User Space CNAMES

I'm trying to locate the appropriate directive that will provide the following function. Looking through the forum I haven't found a solution.

if a user types myname.tld.com then I will actual be viewing the user web1_myname's folder. This would be instead of typing tld.com/users/web1_myname/.

I have tried creating a co-domain then using the forward feature however this basically redirects me to www.mytld.com/users/web1_myname. As I mention above I believe I am looking for an apache directive to provide this.

I also don't know if it matters but I use a separate machine for DNS.

Any thoughts or suggestions on where I might be able to hunt this down would be appreciated.

 

Have a look here: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html -> Virtual User Hosts

 

Thanks Falko. I did some reading on the virtual host and it is exactly what I'm looking for. However I have now run into a snag - using the Perfect Setup (6.06) I am having trouble using the mod_rewrite command. I have tried posting on Ubuntu forums but have not gotten a response for some time. I'll throw this out to everyone here. I'm sure I'm missing something simple.

So for tring to get mod_rewrite to work, thus allowing virtual users to work here is what I have troubleshooted so far.

I have verified that mod_rewrite is enabled (mods-enabled folder, php check '<?php phpinfo(); ?>', etc). According to all the pointers mod_rewrite should be working.

Looking in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default I have changed both instances of AllowOverride to 'all' (they were both none). As per Ubuntu forum posts.

I have tried adding:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
</IfModule>

To the apache2.conf file and the 000-default virtual host but neither worked. I have removed this from my files.

With all the changes to my conf files I restart apache. As that may be an obvious miss.

A test .htaccess file I have been using is:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^/test/ http://www.google.com [R]

(as borrowed from another post on ubuntu forum)

What am I missing?

thx

 

You can either put your directives in an .htaccess file and place it in the web site's document root, or you put the directives in the Apache Directives field of that web site in ISPConfig.

 

I understand that. Where my problem lies is that even when I used .htaccess or the directives field I am not getting any redirect or error message.

It appears as though it should work but I am not having any luck. The redirect for /test/ I have does not yield anything for either method.

Basically I'm stuck were it appears mod_rewrite is active but isn't playing nice.

 

I suggest you undo all your changes and then place your rewrite directives in the Apache Directives field, and if there are still problems we can try to solve them.

 

Ok all the changes have been reset to what would have been installed by default.

Within the directives field I have tried both the following with no success:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^/test/ http://www.google.com [R]

And

AllowOverride all
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^/test/ http://www.google.com [R]

Also adding a .htaccess file to the root of the user I get no success either.

Looking in the error.log file I see no errors at the time of my tests. I have a few: suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/lib/apache2/suexec2) lines at around 06:30 but nothing else.

And in the ispconfig_access_log file I just have an entry for a 404 error and nothing else written.

Any ideas are welcomed.

 

Ok, I hope this isn't obvious but I have but the following in my directive and am not seeing any log created when I type tld.com/test/ . I still just get the 404 error.

RewriteLog /tmp/rew.log
RewriteLogLevel 3
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^/test/ http://www.google.com [R]

 

I see you have suexec enabled. Pls check the suexec log and check the pre-requisites for susexec at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/suexec.html. I had a hard day yesterday understanding why my redirects did not work. Finally it became clear to me that I redirected to a path outside my webroot, which is prohibited with suexec. I tried everything, ScriptAlias, apache2.conf, etc, etc. And finally the combination the suexec log, apache access AND error log, rewrite log (debug level 9) gave me the answers.

 

Hi Till,
Nothing in the mail log (would there be apache logs in there ever?). I have checked all the logs in both httpd and the apache2 folders. The only entry I see in the logs is again the 404 error for the tld.com/test/.

I added the four lines directly into the apache directives field from within the ISPConfig interface. My understanding was Vhost_ispconfig.conf gets written over by ISPConfig.


Hi martinfst,
I have made no changes to suexec aside from installing it through the Perfect Setup. I looked within the folder /var/log/apache2/ for the suexec.log file and the only two types of log files I found were access.log and error.log. Did the changes you needed to do require anything different then the standard install?

Also I looked at the Perfect Setup again and read the note on suexec. I do have ispconfig storing files within /var/www/.

 

Till meant the Apache logs, not the mail log.

 

Figured as much. But had to ask just in case

 

Just wondering what the next step should be for getting mod_rewrite to work?

Thx.

 

I was trying to solve my mod_rewrite problem this evening and have run into this note. I'm curious if it is to be expected.

When I enter the apace directive a file Vhosts_ispconfig.conf_(date) is created and the directive is present. The Vhost_ispconfig.conf file seems to be updated as it has the same time stamp as the Vhosts_ispconfig.conf_(date) but does not contain my directive.

Is this normal behaviour? I am still getting no entries in the error.log file, or the tmp log file or the regular access.log file. The error shows the standard page not found.

 

All right I was able to find out that the test rewrite I was using had the wrong syntax for a directive. The test syntax that I borrowed from another form only is used for .htaccess files.

I have tried many tries at getting the redirect to work. Is someone familar with mod_rewrite. I'm trying:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteLog /tmp/rew.log
RewriteLogLevel 3
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.+\.mydomain\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.+) %{HTTP_HOST}$1 [C]
RewriteRule [^.]+\.mydomain\.com(.*) /var/www/web1/user/web1_$1$2

I am getting the "shared IP" notice so I know the DNS record is setup correctly. Still there are no error's being generated.

I have tried several other directives to change the document root as per several tutorials but am not having luck. I believe mod_rewrite is working just the nut behind the wheel now needs to learn the black art of mod_rewrite.

Ideas are always welcome as Im sure there are others that have or want the same functionality.

 

So if I understand you I should still add the co-domain within ISPConfig even thought I do not use that machine for DNS? I'm using a dedicated machine for all my DNS records running QuickDNS.