Apache2 HTTPD Error – Fix ‘Mixing * Ports and Non-* Ports’ Issue

apache-2.2virtualhost

Here is the error I get when booting up Apache2:

 * Starting web server apache2
 apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
 [Wed Oct 21 16:37:26 2009] [error] VirtualHost *:80 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results
 [Wed Oct 21 16:37:26 2009] [error] VirtualHost *:80 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results
 [Wed Oct 21 16:37:26 2009] [error] VirtualHost *:80 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results
 [Wed Oct 21 16:37:26 2009] [error] VirtualHost *:80 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results
 [Wed Oct 21 16:37:26 2009] [warn] NameVirtualHost *:80 has no VirtualHosts

I first followed this guide on setting up Apache to host multiple sites:

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/412

I then found a similar question on ServerFault and tried applying the solution, but it didn't help.

Here is an example of my final VirtualHost config:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@xxx.com
    ServerName  www.xxx.com
    ServerAlias xxx.com

    # Indexes + Directory Root.
    DirectoryIndex index.html
    DocumentRoot /var/www/www.xxx.com

    # Logfiles
    ErrorLog  /var/www/www.xxx.com/logs/error.log
    CustomLog /var/www/www.xxx.com/logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

with the domain X'd out to protect the innocent 🙂

Also, I have the conf.d/virtual.conf file mentioned in the guide looking like this:

NameVirtualHost *

The odd thing is that everything appears to work fine for two of the three sites.

Best Answer

The IP addresses named with NameVirtualHost have to match the IP address in each VirtualHost element.

Example:

NameVirtualHost *:80
NameVirtualHost *:81

<VirtualHost *:80>
# ...
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:81>
# ...
</VirtualHost>

# This will not work!
<VirtualHost *>
# ...
</VirtualHost>

Read the Apache Virtual Host documentation for details.

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