Set Default Virtual Host

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#1 Mon, 08/18/2008 - 02:55

notacake

Set Default Virtual Host

How can I set a named virtual host to be the default? At the moment when I go to the IP address it comes up with a seemingly random virtual host (always the same one, but it wasn't the first or the last that was created - which would have made some kind of sense).

I've tried changing the *:80 virtual host in the Apache module, yet it doesn't seem to have any effect. I can't figure out where it's deciding which is the default.

#2 Mon, 08/18/2008 - 04:45

andreychek

In theory, it should be the first one it comes to.

In RHEL/CentOS, where all the VirtualHosts go in the httpd.conf file, the first VirtualHost section should become the "default".

In Ubuntu, there's a file named /etc/apache2/enabled-sites/000-default.conf -- whatever the contents it are becomes the default Virtual Host.

It shouldn't be random though unless somehow the order of the VirtualHost directives is changing.
-Eric

#3 Mon, 08/18/2008 - 05:40 (Reply to #2)

notacake

The 000-default.conf is set up to use the document root I want, yet it still uses a different virtual host.

The virtual host it's using seems to be the first alphabetically based on subdomains, i.e. 'dev.a.com' is being shown as the default, even though there's an 'a.com'.

#4 Mon, 08/18/2008 - 08:10 (Reply to #3)

Joe

It selects in a "first best match" manner. If the 000-default.conf virtual host is a *:80 address, and all of your virtual hosts are 192.168.1.1:80 style, then when you hit 192.168.1.1, one of those will win the selection process.

We do not recommend you use * for any virtual host for this reason (and others). It makes it difficult to predict and understand what Apache is doing and why.

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#5 Mon, 08/18/2008 - 09:09 (Reply to #4)

notacake

Thank you! That did the trick.

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