated by the asterisks in the directives below.
#
# Please see the documentation at 
# <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/>
# for further details before you try to setup virtual hosts.
#
# You may use the command line option '-S' to verify your virtual host
# configuration.

#
# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#
NameVirtualHost *:80

#
# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for all requests that do not
# match a ServerName or ServerAlias in any <VirtualHost> block.
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com
    DocumentRoot "/usr/docs/dummy-host.example.com"
    ServerName dummy-host.example.com
    ServerAlias www.dummy-host.example.com
    ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/dummy-host.example.com-error_log"
    CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/dummy-host.example.com-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host2.example.com
    DocumentRoot "/usr/docs/dummy-host2.example.com"
    ServerName dummy-host2.example.com
    ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/dummy-host2.example.com-error_log"
    CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/dummy-host2.example.com-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
   DocumentRoot "/Users/BillGates/Sites/images/"
   ServerName i.localhost
</VirtualHost>

And of course some important lines in httpd.conf

DocumentRoot "/Users/BillGates/Sites"

Answer 1

Looks like you are using Apache 2 on OSX, and that the file that you are editing is /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf. Some of the code that you have copied and pasted appears to be missing <VirtualHost *:80>

Perhaps the configuration that you have added to is not being read into the apache configuration. By default this file is not read in. You could try editing the main /etc/apache2/httpd.conf to include this file.

Try uncommenting the line:

Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf.

And of course remember to start and stop apache for it to take effect.

Answer 2

Your configuration looks wrong. I am used to declare a vhost like

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@host.foo.com
DocumentRoot /www/docs/host.foo.com
ServerName host.foo.com
</VirtualHost>

in a file which gets included in your httpd.conf.

I am not sure if your configuration is even used by Apache, because your "localhost"-vhost doesn't exist in your configuration.

Try to add the domains "foo.bar" and "i.foo.bar" in your /etc/hosts and point them to your IP. Then write a VirtualHost directive for each of them with different DocumentRoot's.

After that, try to reach the files located in the directories with your (sub-)domain and post errors (and configs).