How-To: VirtualHost

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Hi to all, small manual for making your own VirtualHost :

  1. Create custom templates:

    mkdir -p /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
    touch /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/80VirtualHost

  2. Edit your VirtualHost :

    vi /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/80VirtualHost

    My Vhost

    <VirtualHost 0.0.0.0:443>
    ServerAdmin admi@example.com
    ServerName admin.example.com
    DocumentRoot /usr/share/roundcubemail
    <Directory /usr/share/roundcubemail>
    #Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all

    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/example.com-error.log

         LogLevel warn

     SSLEngine on

     SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/example.com.crt
     SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/example.com.key
     #SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/ssl/sub.class1.server.ca.pem
     #SSLOpenSSLConfCmd DHParameters /etc/ssl/dhparams.pem
     SSLStrictSNIVHostCheck Off
     SSLCACertificateFile /etc/ssl/sub.class1.server.ca.pem
     <FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
             SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
     </FilesMatch>
  1. Put your custom SSL in /etc/ssl if you make HTTPS Virtualhost
a) As for OWNCLOUD you should add Trusted domain :

    config setprop owncloud TrustedDomains server.domain.com
    signal-event nethserver-owncloud-update

  1. Run signal event :

    signal-event nethserver-httpd-update

  2. Have a good day :smile:

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Hi @nas why not just putting a .conf file in /etc/httpd/conf.d? I think the templates-custom is not needed here!

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the .conf file in conf.d dir approach is good only when it doesn’t have any (possible) value that can change in a server reconfiguration (IP, name, $whatever)

template is there just to have a “config and forget” approach, without dealing with future conf changes that could break your services…

let’s say I have 20 webapps running, with 20 conf files: changing (for example) my IP (I repeat, this is an example) will need 20 checks, with template approach, 0…

it has been so for almost 20 years and it just works :slight_smile:

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I agree dynamic templates are useful, but @nas example does not have any dynamic part. This is a typical real world case, where the only “parameter” is the virtual host name. I still think a template is not useful for one Apache virtualhost.

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@nas you should write the howto on wiki.nethserver.org

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As for dynamic template we need to add option to the owncloud and roundcube. And all ssl path so it is rather complicated. We have installed SIWAPP so vitrualhost is much differ than owncloud one.I wrote only way to make your own virtualhost, because i’v spent some time for investigation.

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we should add this to the UI

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Hi Bogdan in which way? There are so many options it is very complicated and it is huge piece of work :frowning:

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Hi Artem,
I think that having a UI to add Vhosts and specify parameters directly from the UI should be useful.
@davidep @stephdl @Nas @filippo_carletti @dz00te @filippo_carletti @alefattorini @All, do you want to chip in and create something that Zentyal had in the webserver UI panel ?

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I would be interested by a list of all features needed here and provided by zentyal…apache is my hobby.

For example i looked today to provide the webdav support…none line of code is written but i did some searchs on the topic. i feel that i don’t need to patch a core rpm.

But for the virtualhosts its needed to do it…so before to waste time to code…a pre agreement is wanted :slight_smile:

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I agree Stephane,
A list of features is needed. This will also make easier to create an algorithm and see what we need to do.

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Reverse proxy?

(It’s useful when you have only one Public IP on RED and you have at least 2 servers on ORANGE that use in the same time http or https (E-mail Server with Webmail and Web Hosting, …). It’s nice to do this from UI). - From here: My wishes list (or Letter to Santa) - #14 by GG_jr

Merry Christmas to all!

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25 posts were split to a new topic: Scared to try to use NS and vhosts

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these are some clues -> http://dev.nethserver.org/projects/nethserver/wiki/Nethserver-httpd

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A post was split to a new topic: Proposal for ns7 VirtualHost page

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Hi,

I get an Error during creating a Virtual Host

Errormessage:

Stopping httpd: [ OK ]
Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 360 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
order takes one argument, ‘allow,deny’, ‘deny,allow’, or ‘mutual-failure’

My Host:

> <VirtualHost *:80>
>         ServerAdmin hostmaster@xxxxxxxxxx.de
>         ServerName www.xxxxxxxxxx.de
>         DocumentRoot /home/nicky/pki2017/web
>         <Directory /home/nicky/pki2017/web>
>                 #Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
>                 AllowOverride None
>                 Order allow,deny               **<------ Error in this Line**
>                 allow from all
>         </Directory>
>         ErrorLog /home/nicky/pki2017/web/xxxxxx.de-error.log

>         LogLevel warn


> </VirtualHost>

After change Line 12 to Order allow

Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 12 of /etc/httpd/conf.d/webhost_xxxxxx.conf:
unknown order

I need the host only to distribute files (Certificates etc…)
Please help me.

Thanks

Nicky

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Check for unwanted extra spaces.
By the way, there’s a virtualhosts module.

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Hi Nas,
Wish you have a good day.

Then what is the next step?
Even this topic was discussed long time ago, for a long time of searching I still can’t find step from beginning to the end. I mean, how to setup web and how to surf it from other computer/device in same LAN. Not a webmin/Server Manager to control NethServer but a hosting/live website to public/LAN.
Hope you can guide step by step from start to successful end or just list a link that known was working. Such as how to setup virtual host and web in NethServer and how to surf from other computer in same LAN (just). For a time being NethServer version is up to v7.9.2009 where interface have a lot of changed and upgraded.
Hope I get it in detail and test it on my laptop before set to actual live sever.

Thank you

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You’ve looked at the docs, right?
https://docs.nethserver.org/en/v7/web_server.html

Not really sure what to add to that–create the virtual host, put files there, browse.