Subdomains Always Redirect To Main Domain - Apache2 VirtualHosts & Debain

Question

I want to set up a main site, and a sub-domain for development, using apache2 VirtualHosts. This is what my site.conf virtual host file looks like:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName dev.example.com

        DocumentRoot /var/www/site/subdomain
        <Directory /var/www/site/subdomain >
                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>

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

        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/sub.log combined
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName www.example.com
        ServerAlias example.com

        DocumentRoot /var/www/site/main
        <Directory /var/www/site/main >
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride All
                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>

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

        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

The problem is that every time I visit dev.example.com, I just get example.com.

I've tried all the other solutions I could find (using literal IPs, re-ordering things, using ports instead of named hosts)... I'm totally stuck now. Anyone got any ideas?

Edit: Here's my virtual host dump (the relevant part):

 port 80 namevhost dev.example.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/example.conf:1)
 port 80 namevhost www.example.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/example.conf:44)

Also, if I remove the main domain site, the subdomain site doesn't get detected at all.

In your config there should be a line like `NameVirtualHost *:80`. Is there such a line? — Jenny D, Jul 01 '14 at 13:15
Also, you are using **either** apache-2.2 or apache-2.4. Please remove the tag pertaining to the version you're not using. — Jenny D, Jul 01 '14 at 13:15
Yeah - that line is in the ports.conf I believe (I also tried adding it to the site config, but no luck there either). As for the tags - I actually tried it on both 2.2 & 2.4 with the same result. But I'll remove one anyway. — Tspoon, Jul 01 '14 at 13:16
OK, next question - could you try running `httpd -S` and add the output to your question? — Jenny D, Jul 01 '14 at 13:22
I'll do that as soon as I get home - I remember it gave me some stuff about undefined variables last time I tried, but I'll fix that and post the output. Thanks! Also I believe the command is `apache2 -S` in 2.4, for anyone else reading this. — Tspoon, Jul 01 '14 at 13:46
Hmm, I'll look into it this evening and get back to you. Thanks again! — Tspoon, Jul 01 '14 at 13:51
@JennyD Attached the output to the original question, looks okay to me... Also, for future readers, Debian does not rename `apache2` to `httpd`, so you must use `apache2ctl -S` — Tspoon, Jul 01 '14 at 16:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:13

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Make sure you enable your site with

a2ensite dev.mysite.com

Once you do this, a symlink to the config file is placed in the sites-enabled directory, which should allow the site to be accessed assuming no other issues exist.

This question gives a few more details.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:13

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answered Jun 30 '14 at 18:38

Anaksunaman

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Yup, already done. The basic domain wouldn't have worked without that. Cheers for the suggestion though! – Tspoon Jun 30 '14 at 18:41
No harm in dotting t's and crossing i's ;-). – Anaksunaman Jun 30 '14 at 18:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 11 '20 at 10:02

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Wordpress Was The Problem

Or rather, me not knowing that I had to configure the Wordpress site url to be the subdomain, otherwise it would just redirect to the domain given...

So the solution: open the wp_options table and edit the site_url to include the subdomain.

edited Jun 11 '20 at 10:02

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answered Jul 02 '14 at 18:48

Tspoon

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Subdomains Always Redirect To Main Domain - Apache2 VirtualHosts & Debain

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Wordpress Was The Problem