WAMP Virtual Hosts

[haydo]

Hi Guys,

I'm having to make a virtual host in wamp. Usually I use MAMP Pro which is just a few clicks and it's done but having to use a windows machine at the moment.

I've googled high and low and tried all solutions but no success, so trying my luck here.

I've changed the windows hosts file as follows:


127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 dev.test.com
::1 localhost


And at the moment i'm trying the method of adding the virtual host lines at the bottom of the http.conf file as follows:


<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/Web Projects"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName dev.test.com
DocumentRoot "C:/Web Projects/test"
</VirtualHost>


The usual localhost works, however that's just coming from the document root i have set in http.conf.

Can anyone enlighten me why my virtual hosts are not working? I'm guessing it's a stupid mistake!

Thanks guys!

[Inigoesdr]

Make sure you have the NameVirtualHost directive set:
NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName my.dev
DocumentRoot "D:/www/test"
</VirtualHost>
Also, restart Apache after you edit the config file to make sure the changes are picked up. Are you getting to your localhost when you type in the dev.test.com domain?

[haydo]

Hi Inigoesdr, thanks for your reply :)

I reset the WAMP after every change and did name the Virtual Host directive. When i go to dev.test.com i simply get the page not found error.

I've followed multiple tutorials on line with no success. Very frustrating!

[haydo]

Any ideas guys? To me it seems as if it's ignoring my hosts file.

[haydo]

It appears to be ignoring my windows host file.

I can change the localhost settings vh settings fine, just when i try to add a new vh.

[adimsh]

it is recommended not to use folders with spaces, to be able to help you more, please attach your httpd.conf file.

Regards,