Ubuntu Apache2 local virtual hosts url not found

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I am setting up my laptop for single-user development of multiple sites using the LAMP stack on Ubuntu 16.10 with virtual hosts for the different sites, and name-based virtual hosts. I have tried various combinations of config settings, but I cannot load a site from the Browser, I get "the requested URL was not found on this server." Here are relevant code snippets from relevant config files:

Ports.conf:

Listen 8000

apache2.conf:

NameVirtualHost *:8000
ServerName localhost
...

.../sites-enabled/000-default.conf:

<VirtualHost *:8000>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
...

.../sites-enabled/abc.conf:

<VirtualHost *:8000>
ServerName abc
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerAlias www.abc.com abc.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/abc

.../sites-enabled/pbnat.conf:

<VirtualHost *:8000>
ServerName pbnat
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerAlias pbnat.com pbn.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/pbnat/public
...

/etc/hosts

127.0.0.1   localhost
127.0.1.1   Lenovo-y2-11
127.0.0.1   abc
127.0.0.1   pbnat

Dir Struct:

/var/www/
   |-- abc/
       |- index.html
   |-- html/
       |- index.html
   |-- pbnat/
       |-- public/
           |- index.html

Permissions on /var/www/:

drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data julie 4096 Jan  8 16:53 abc
drwxrwxr-x 2 root     root  4096 Dec 31 00:02 html
drwxrwxr-x 3 www-data pbnat 4096 Jan  6 22:32 pbnat

Permissions on /var/www/abc/:

-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data julie 139 Jan  8 16:53 index.html

Permissions on /var/www/html/:

-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 11321 Dec 31 00:02 index.html

Permissions on /var/www/pbnat/:

drwxrwxr-x 2 www-data pbnat 4096 Jan  7 00:00 public

Browser URL tests and results:

file:///var/www/abc/index.html - Success! The abc virtual host is working!

file:///var/www/pbnat/public/index.html - Success! The pbnat virtual host is working!

localhost – site can’t be reached; localhost refused to connect.

localhost:8000 – Apache2 Ubuntu default page

localhost:8000/abc - The requested URL /abc was not found on this server.

localhost:8000/abc.com - The requested URL /abc.com was not found on this server.

then I changed the IP to 127.0.0.2 in hosts file for the new sites but left localhost as 127.0.0.1 and tried:

127.0.0.2:8000 - Apache2 Ubuntu default page

127.0.0.2:8000/abc – The requested URL /abc was not found on this server.

Error log shows nothing unusual, Access log shows HTTP status code of 404, along with a second code of 495 or 496; also it lists 127.0.0.1 in the first column of the log even if I enter 127.0.0.2:8000/abc

Been going at this quite some time. Help much appreciated.

I will recommend you to follow it. Maybe it can help you digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/… — Abbas
– Abbas, Commented Jan 9, 2017 at 2:35
@Abbas I did actually heavily reference that tutorial while doing this; I only get the "Success" page by opening the local html file in the browser, can't open it through apache using an IP address or server name/host name. — Bluesail20
– Bluesail20, Commented Jan 9, 2017 at 2:44
There are two things which i notice. There is no sites-available in your question. And second is Your ServerName should be the virtual host name. Like in your case it should be ServerName abc.com — Abbas
– Abbas, Commented Jan 9, 2017 at 2:54
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName magento1local.com ServerAlias www.magento1local.com ServerAdmin [email protected] DocumentRoot /home/abbas/www/magento1local.com CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined <Directory "/home/abbas/www/magento1local.com"> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews # changed from None to All AllowOverride All Order allow,deny Allow from all Require all granted </Directory> </VirtualHost> Above is one of my host. — Abbas
– Abbas, Commented Jan 9, 2017 at 2:55
@Abbas I am using a2ensite to create the links in sites-enabled from the files in sites-available, just didn't wamt to further clutter my question. And, I believe that the server names I provided in the VH blocks match the server names in the hosts file, the .com part is not really necessary in these config directives but I do include them as aliases for completeness. I will yry the Directory block lines to see ehat effect thst has. Can you show me your hosts file? — Bluesail20
– Bluesail20, Commented Jan 9, 2017 at 4:43

Bluesail20 · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-14 05:51:30Z

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The problem was based in how the URL is entered in the browser. It should be: abc:8000 Not: localhost:8000/abc

answered Jan 14, 2017 at 5:51

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Ameed Aabidi Over a year ago

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