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I'm running an apache development environment on my ubuntu desktop machine. When I start apache, I get the error

"apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName
 ... waiting apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName"

I attempted to fix this by adding a line to my apache.conf: servername myhost

This eliminates the error message. However, with this configuration, requests for vhosts are not honoured. Only the default host is accessible.

Is there a way I can eliminate this error, and have vhosts ?

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Undo your modification in apache.conf and change your /etc/hosts file to:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 mycomputername

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

Erasing the duplicated alias in the first line should solve the problem. Apparently /etc/hosts can only map one FQDN per line.

Pascal Thivent
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  • I'm not sure I understand your solution. Does this mean that my vhosts have to be technically on a different network? –  Nov 10 '09 at 00:25
  • I'm not sure to understand your comment :) The solution above solves the apache warning and has no impact on vhost. Did you try it? Do you still have problems? – Pascal Thivent Nov 10 '09 at 00:57
  • Hi. I guess I'm just a little confused about the ip address that corresponds to the hostname in the snippet that you provide. I know that 127.0.0.1 refers to 'this host'. But I've never heard of using a '127.0.1.1' address. But, this is probably just me missing something simple. Anyway, I did give it a shot, but I'm afraid that I get the same result: the error message goes away, but the vhost is no longer accessible. –  Nov 10 '09 at 01:54
  • *... this is probably just me missing something simple* : yes (and this is actually how the `/etc/hosts` looks like in Karmic, this is how this bug has been fixed). *I'm afraid that I get the same result: the error message goes away, but the vhost is no longer accessible.* : I can guarantee that this would be for another configuration mistake, I have fully working vhost with this setup. – Pascal Thivent Nov 10 '09 at 03:11
  • Regarding your first question, vhosts can be ip-based **or** name-based. So no, they don't have to be *on a different network*. – Pascal Thivent Nov 10 '09 at 03:17
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This is a serverfault question I believe, but did you do sudo a2ensite and activate the conf file, then apache2ctl graceful ?

You can do apache2ctl -S to see which virtualhosts are enabled. Also ensure that you updated /etc/hosts so that you have an entry pointing to 127.0.0.1.

meder omuraliev
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  • Yes. I have made sure to enable the vhosts with a2ensite. I usually restart apache with /etc/init.d/apache restart apachectl -S shows that the vhosts are indeed enabled, even though I can't see them. –  Nov 10 '09 at 00:12
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requests for vhosts are not honoured

Create a file called virtual.conf inside /etc/apache2/conf.d/.

The file should contain:

NameVirtualHost *

Reload apache (sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload) and virtualhosts should work.

LiraNuna
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  • When I do this, I still get the original error. I also get another error message that outputs itself repeatedly" [code] apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName [Tue Nov 10 13:06:04 2009] [error] VirtualHost *:80 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results ... [/code] –  Nov 10 '09 at 00:10
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you can refer this Virtual Hosting. Hope it helps. :)

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Try adding ServerName vars to your Virtualhost configs.

For example, if you have the root ServerName var set to "www.myhost.com" under each you would set ServerName to "virtualhostname.myhost.com"

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