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I am trying to set up virtual hosts in Centos7. I followed this guide:

http://twohlix.com/2011/05/setting-up-apache-virtual-hosts-on-centos/

however I keep getting the following error:

Job for httpd.service failed. See 'systemctl status httpd.service' and 'journalctl -xn' `for details.`

the relevant output from journalctrl is as follows: 

-- Unit httpd.service has begun starting up.
Aug 17 14:21:54 [8235]: AH00548: NameVirtualHost has no effect and will be removed in the next release
Aug 17 14:21:54 [1]: httpd.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Aug 17 14:21:54 [1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server.
-- Subject: Unit httpd.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel

I cannot figure out what this can be. I have also tried to use a different method whereby the VirtualHost container is inside the httpd.conf file but still no luck. I am using the following configuration. 

Server version: Apache/2.4.6 (CentOS)
Server built:   Jul 23 2014 14:48:00

I have not configured DNS etc could this have an impact on it? This is the only other thing I could think of. Any help would be much appreciated I have spent the last couple of days trying to figure out what this could be but everything I tried failed.

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  • Have a look in /var/log/httpd/error_log. Commented Aug 17, 2014 at 15:13
  • Note that the config file has changed in v2.4. The document you referred to was for CentOS 6, which used apache v2.2. Commented Aug 17, 2014 at 15:14
  • @garethTheRed thanks but all I can find is for centos6 or equivalent. can you please suggest an updated guide and/or would know how to do it in centos7? thanks Commented Aug 17, 2014 at 15:19
  • no errors in Apache's log Commented Aug 17, 2014 at 15:20

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It's quite a minimal config for a basic virtual host. Create a new config file in /etc/httpd/conf.d/ and name it (for example) after your domain. It has to end in .conf though:

# nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/example.net.conf

<VirtualHost example.net:80>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/example.net/
</VirtualHost>

Make sure there's viewable content in /var/www/example.net

Reload your webserver:

# systemctl reload httpd

Make sure you have example.net resolvable to your host's IP from the client and test. Any errors should be in /var/log/httpd/error_log.

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    Hi thanks for the help but it still not working plus I do not get anything in the error log the only thing I get is Job for httpd.service failed. See 'systemctl status httpd.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details. Commented Aug 17, 2014 at 15:36
  • All solved now thanks for the help! I am not sure exactly what it was but it works! I will finish the work I'm doing now and hopefully I'll include a comprehensive guide on how to do thins in Cento7 shortly. Cheers again Gareth! Commented Aug 17, 2014 at 15:59
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Take also into account that the default SELinux configuration will prevent your virtual hosts directories from being accessed by httpd. You will need to set the appropriate context for them:

# chcon -R -u system_u -r object_r -t httpd_sys_content_t <DocumentRoot>

The other option is to disable SELinux.

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