Apache : Making one virtual host subdomain/subdirectory of another virtual host

Question

My setup is a bit awkward. I've got http://sub.main.com mapped to my server's IP but not the http://main.com. I am running two sites on my server(using different web frameworks). For each of those sites I've got virtual hosts configured in default site, which looks something like this.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

    ServerName "sub.main.com"
    DocumentRoot "/var/www"
    ....
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName appsphere.djangoserver
    Alias /media /srv/www/appsphere/media/
    ......
    ......
    WSGIScriptAlias / /srv/www/appsphere/apache/django.wsgi

</VirtualHost>

Now how can I make my second virtual host a subdirectory/subdomain of first virtual host. I want to access the second site using http://sub.main.com/appsphere

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '11 at 20:33

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Change your first VirtualHost declaration to the following:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

    ServerName "sub.main.com"
    DocumentRoot "/var/www"

    Alias /appsphere/media /srv/www/appsphere/media
    WSGIScriptAlias /appsphere /srv/www/appsphere/apache/django.wsgi

</VirtualHost>

answered Mar 25 '11 at 20:33

Steve Mayne

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Thanks, it worked. I needed to change the /media settings in second virtual host to /appsphere/media, but rest was a breeze. – Neo Mar 27 '11 at 04:50

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 25 '11 at 20:32

It should be as simple as adding a few lines to your first VirtualHost:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

    ServerName "sub.main.com"
    DocumentRoot "/var/www"

    Alias /appsphere/media /srv/www/appsphere/media/
    ......
    ......
    WSGIScriptAlias /appsphere /srv/www/appsphere/apache/django.wsgi
</VirtualHost>

I don't know what you have in the "......." section that may need updating to reflect the path change as well.

Apache : Making one virtual host subdomain/subdirectory of another virtual host

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