Dummy/default page for apache

Question

I'm trying to set up default page for my apache2, for following cases:

User is accessing http://IP_Address instead of hostname
Requested protocol (HTTP/HTTPS) is not available (eg. only https://domain.com exists)

Currently I've got something like that

<VirtualHost eserver:80>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

        DocumentRoot /var/www/local/
        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
        </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

I think, it works well, i'm trying to do similar thing for HTTPS, but it does not work.

<VirtualHost eserver:443>

       SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/dummy.key
       SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/dummy.crt
       SSLProtocol all
       SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM

       ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
       DocumentRoot /var/www/local/

       # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
       # alert, emerg.
       LogLevel warn

       ServerSignature Off

</VirtualHost>

My default is places in sites-enabled as a first one 000-default
I do not care about not certificate validity during accessing default page, my goal is not show different HTTPS page if user one of points is applied

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 06 '11 at 11:26

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Em, you don't seem to have a DocumentRoot defined in the HTTPS virtual host. Copy the DocumentRoot and Directory Stanza from the HTTPS virtual host.

answered Jan 06 '11 at 11:26

Niall Donegan

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Ups, I added it, but now, when I enter http://hostname I get that dummy page even if "hostname" has specified HTTPS virtual host – Ency Jan 06 '11 at 12:27
Without knowing the exact OS/Distro you're using, see if "apache2ctl -S" will give you output as to how the vhosts are setup. – Niall Donegan Jan 06 '11 at 12:35
isn't sites-available a debian-based distro thing? – Michael Lowman Jan 06 '11 at 12:49
Well, probably it is, but it changes nothing on my thing, because these config files are included in apache2.conf – Ency Jan 06 '11 at 12:57
Have you got "NameVirtualHost eserver:443" defined? – Niall Donegan Jan 06 '11 at 13:45
Yes, as well as eserver:80, at apache2.conf and it is defined once only. – Ency Jan 06 '11 at 15:25

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 08 '11 at 15:53

Dummy directive ServerName can do the trick.

<VirtualHost eserver:443>                                                                            

            ServerName default                                                                         

            SSLEngine on 
            SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/dummy.key                                             
            SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/dummy.crt                                                
            SSLProtocol all
            SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM                                                                   

            ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log                                                          

            DocumentRoot /var/www/local/
            # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,                           
            # alert, emerg.                                                                              
            LogLevel warn                                                                                

            ServerSignature Off                                                                          

    </VirtualHost>

Dummy/default page for apache

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