Apache Virtual host not working

Question

I followed this tutorial to set up Apache virtual host, but browser is unable to serve the homepage.

Here is my .conf file

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    ServerName ednet.dev
    ServerAlias www.ednet.dev
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ednet/public
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

my host file

127.0.0.1   localhost
127.0.1.1   asad-HP-ProBook-4530s
127.0.0.1   ednet.dev

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

but when i try to open ednet.dev in browser it gives error

This site can’t be reached
ednet.dev refused to connect.
Try:

Checking the connection
Checking the proxy and the firewall
ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

sudo netstat -na | grep 80 Output

asad@asad-HP-ProBook-4530s:~$ sudo netstat -na | grep 80
tcp        0      0 10.99.2.62:41650        104.244.43.80:443       ESTABLISHED
tcp        0      0 10.99.2.62:38314        216.58.208.83:80        ESTABLISHED
tcp6       0      0 :::80                   :::*                    LISTEN     
udp        0      0 10.99.2.62:38808        216.58.198.2:443        ESTABLISHED
unix  2      [ ]         DGRAM                    147808   
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     28097    
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     28080    /run/systemd/journal/stdout
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     32880    
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     28098    @/tmp/dbus-EvBU16isPp
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     28680    
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     28074    /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     27800    @/tmp/ibus/dbus-HdPg5eVU
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     28062    @/tmp/dbus-EvBU16isPp
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     48980    
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     19180    /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     28081    /run/systemd/journal/stdout
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     25580    @/tmp/dbus-EvBU16isPp
unix  2      [ ]         DGRAM                    28073    
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     39680    
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     28099    /run/systemd/journal/stdout
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     129780   
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     28059    
unix  3      [ ]         DGRAM                    24180    
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     28066    
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     28061    @/tmp/dbus-EvBU16isPp
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     58380    
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     28060    
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     28096    
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     40808    @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     28065    @/tmp/dbus-EvBU16isPp
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     28056    
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     20780    
unix  2      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     22801    
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     27804    @/tmp/dbus-EvBU16isPp
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     27806    @/tmp/ibus/dbus-HdPg5eVU

sudo lsof -i -n -P +c 0 | grep ':80\|:443' output:

asad@asad-HP-ProBook-4530s:~$ sudo lsof -i -n -P +c 0 | grep ':80\|:443'
[sudo] password for asad: 
chrome       3333       asad  166u  IPv4 169400      0t0  UDP 10.99.2.62:52109->216.58.208.78:443 
chrome       3333       asad  178u  IPv4 169585      0t0  TCP 10.99.2.62:50478->151.101.193.69:443 (ESTABLISHED)
chrome       3333       asad  198u  IPv4 162437      0t0  TCP 10.99.2.62:57394->151.101.113.147:443 (ESTABLISHED)
chrome       3333       asad  225u  IPv4 171167      0t0  TCP 10.99.2.62:39238->104.16.108.18:443 (ESTABLISHED)
chrome       3333       asad  253u  IPv4 171168      0t0  TCP 10.99.2.62:39240->104.16.108.18:443 (CLOSE_WAIT)
chrome       3333       asad  260u  IPv4 171157      0t0  TCP 10.99.2.62:50480->151.101.193.69:443 (ESTABLISHED)
chrome       3333       asad  262u  IPv4 168483      0t0  UDP 10.99.2.62:59052->216.58.208.66:443 
chrome       3333       asad  263u  IPv4 169398      0t0  UDP 10.99.2.62:47762->216.58.208.68:443 
chrome       3333       asad  270u  IPv4 170224      0t0  UDP 10.99.2.62:41851->216.58.208.78:443 
chrome       3333       asad  271u  IPv4 168485      0t0  TCP 10.99.2.62:35004->23.58.0.61:443 (ESTABLISHED)
chrome       3333       asad  272u  IPv4 169426      0t0  TCP 10.99.2.62:56116->192.0.73.2:443 (ESTABLISHED)
chrome       3333       asad  287u  IPv4 161862      0t0  TCP 10.99.2.62:38618->198.252.206.25:443 (ESTABLISHED)
chrome       3333       asad  288u  IPv4 131203      0t0  TCP 10.99.2.62:37862->198.252.206.25:443 (ESTABLISHED)
chrome       3333       asad  300u  IPv4 171145      0t0  TCP 10.99.2.62:38814->198.252.206.25:443 (ESTABLISHED)
chrome       3333       asad  305u  IPv4 170154      0t0  TCP 10.99.2.62:39516->23.57.249.169:443 (ESTABLISHED)
chrome       3333       asad  308u  IPv4 168478      0t0  TCP 10.99.2.62:35000->23.58.0.61:443 (ESTABLISHED)
chrome       3333       asad  311u  IPv4 129805      0t0  TCP 10.99.2.62:37858->198.252.206.25:443 (ESTABLISHED)
chrome       3333       asad  313u  IPv4 128964      0t0  TCP 10.99.2.62:37854->198.252.206.25:443 (ESTABLISHED)
chrome       3333       asad  324u  IPv4  85748      0t0  TCP 10.99.2.62:48908->151.101.65.69:443 (ESTABLISHED)
chrome       3333       asad  335u  IPv4 131349      0t0  TCP 10.99.2.62:37868->198.252.206.25:443 (ESTABLISHED)
chrome       3333       asad  337u  IPv4 169446      0t0  UDP 10.99.2.62:33691->216.58.210.66:443 
chrome       3333       asad  341u  IPv4 169448      0t0  UDP 10.99.2.62:38019->216.58.210.66:443 
apache2      3679       root    4u  IPv6 153144      0t0  TCP *:80 (LISTEN)
apache2      3682   www-data    4u  IPv6 153144      0t0  TCP *:80 (LISTEN)
apache2      3683   www-data    4u  IPv6 153144      0t0  TCP *:80 (LISTEN)
apache2      3684   www-data    4u  IPv6 153144      0t0  TCP *:80 (LISTEN)
apache2      3685   www-data    4u  IPv6 153144      0t0  TCP *:80 (LISTEN)
apache2      3686   www-data    4u  IPv6 153144      0t0  TCP *:80 (LISTEN)

