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I'm trying to set up a subdomain with Apache2 on my Ubuntu droplet, I've followed this tutorial to the T but every time I navigate to my subdomain, I get the default apache landing page.

So I've set up separate conf files for both my main and sub domains,

/etc/apache2/sites-available/mainsite.conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /var/www/mainsite/public_html
    ServerName www.example.com
    ServerAlias example.com
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

/etc/apache2/sites-available/sub.conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /var/www/submainsite/public_html
    ServerName sub.example.com
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

What am I doing wrong? I don't have much server side experience, so please pardon my ignorance on the matter.

EDIT:

Both sites are linked, I did run a2ensite.

When running apachectl -S I get:

 default server sub.example.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf:1)
 port 80 namevhost sub.example.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf:1)
 port 80 namevhost sub.example.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/sub.conf:1)
 port 80 namevhost www.example.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/mainsite.conf:1)
         alias example.com
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    The obvious questions are: did you restart apache after checking the configuration with apachectl configtest ; did you place an IndexDocument in the DocumentRoot of the subdomain; which virtual hosts are shown by apachectl -S ? And IIRC writing to the same log files from within two different VirtualHost entries is a no no.
    – HBruijn
    Jul 7, 2014 at 19:18
  • are both sites linked in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled i.e. did you run a2ensite sub?
    – HBruijn
    Jul 7, 2014 at 19:21
  • Thanks for the assist. I have edited my question, and have added the info you've enquired about. I have added both sites, yes.
    – Odyss3us
    Jul 7, 2014 at 20:28

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You defined the default server in 000-default.conf as sub.example.com and it is pointed to the Apache test page. Because it comes first, it overrides the second sub.example.com virtual host you had defined in sub.conf.

To fix the problem, edit 000-default.conf and remove ServerName sub.example.com from it.

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  • Thanks Michael, I had a look at 000-default.conf, all that was defined was ServerAdmin, DocumentRoot, ErrorLog and CustomLog. It was pointing to the apache test page though, and after commenting everything out, disabling 000-default with a2dissite 000-default and restarting apache, it seems to be working, thanks for the assist! :)
    – Odyss3us
    Jul 7, 2014 at 20:41

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