domain name doesn't work with www ahead

Question

On my machine I'm using WAMP with virtual hosts. All I did was to add 127.0.0.1 my-project.loc line into system32\drivers\etc\host file and the following code into httpd-vhost.conf from the Apache2.2.11\conf\extra folder.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot "c:/wamp/www/my-project.loc"
    ServerName my-project.loc
    ErrorLog "logs/my-project.loc-error.log"
    CustomLog "logs/my-project.loc.log" common
</VirtualHost>

My question is how can i make the www.my-project.loc to work too. Can you give me the smart solution, because i assume that writing the same code but this time with ServerName www.my-project.loc isn't a good idea.

TY

DerfK is right about the hosts file, but don't bother with the rewrite, add the line that the unnamed user listed. — VxJasonxV, Oct 23 '10 at 19:49

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '10 at 19:33

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Add the following line under the ServerName directive: ServerAlias www.my-project.loc

answered Oct 23 '10 at 19:33

CarloBaldini

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Formatting is everything: `ServerAlias www.my-project.loc` This, along with DerfK's answer for the hosts file is the two things you need to do for this to work. – VxJasonxV Oct 23 '10 at 19:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 23 '10 at 18:50

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You'll need a second <VirtualHost> block with ServerName www.my-project.loc and the same DocumentRoot

Ideally, the second block would use mod_rewrite to redirect (301) all requests to one "canonical" hostname rather than having two identical copies of your website. Example:

RewriteEngine On
RedirectMatch 301 /(.*) http://my-project.loc/$1

answered Oct 23 '10 at 18:50

DerfK

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Also, your hosts file will need to read `127.0.0.1 localhost my-project.loc www.my-project.loc` Otherwise you won't be able to find www.my-project.loc – DerfK Oct 23 '10 at 18:52
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The second `VirtualHost` block is unnecessary (see the `ServerAlias` directive above) but adding that line to the hosts file is a great point. – pjmorse Oct 23 '10 at 19:57

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 28 '10 at 12:43

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Add another line to your hosts file

127.0.0.1 www.my-project.loc

And then add this line after ServerName directive in your virtual host config:

ServerAlias www.my-project.loc

answered Oct 28 '10 at 12:43

ipozgaj

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domain name doesn't work with www ahead

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