Better, use sudo lsof -i -n -P +c 0 | grep ':80\|:443' to find which service is using HTTP|HTTPS ports 80|443. — pa4080, Feb 27, 2018 at 15:05
Does browsing to localhost show the default page of a web server? — M. Dm., Feb 27, 2018 at 15:16
is your apache configured to use your document root to search for its files? for instance could it serving from your htdocs directory? (this was the case on my windows machine) — Jermayne Williams, Feb 27, 2018 at 15:25

Feriman · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-27 17:26:54Z

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At first, be sure that your /etc/apache2/ports.conf contain line Listen 80

At second, be sure that you have enabled your config using sudo a2ensite yoursite.name.

At third, be sure that you have disabled default virtualhost sudo a2dissite 000-default

Also add options for your documentroot directory, for example:

<Directory /var/www/html/ednet/public/ >
    Require all granted
    AllowOverride All
    Options Indexes
</Directory>

Then, restart apache using sudo service apache2 restart and try to get access to virtualhost using the browser.

edited May 27, 2020 at 17:26

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answered Feb 27, 2018 at 15:34

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vidarlo · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-27 15:35:30Z

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apache2      3686   www-data    4u  IPv6 153144      0t0  TCP *:80 (LISTEN)
tcp6       0      0 :::80                   :::*                    LISTEN

Apache obviously only listens on IPv6 for some reason.

Change /etc/hosts to IPv6:

127.0.0.1   ednet.dev

to

::1   ednet.dev

This will enable you to use IPv6 for reaching the name.

answered Feb 27, 2018 at 15:35

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Adel Kihal · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-27 15:52:45Z

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You apache is obviously listening to IPv6, to test it you can do:

 wget http://[::1]/ -O /dev/null

and you will get 200 Ok as response

to make apache listen to only IPv4 addresses you add:

 Listen 0.0.0.0:80
 Listen 192.0.2.1:80

source: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/bind.html#ipv6

answered Feb 27, 2018 at 15:52

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$wget http://[::1] / -O /dev/null --2018-02-28 11:34:16-- http://[::1]/ Connecting to [::1]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden 2018-02-28 11:34:16 ERROR 403: Forbidden. /: Scheme missing.
– Asad Hayat
Feb 28, 2018 at 6:39
Also when i try to access ednet.dev chrome redirects it to https://ednet.dev , could https might be problem?
– Asad Hayat
Feb 28, 2018 at 6:44
@AsadHayat well, if you have a redirection in you html page you must enable https by mystifying /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.conf and then sudo a2ensite default-ssl. Also you can check the permissions on your /var/www/html/endnet and change it to www-data by typing sudo chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html/ednet
– Adel Kihal
Feb 28, 2018 at 11:31

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Asad Hayat · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-28 11:55:11Z

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I don't know what was the problem but after uninstalling whole LAMP stack and reinstalling it again solve the problem.

answered Feb 28, 2018 at 11:55

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