One day at a time

Try to set up apache server with virtual hosts. When I restart the apache server, it keeps saying that:

_default_ VirtualHost overlap on port 80, the first has precedence

The problem is that the NameVirutalHost is commented. Make sure your NameVirtualHost line in httpd.conf is uncommented as:

NameVirtualHost *:80

1. Logged in as root, check which timezone your machine is currently using by executing `date`. You’ll see something like Mon 17 Jan 2005 12:15:08 PM PST, PST in this case is the current timezone.
2. Change to the directory /usr/share/zoneinfo here you will find a list of time zone regions. Choose the most appropriate region, if you live in Canada or the US this directory is the “America” directory.
3. If you wish, backup the previous timezone configuration by copying it to a different location. Such as

   mv /etc/localtime  /etc/localtime-old

4. Create a symbolic link from the appropiate timezone to /etc/localtime. Example:

   ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Amsterdam /etc/localtime

5. If you have the utility rdate, update the current system time by executing

   /usr/bin/rdate -s time.nist.gov

6. Set the ZONE entry in the file /etc/sysconfig/clock file (e.g. “America/Los_Angeles”)
7. Set the hardware clock by executing:

   /sbin/hwclock --systohc

Try to setup Apache virtual host on a new machine.

 Apache keeps complain about about the DocumentRoot does not exist and cannot write the log file. My document is using capistrano to do symbol link.

 It turns out the problem is SELinux.

Do:

echo 0 > selinux/enforce

It will disable SELinux and fix the problem. I have not look into why yet… May be I should.