Apache wildcard documentroot

apache-2.2documentrootdomain-name-system

I would like to use the the subdomain as my DocumentRoot folder

foo.example.com

Goes to

/var/www/foo

However I do not want to add a new entry for every subdomain

Basically

*.example.com

Goes to

/var/www/*

Where * is any alphanum string

Best Answer

VirtualDocumentRoot should do it.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName placeholdername
    ServerAlias *.example.com
    VirtualDocumentRoot /var/www/%1
</VirtualHost>

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Apache – Virtual Host Based on CNAME

The following snippet should work (without any warning):

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName example.com
  DocumentRoot /var/www
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName foo.example.com
 DocumentRoot /foo/wwww
</VirtualHost>

Make sure you read the documentation on Name-based Virtual Host Support to understand why it didn't work in the first place.

Apache Documentroot access forbidden

It sounds like you need to set the FollowSymLinks for the Document Root.

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Apache – Virtual Host Based on CNAME

Apache Documentroot access forbidden

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