Add Sites Apache2

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Contents 1 Create Apache Site config files 2 Log Files 3 Activate Site and Restart Apache 4 Log File Rotation

Create Apache Site config files

vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/mynewsite

<VirtualHost *:80>
       ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
       ServerName  www.mynewsite.com
       ServerAlias mynewsite.com

       # Indexes + Directory Root.
       DirectoryIndex index.php
       DocumentRoot /var/www/mynewsite/
       ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/

       <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
               AllowOverride None
               Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
               Order allow,deny
               Allow from all
       </Directory>

      <Directory /var/www/mynewsite/logs>
              Options None
              AllowOverride None
              Order deny,allow
              Deny from all
      </Directory>

       ErrorLog  /var/www/mynewsite/logs/error.log
       CustomLog  /var/www/mynewsite/logs/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

• For Secure Virtual Host:

<VirtualHost *:443>
       ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
       ServerName  www.mynewsite.com
       ServerAlias mynewsite.com

       # Indexes + Directory Root.
       DirectoryIndex index.php
       DocumentRoot /var/www/mynewsite/
       ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/

       <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
               AllowOverride None
               Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
               Order allow,deny
               Allow from all
       </Directory>

      <Directory /var/www/mynewsite/logs>
              Options None
              AllowOverride None
              Order deny,allow
              Deny from all
      </Directory>

       ErrorLog  /var/www/mynewsite/logs/error.log
       CustomLog  /var/www/mynewsite/logs/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Log Files

• Before we can activate this config we need to make sure the directories and log files exist.

mkdir -p /var/www/mynewsite/logs
touch /var/www/mynewsite/logs/error.log
touch /var/www/mynewsite/logs/access.log

Activate Site and Restart Apache

• Now activate/enable the site config using a2ensite

# a2ensite mynewsite
Enabling site mynewsite.

• Run '/etc/init.d/apache2 reload' to activate new configuration!

# apache2ctl restart

• If you need to deactivate use a2dissite

# a2dissite mynewsite
Disabling site mynewsite.

• Run '/etc/init.d/apache2 reload' to activate new configuration!

# apache2ctl restart

Log File Rotation

• Add log files to logrotate script so they don't get too big!

# vi /etc/logrotate.d/apache2-sites

• Add something similar to the entry below, substituting the error log directory and the user if a user dir. (In Bold)

/var/www/mynewsite/logs/*.log {
       weekly
       missingok
       rotate 52
       compress
       notifempty
       create 640 www-data www-data
       sharedscripts
}

• If you need to force the log rotation on a log file thats huge:

# logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/apache2-sites