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I'm trying to set up virtual hosts for local development and can't seem to get it working.

I have this in my httpd.conf:

NameVirtualHost *

<VirtualHost *>
 ServerName localhost
 DocumentRoot C:/Users/Elliot/dev/UniServer/www
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
 ServerName drupal.dev
 DocumentRoot C:/Users/Elliot/dev/UniServer/www/drupal.dev/httpdocs
</VirtualHost>

and this in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts:

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.1       drupal.dev

http://localhost resolves OK, http://drupal.dev/ does not.

Any ideas welcomed...

Edit: I'm pretty sure that my hosts file is the underlying problem and that any edits are being ignored.

Oddly, I can edit, save and delete it without elevated permissions, which should not be the case on Windows >= Vista.

Am working through 'What can cause a DNS lookup to ignore a hosts file entry?', 'HOSTS file being ignored' and 'Problem with the hosts file in Windows XP (as a new user I can't post links).

Edit: in my case, stopping the DNS Client service resolved the issue....

Edit: ...but only very briefly.

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  • Looks good to me.Reboot your machine :)
    – systempuntoout
    Apr 26, 2010 at 19:14
  • Done, no change.
    – e100
    Apr 28, 2010 at 12:20

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Do a ping of drupal.dev and make sure its resolving to your machine. Also, try setting the documentRoot to the same as the one above (C:/Users/Elliot/dev/UniServer/www/) just in case it's a premissions issue.

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  • Hmm, ping fails. Any ideas?
    – e100
    Apr 28, 2010 at 7:01
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    If a ping fails- it means your host entry is not working properly- I would check this.
    – AliGibbs
    Apr 28, 2010 at 11:44
  • OK, pretty sure it's a hosts problem, which is a different question. Have edited question to reflect this.
    – e100
    Apr 28, 2010 at 13:57
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Look at the example here:

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/apache-name-based-virtualhost-example/

Set the IP address for the NameVirtualHost and then replace the * for each VirtualHost with the qualified name (localhost for the first and drupal.dev for the second).

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  • Make sure you add a ServerAlias as well for drupal.dev to: ServerAlias *drupal.dev
    – Jonathan Holloway
    Apr 26, 2010 at 19:14
  • Thanks but as per AliGibbs' answer, it looks like the underlying issue issue is with the hosts file.
    – e100
    Apr 28, 2010 at 12:22
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Try putting drupal.dev on the same line as localhost in your hosts file, e.g:

127.0.0.1   localhost drupal.dev
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Do you have this entry : 

NameVirtualHost *

It allows you to enable the vHosts

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  • Yes, in my question, it's the first line I quote from httpd.conf
    – e100
    Apr 28, 2010 at 14:24
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Just another example how I got it working with Uniserver. My pseudo domain is "memelpower.lc" and the root you can see below.

In C:\uniserver\core\apache2\conf\httpd.conf you add this to the end of the file:

NameVirtualHost *

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot "C:/uniserver/www/memelpower/public/"
    ServerName memelpower.lc
    ServerAlias memelpower.lc
    ErrorLog "C:/uniserver/www/memelpower/public/error_log"
    CustomLog "C:/uniserver/www/memelpower/public/access_log" common
</VirtualHost>

Then you C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts you add this line in the end: 

127.0.0.1 localhost memelpower.lc

Restart Apache and it should work.

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