Adding subdomain to virtual host - Apache just says “It Works”

Question

I have added sub.example.com as a new A record in my DNS manager, and created the virtual host file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
    ServerName sub.example.com
    ServerAlias sub.example.com
    DocumentRoot /srv/www/sub.example.com/public_html/
    ErrorLog /srv/www/sub.example.com/logs/error.log
    CustomLog /srv/www/sub.example.com/logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

At the moment the page just shows the Apache "It Works".

The main site example.com is working with this virtual host:

<VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
     ServerName example.com
     ServerAlias www.example.com
     DocumentRoot /srv/www/example.com/public_html/
     ErrorLog /srv/www/example.com/logs/error.log
     CustomLog /srv/www/example.com/logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Why does sub.example.com not get picked up?

Answer 1

You have to make an addition at the top :

NameVirtualHost   x.x.x.x:80

where the x.x.x.x is your ip address.

Also, keep in mind that you need to restart your apache, and make sure that your DNS is properly resolving.