Sub Domains not working!

[Michelle84]

I have tried to set up sub domains using Apache Webserver - Virtual Hosts, however I cannot get them to work.

The directoryfor the sub-domian is different from the main domain does this make a difference?

What could I try to get it to work?

Thanks in Advance for any help!

[Kelathos]

There are two parts to this. One by itself, however perfect, cannot work without the other.

1: Configure Apache’s virtual host.

Here is an example of the virtual host of "example.com" and its sub domain "bar.example.com"

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com/html
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/bar.example.com/html
    ServerName bar.example.com
</VirtualHost>

Make DocumentRoot whatever you want. Mine is merely an example. The location is irrelevant as long as the path exists.

2: Make an entry for this sub domain on the Domain Name Server for your domain name.

I use Fedora 7’s GUI to configure mine, but all you need is to add an A record pointing “bar.example.com” to your server’s IP address. This A record is supposed to be in your “example.com” zone file where the A record for “example.com” is also located. If that is not familiar to you, please refer to google and many other resources on DNS servers.

After searching google myself, I find that a CNAME record would also work if the IP address is the same. For more information visit:
Subdomain Configuration - How To Setup A Sub Domain - WebsiteGear

Or google:
dns subdomain - Google Search

And good luck.

[Dustspeck]

I'm running several named virtual hosts using LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP). Some have the same directory and some have different directories. Make sure you have a Directory section or the virtual host document root.