Ken Yes I created the directory before restarting the server. The following are the commands I used after creating the file. ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/mcs /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/msc mkdir /var/www/mcs then restarted the server. running cd /var/www/mcs showed there was a directory created. Alan Ken Schneider wrote:

On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 06:19 -0600, Alan Dowley wrote:

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Hi all.

I have a virtual server setup and trying to add a second web site (virtual). I created a file with the following:

<VirtualHost www.mobilecomputerschools.ca:80>

ServerAdmin alan@ashfieldsoftware.com ServerName www.mobilecomputerschools.ca

DocumentRoot /var/www/mobilecomputerschools/ ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/mcs-error.log CustomLog /var/log/apache2/mcs-custom.log combined

HostnameLookups Off UseCanonicalName Off ServerSignature On

Options None AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

I have created the symlink and directory 'mcs' but when I restart the apache2 server I get the following error message:

Forcing reload of web server: Apache2Warning: DocumentRoot [/var/www/mobilecomputerschools/] does not exist Warning: DocumentRoot [/var/www/mobilecomputerschools/] does not exist

Can anyone tell me what is causing this error.

This is my first attempt at setting up a virtual web site.

Have you actually created the directory before restarting Apache?

Okay, that looks like your problem. The actual directory you created is /var/www/mcs, but the directory you've got in the Apache configuration is /var/www/mobilecomputingschools. Try changing the lines in the Apache configuration file to:

DocumentRoot /var/www/mcs/

and

and see if that does the trick for you.

Bob

I had spotted that and it has ben changed and now the web page shows up. Thanks to all for your help. Now I've got a lot more work to do getting the site finished. Thanks again to Dave Bottrill for his great support. Alan

Ken Schneider wrote:

On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 09:59 -0600, Alan Dowley wrote:

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Ken Yes I created the directory before restarting the server. The following are the commands I used after creating the file.

ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/mcs /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/msc

mkdir /var/www/mcs

Are you using mcs or mobilecomputerschools ? You need to be consistant. And I don't think you can use symlinks here.

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Options None AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Ken The info entered to create the file came from someone else who is much more experienced than I am in this matter. I noticed the difference and checked with my mate, Dave Bottrill and he agreed that it should be /mcs/ and not/mobilecomputerschools/ this was corrected and the site now comes up ok. I received the instructions to create the symlink from the same person and why it was used. Thanks or your help Alan