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Configure A Virtual Host
General Information
Red Hat preferred method of configuring virtual hosts.
Lab Setup
The following virtual machines will be used:
- server1.example.com (192.168.1.150) → Perform all connectivity tests from here
- server2.example.com (192.168.1.151) → Install Apache Web Server here
Virtual Host Creation
Examples: Example config at
less /usr/share/doc/httpd-2.4.6/httpd-vhosts.conf
On server2: Create virtual host file
vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/myvhost.conf <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin admin@myvhost.example.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html/myvhost ServerName myvhost.example.com ErrorLog logs/myvhost-error_log CustomLog logs/myvhost-access_log combined </VirtualHost>
On server2: Create directory and index file for myvhost
mkdir /var/www/html/myvhost echo "The myvhost virtual host index" > /var/www/html/myvhost/index.html
On server2: Restart httpd
systemctl restart httpd
On server1: Create /etc/hosts entry for new name
vim /etc/hosts 192.168.1.151 server2 mysite.example.com
On server1: Check virtual host site
elinks http://myvhost.example.com