Apache2 Setup Virtual Hosts with Subdomains using Django Projects

Question

I'm using Django 1.4 with Python 2.7 on Ubuntu Server 12.04. I'm trying to host multiple websites on a single server. I'm new to Apache and seem to have written something incorrectly when setting up virtual hosts.

I own 2 domains that I'm trying to host on a single server. Call them www.my_first_domain.com and www.my_second_domain.com.

Now, I have more than 3 Django projects I'm going to be hosting. One project will be pointed to www.my_first_domain.com. One project will be pointed to www.my_second_domain.com. All other projects will be pointed to subdomains of www.my_second_domain.com.

i.e. project3.my_second_domain.com, project4.my_second_domain.com, etc.

I've managed the DNS to have all these point to the correct IP. I've verified this with `host www.my_first_domain.com, host www.my_second_domain.com, host project3.my_second_domain.com, etc. They all point to the correct IP.

Below are 3 examples of the files I've setup to try and get this to work.

/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/project1

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName www.my_first_domain.com
        ServerAlias *.my_first_domain.com my_first_domain.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/project1

        CustomLog /var/log/apache2/www.my_first_domain.com-access.log combined
        ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/www.my_first_domain.com-error.log

        WSGIScriptAlias / /home/user1/website/project1/project1/wsgi.py

        <Directory /home/user1/website/project1/project1>
                <Files wsgi.py>
                        Order deny,allow
                        Allow from all
                </Files>
        </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/project2

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName www.my_second_domain.com
        ServerAlias my_second_domain.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/project2

        CustomLog /var/log/apache2/www.my_second_domain.com-access.log combined
        ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/www.my_second_domain.com-error.log

        WSGIScriptAlias / /home/user2/website/project2/project2/wsgi.py

        <Directory /home/user2/website/project2/project2>
                <Files wsgi.py>
                        Order deny,allow
                        Allow from all
                </Files>
        </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/project3

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName project3.my_second_domain.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/project3

        CustomLog /var/log/apache2/project3.my_second_domain.com-access.log combined
        ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/project3.my_second_domain.com-error.log

        WSGIScriptAlias / /home/user3/website/project3/project3/wsgi.py

        <Directory /home/user3/website/project3/project3>
                <Files wsgi.py>
                        Order deny,allow
                        Allow from all
                </Files>
        </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

If I go to www.my_first_domain.com everything looks correct. When I go to www.my_second_domain.com I see what is at www.my_first_domain.com (my first project, not my second project). If I go to project3.my_second_domain.com I get an Internal Server Error.

If I look at the error log for project3 it looks like it's trying to load the Django settings for project1.

I purposefully emptied /etc/apache2/httpd.conf as I was under the impression that the sites-enabled files will be used in place of httpd.conf when using virtual hosts the way I am.

I don't believe I've modified any other configuration files. Any ideas as to what I've done wrong?

Two comments: 1) you ran a2ensite on each of your configurations, correct? 2) Make sure your Python paths are correct in your wsgi.py scripts. Hope that helps. EDIT: Make sure your confs are in sites-available and then run a2ensite don't just create the files in sites-enabled. — themanatuf
– themanatuf, Commented Nov 28, 2012 at 20:28
@themanatuf I did use a2ensite then edited them to have the virtual host info. I've also double checked the Python paths in the wsgi.py scripts - sys.path.append('/home/user3/website/project3'), etc. Also, the conf files are also in sites-available as they are just symbolic links. — Rico
– Rico, Commented Nov 28, 2012 at 20:34
I don't have access to my server right this second, but I thought the symbolic links were under sites-enabled and the raw files were under sites-available. I've done exactly what you're asking without any issues, so I'll double check my server when I get home. In the meantime, double check my thoughts on the raw files supposed to be in sites-available. — themanatuf
– themanatuf, Commented Nov 28, 2012 at 20:35
Yes, you are right that the sites-available are where the raw files are...but if I edit either "file" it will change in both places since sites-enabled are symbolic links. So, it shouldn't matter. Unless I'm missing something. — Rico
– Rico, Commented Nov 28, 2012 at 22:57
It does matter, I'd remove the symbolic links and move the raw files under sites-available. Then run a2ensite. See my solution below for copies of my conf files as well as my wsgi files. — themanatuf
– themanatuf, Commented Nov 29, 2012 at 1:07

themanatuf · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-29 01:10:21Z

2

Here's what my conf file looks like:

VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName www.domain.com
    ServerAlias domain.com *.domain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/domain

    Alias /static/ /var/www/domain/static/

    WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/domain/django.wsgi

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^((?!www\.)[^.]+)\.domain.com$
    RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://www.domain/invite/%1/$1 [QSA,P]

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/domain/error.log
    LogLevel warn
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/domain/access.log combined

    <Directory /var/www/domain/static>
        Order deny,allow
        Allow from all 
    </Directory>
    <Directory /var/www/domain/>
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all 
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

And here's my .wsgi file:

import os
import sys 
sys.path.append('/home/ubuntu/django')
sys.path.append('/home/ubuntu/django/domain')

os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'domain.settings'

import django.core.handlers.wsgi
application = django.core.handlers.wsgi.WSGIHandler()

I have a number of these files and they are all named by the domain name I'm using for the site. Make sure you've got the confs in sites-available and you run a2ensite on each one and you should be good to go.

Let me know if you need anything else.

answered Nov 29, 2012 at 1:10

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Rico Over a year ago

Thanks for the help, but this just isn't working for me. I see no change. :(

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