virtual host on Apache in windows7

Question

As i tried to configure my virtual host on apache(xampp) in windows7 - x64.

I put something like this,

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
   DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/projects/mysite/public"
   ServerName www.mysite.com 
   ErrorLog "logs/www.mysite.com-error.log"
   CustomLog "logs/www.mysite.com-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>

And in my hosts file ( C:\\Windows\\System32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts ) i put something like this,

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.1       mysite.com

And i run it on the browser,

http://www.mysite.com -

Server not found

Firefox can't find the server at www.mysite.com .

Do i missed something to configure? Any ideas..

Answer 1

Your hosts file needs to be

    127.0.0.1       localhost
    127.0.0.1       mysite.com
    127.0.0.1       www.mysite.com

Because mysite.com and www.mysite.com are not the same. I recommend add ServerAlias into your vhost.conf and change ServerName

    NameVirtualHost *:80

    <VirtualHost *:80>
       DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/projects/mysite/public"
       ServerName mysite.com
       ServerAlias www.mysite.com 
       ErrorLog "logs/www.mysite.com-error.log"
       CustomLog "logs/www.mysite.com-access.log" common
    </VirtualHost>

Answer 2

Try this..

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName mysite.com 
    ServerAlias www.mysite.com
    DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/projects/mysite/public" #Make sure that your httpd.conf file has DocumentRoot set to your htdocs folder or the folder in which your site is in.
    CustomLog logs/site.com.access.log combined
    ErrorLog logs/site.com.error.log
</VirtualHost>