Below is my httpd-vhosts.conf file for reference on my Windows 7 machine running xampp 1.7.4:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot C:/xampp/htdocs
ServerName localhost
ServerAlias localhost
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@new_site
DocumentRoot C:/xampp/htdocs/new_site
ServerName new_site
ServerAlias new_site
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/new_site">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
I cannot even being to guess why but running https on any localhost directory (even https://localhost/new_site works fine) but running https://new_site generates a 404 error.
I am aware that port 443 is typically used in https redirects but adding this to the virtualhost configuration file causes apache to stop running altogether. Also, port 443 is never defined for localhost in the same file so it makes me think it is not necessary.
Best Answer
Apache is happy with this config, your DNS however... Not so much. You need to tell your computer that you aren't only
localhost
but alsonew_site
.You can do this by editing your
hosts
-file, located at%systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
. Add this line:Or add a new A-record to your DNS if you are running one.
In order for https to work you need to add your site to
ssl.conf
orhttpd-ssl.conf
, yourlocalhost
should be defined here also.