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forum:robhadfield 12 years, 2 months ago

Hey…

So I set up a subdomain as I would a new domain (Ubuntu/Apache) and set an A-Record to point to it.

I'm wanting to create directplumb.perfectpixels.biz (perfectpixels.biz is already hosted)

Created A record "directplumb" points to my server IP.

VHOST:

# domain: directplumb.perfectpixels.biz
# public: /home/rob/public/directplumb.perfectpixels.biz/

 <virtualhost *:80=""># Admin email, Server Name (domain name), and any aliases
  ServerAdmin me@robhadfield.co.uk
  ServerName  directplumb.perfectpixels.biz
  ServerAlias  www.directplumb.perfectpixels.biz

  # Index file and Document Root (where the public files are located)
  DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
  DocumentRoot /home/rob/public/directplumb.perfectpixels.biz/public

  # Log file locations
  LogLevel warn
  ErrorLog  /home/rob/public/directplumb.perfectpixels.biz/log/error.log
  CustomLog /home/rob/public/directplumb.perfectpixels.biz/log/access.log combined</virtualhost>

It appears to have resolved looking at the propagation checkers online and it pings fine too. I just get 'Server Not Found' in the browser though.

What have I missed? It's only been set up for about 4 hours but I don;t think that's the issue.

Any ideas or things I can check?

Rob

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forum:robhadfield · Answer 1 · Sept. 23, 2012, 2:59 p.m.

forum:robhadfield 12 years, 2 months ago

ARGH, It's working!!!

Sorry - must. be. patient. must. be. patient.

Jeez, what a n00b.

forum:minerva · Answer 2 · Sept. 25, 2012, 5:40 a.m.

forum:minerva 12 years, 1 month ago

Yeh it's working.

Just wondering what server alias have you used on your main domain?

forum:robhadfield · Answer 3 · Sept. 25, 2012, 7:16 a.m.

forum:robhadfield 12 years, 1 month ago

The main domain just has perfectpixels.biz and an alias of www.perfectpixels.biz

Why do you ask?

forum:minerva · Answer 4 · Sept. 27, 2012, 5:14 a.m.

forum:minerva 12 years, 1 month ago

Because I used the same server alias as the main domain server alias. Now wondering if it is wrong

forum:robhadfield · Answer 5 · Sept. 27, 2012, 5:20 a.m.

forum:robhadfield 12 years, 1 month ago

Hm, my understanding (what there is of it) is that the alias is there to catch URL variations.

EG: www.domain.com points to domain.com

I guess you don't really need an alias on a subdomain. I'm not sure if www.sub.domain.com would be caught?

forum:minerva · Answer 6 · Sept. 27, 2012, 8:03 a.m.

forum:minerva 12 years, 1 month ago

~~@robhadfield:~~

Hm, my understanding (what there is of it) is that the alias is there to catch URL variations. I guess you don't really need an alias on a subdomain. I'm not sure if http://www.sub.domain.com would be caught?

Exactly this what I was thinking.

Can anyone confirm if server alias can make or break anything?

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