This post is part of Tero Karvinen’s course: Linux as server. Even it is related to school mission it will offer usefull information about GNU/Linux!
VPS (Virtual private server) is virtual machine where you can do anything you like, not anything but almost. You get slot from server where you can install operating system and you get full acces to it. For example if you choose to install Ubuntu to your VPS you are able to sudo.
If you have multiple domains like I have. You might end to point where you like to route them to same server. Virtual hosts makes it possible to point different domains to different directory in the server. For example deejayrakfield.com and tuukkamerilainen.com domains are pointing to same server put different directory.
Mission
Fifth lesson of Tero Karvinen`s Linux as a server course is passed and we are about to:
- Register and configure VPS
- Try virtual hosts
VPS (Virtual private server)
I have already done this section by hosting my own websites on VPS. I decide to rent VPS from linode. 20$ per month and I am able to run my very own server. After I realised how cheap and easy it is to rent VPS I have no intrests to have real hardware. Those days are gone.
My linodes specs:
- 1GB RAM
- 8 Processors (1x priority)
- 48GB Storage
- 2TB Transfer
- Cost: 20$
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit
Transfer and cost is per month.
Virtual hosts
I followed linodes documentation. Before starting virtual host configurations I have already registered domain(tuukkamerilainen.com), made changes to zone files, and added dns records on Linodes DNS manager.
I started by doing new configuration to /etc/apache2/sites-available/
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/tuukkamerilainen.com.conf
# domain: example.com # public: /home/example_user/public/example.com/ <VirtualHost *:80> # Admin email, Server Name (domain name), and any aliases ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com ServerName www.example.com ServerAlias example.com # Index file and Document Root (where the public files are located) DirectoryIndex index.html index.php DocumentRoot /home/example_user/public/example.com/public # Log file locations LogLevel warn ErrorLog /home/example_user/public/example.com/log/error.log CustomLog /home/example_user/public/example.com/log/access.log combined </VirtualHost>
I am not going to show how my server is configured. Most of all I replaced example.com with my own domain and entered the specific directory where my wordpress contents are.
Config done then I applied them and restarted apache
sudo a2ensite tuukkamerilainen.com.conf
sudo service apache2 restart
Everything is nice and tuukkamerilainen.com works while deejayrakfield.com still returns different site!
Source
https://library.linode.com/hosting-website#sph_configuring-name-based-virtual-hosts
Karvinen, Tero: Lessons 2013-02-24, Linux as server