what is the correct config for ubuntu apache2 virtualhost on port different from 80

Question

i've just inherited a server ubuntu 10.04 running already tomcat on port 80.so apache 2 /etc/apache2/ports.conf has Listen 8858.

i pointed my subdomain let's say admin.domain.com to the ip of that box so xx.xx.xx.xx:8858 and admin.domain.com:8858 both sends me to the root file "it works"

so i did create under /var/www/vhots/admin.domain.com/htdocs and /var/www/vhots/admin.domain.com/log my first config looks is below and that basically after reloading and restarting the apache2 gives me this error

VirtualHost *:8858 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results httpd (pid 7466?) not running

###/etc/apache2/apache2.cong
NameVirtualHost *
#NameVirtualHost *:8858
<VirtualHost *>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

    DocumentRoot /var/www/
    <Directory />
            Options FollowSymLinks
            AllowOverride None
    </Directory>
    <Directory /var/www/>
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
            AllowOverride None
            Order allow,deny
            allow from all
    </Directory>

    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
    <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
            AllowOverride None
            Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
            Order allow,deny
            Allow from all
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

    # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
    # alert, emerg.
    LogLevel warn

    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
    ServerSignature On

Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
    Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
    Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</Directory>
</Virtualhost>


###/etc/apache2/sites-available/admin.domain.com
<VirtualHost *:8858>
    ServerAdmin sensei@domain.com
    ServerName admin.domain.com
    ServerAlias www.admin.domain.com

    DocumentRoot /var/www/vhots/admin.domain.com/htdocs
            <Directory /var/www/vhosts/admin.domain.com/htdocs>
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
            AllowOverride all
            Order allow,deny
            allow from all
    </Directory>


    ErrorLog /var/www/vhosts/admin.domain.com/log/error.log

    # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
    # alert, emerg.
    LogLevel warn

    CustomLog /var/www/vhosts/admin.domain.com/log/access.log combined
    ServerSignature On
  </VirtualHost>

So after reading this i've uncommented NameVirtualHost *:8858 that i initially put there making me have both NameVirtualHost * and NameVirtualHost *:8858 now i have a warn message but then the server refuse to start

NameVirtualHost *:8858 has no VirtualHosts httpd (pid 27536?) not running [warn] NameVirtualHost *:8858 has no VirtualHosts [fail]

How can i get it up? Thanks for reading this

Answer 1

Try This:

• Setting Up Name Based Virtual Hosting on Ubuntu Server | Ubuntu Tutorials
• http://www.debuntu.org/2006/02/22/7-virtual-hosting-using-apache-2/

Answer 2

If you already have a Tomcat running on port 80, you can't attach Apache to same port. HTTP URL without a port, like http://admin.domain.com, assumes the port is 80.

So, in order to make your site accessible without a port (:8858) you'd need to move Tomcat to another port.

There's another solution if you have 2 IP addresses on the same server, for example x.x.x.1 and x.x.x.2. Then point Tomcat to first address and Apache to second with:

# Apache configuration
NameVirtualHost x.x.x.2:80

<VirtualHost x.x.x.2:80>
 #Your site configuration
</virtualHost>

In that case don't forget to repoint your DNS entries to correctly.