Setting up Linode webserver

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Hey guys I just got server space on linode and am trying to set up just a simple web hosting and backend for an iPhone app. I plan on using Django for all of it but have no experience in setting up the actual server. I followed the linodes guides and helps for setting it up but must be missing something as I can't for the life of me get it working. I am trying to get the domain name mybuddybomb.com and edited the /etc/hosts as such:

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost
my.ip.add.ress   mrboom.mybuddybomb.com  mrboom

I have installed apache2 and am using ubuntu 11. I made a file called mybuddybomb.com in /etc/apache2/sites-available and added it to apache. it looks like this:

<VirtualHost my.ip.add.ress:80>
 ServerAdmin myemail@domain.com
 ServerName mybuddybomb.com
 ServerAlias www.mybuddybomb.com
 DocumentRoot /srv/www/buddybomb/
 ErrorLog /srv/www/logs/buddybomb/error.log
 CustomLog /srv/www/logs/buddybomb/access.log combined
 PythonPath "['/srv/www/buddybomb/push'] + sys.path"
 WSGIScriptAlias / /srv/www/buddybomb/push/django.wsgi

<Location "/buddybomb/">
    SetHandler python-program
    PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
    SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE buddybomb.settings
    PythonOption django.root /buddybomb
    PythonDebug On
</Location>

I have installed all the python/django libraries required there is just something that i'm missing connecting everything.

I ran the command apache2ctl -S and that put out

 [error] (EAI 2)Name or service not known: Could not resolve host name mybuddybomb -- ignoring!
VirtualHost configuration:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80       is a NameVirtualHost
     default server mybuddybomb.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/mybuddybomb.com:1)
     port 80 namevhost mybuddybomb.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/mybuddybomb.com:1)
Syntax OK

Is there something I need to do in the linode console? or with apache? I have no experience in setting these things up and would really like some help setting it up.

The thing I'm confused about is I can enter the ip address in a browser and I know that apache is running and returns a page that the url isn't available but if I put www.mybuddybomb.com it says server not found. How do I connect the two?

Let me know if there is anymore info needed. I don't know!

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 18 '11 at 06:04

1) It doesn't look like you have buddybomb.com in your hosts. It should read

my.ip.add.ress    buddybomb.com www.buddybomb.com

mrboom.buddybomb.com isn't listed in your virtual host configuration.

2) Is my.ip.add.ress listed in the NameVirtualHost in your apache config? If so, you can just have <VirtualHost *:80>.

3) What address comes up when you do host www.buddybomb.com?

4) Is the VirtualHost clause of your config closed? I'm guessing yes since your configuration validates.

Setting up Linode webserver

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