I'm trying to set up a subdomain on my ec2 account but can't figure out what's going on. I've looked for a few hours and haven't been able to find an answer :-/
I'm trying to set up a subdomain using virtual hosts but no matter what I try the browser can't find the subdomain 🙁
I have the following vhosts files set up:
apache2/sites-available/mysite (this site currently works)
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName mysite.com
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /home/sites/mysite
<Directory /home/sites/mysite>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/mysite-error.log
LogLevel warn
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/mysite-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
apache2/sites-available/red (this is the subdomain I'm trying to set up)
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName red.mysite.com
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/red
<Directory /var/www/red>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/red-error.log
LogLevel warn
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/red-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Apache mod_rewrite is enabled.
I've enabled both sites using a2ensite and I make sure I restart apache every time I make a change.
/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 mysite.com
127.0.0.1 red.mysite.com
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Best Answer
How to debug all similar errors:
How to do this? Use a tool like DIG on linux/osx or resort to an online tool.
the common error the browser reports in such a case is COULD NOT FIND DOMAIN...
If there is no information on these logs check your firewall to see if port 80 is open.
the common error on the browser reports in such case is COULD NOT CONNECT...
The solution to your problem will be given by the log files
the browser will show a 404 or a similar http error sent by the server...
EDIT: from your comment your problem is on number 1.