Apache Virtualhost keeps pointing to default directory

Question

I have been trying to set an Apache name based Virtual host(http://test.local) to the directory /var/www/test, but it keps on pointing to the default /var/www directory.

My test.local configuration file looks like this- http://paste.ubuntu.com/827328/ My hosts file looks like this- http://paste.ubuntu.com/827338/ And the ports.conf file looks like this- http://paste.ubuntu.com/827332/

As per suggestion form IRC chat I disabled the default Virtualhost, then something wierd happened. Now http://test.local, http://127.0.0.1 loads contents of /var/www. But http://localhost shows the contents inside /var/www/test.

I'm using likewise-ope to connect to windows domian based network, it has created an entry in hosts file(the first line, also included is the next two lines))-

127.0.0.1 asset11.domain.com asset11 localhost
127.0.0.1 artis.local
127.0.0.1 test.local

How can I make http://test.local to point to /var/www/test correctly

Answer 1

Your local.test file you put on pastebin looks good, just uncomment the directory part.

The <Directory ...> - by the way - must point to the same path as the DocumentRoot (/var/www/test/ in your case).

Then you need to activate that file through sudo a2ensite test.local and reload your apache with sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload.