Ubuntu – Why Apache virtual hosts on Ubuntu 14.04 is not working

14.04Apache2apache2.4servervirtualhost

I installed Apache 2.4 on Ubuntu 14.04 and it was working fine by http://localhost/ address.
But when I tried to add a new virtual host, for example http://bow.loc and restart apache, new address was not available on http://bow.loc and available on http://localhost.

My configuration is:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName www.bow.loc
    ServerAlias bow.loc
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/bow/web

    <Directory /var/www/html/bow>
        AllowOverride All
        Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
        <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
            RewriteEngine On
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
            RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /app.php [QSA,L]
        </IfModule>
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
    # alert, emerg.
    LogLevel warn
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

How can I get my site by http://bow.loc?

Best Answer

Since Apache 2.4, each virtual host file should have the .conf extension.

You can rename each virtual host file to include the .conf extension:

mv /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf

Use the a2ensite command to add the virtual host:

a2ensite example.com.conf

And reload Apache:

service apache2 reload
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