VirtualHosts for WordPress Multisite Network – Subdir Alias isn’t working

  • Resolved joeztuerk

    (@joeztuerk)


    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hey there,

    I’m currently in a bit of a mess.
    I set up a WordPress Multisite Network on an Apache 2.4 Webserver and I am trying to manage domain mapping via VirtualHost.
    So far so good, I can reach the homepage of one of my sites (localhost/wordpress/example is now http://www.example.com) just fine but as soon as I try to get to a subsite on my site (localhost/wordpress/example/subsite -> http://www.example.com/subsite) I get “403 – Forbidden – you don’t have permission to access /subsite on this server”

    I will show you what I’ve done so far:
    1. I changed the URL in the wp-admin from wordpress/localhost/example to http://example.com
    2. In httpd-vhosts.conf I have:

    <VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot “${SRVROOT}/htdocs/wordpress”
    ServerName example.com

    Alias /subsite “example.com/subsite”

    ErrorLog “logs/example-error.log”
    CustomLog “logs/example-access.log” combined

    <Directory “${SRVROOT}/htdocs/wordpress”>
    #Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    #Order allow,deny
    #Allow from all
    Require all granted
    #AllowOverride All
    </Directory>

    </VirtualHost>

    I pretty much tried every possible combination of the Options in the Directory Tags, nothing worked yet. In the error log I get “Client denied by server configuration: C:/Apache24/example.com, referer: http://example.com/&#8221;

    Am I missing something vital?
    Please help!

    • This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by joeztuerk.
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  • speda1

    (@speda1)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    I’d remove the security lines so that you can access the site publicly.

    <Directory “${SRVROOT}/htdocs/wordpress”>
    AllowOverride All
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    </Directory>

    You may not need Apache Indexes, but FollowSymLinks is nearly always useful, performance-wise, in order to prevent unnecessary lstat ownership calls.

    Çiçekçi

    (@cicekmarket)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    I pretty much tried every possible combination of the Options in the Directory Tags, nothing worked yet. In the error log I get “Client denied by server configuration: C:/Apache24/example.com, referer: https://www.cicekmar.com/tuzla-cicek-siparisi

    speda1

    (@speda1)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Have you restarted httpd after editing the virtual host configuration?

    Thread Starter joeztuerk

    (@joeztuerk)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hi @speda1,

    Thank you for your quick reply. I did as you said and restarted Apache as a Windows Service. But unfortunately, the same error – 403 Forbidden – You don’t have permission to access /subsite on this server.

    Is there any other place I need to configure so that subsites aren’t blocked? Something in the ServerName? A .htaccess file? A DNS Setting I need to think of? Or something I need to change in the wp admin?

    Thanks so much,
    your support is greatly appreciated!

    Thread Starter joeztuerk

    (@joeztuerk)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    I also tried to change database entries to listen to my new domain but still it doesn’t work. In wp_2_posts I changed column guid from http://localhost/wordpress/?p=1 to http://example.com/?p=1.
    Then I went to my vhost and tried adding /?p=1 as Alias. Didn’t work (of course).

    It’s really frustrating to be this close.
    I can access the login page when going to http://example.com/wp-login but I can’t login.
    I can access my first page, thanks to my vhost, but as soon as I want to go to another page – ACCESS DENIED!
    What am I doing wrooong? I feel like screaming from buildings.

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by joeztuerk.
    speda1

    (@speda1)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    It could definitely be your webroot’s .htaccess file.

    Also, check for allow,deny or require statements in any other Apache config files.

    mod_security also could be the cause.

    Check the http error logs, there may be more information there.

    Thread Starter joeztuerk

    (@joeztuerk)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hey @speda1,

    Thanks for sticking with me.
    So I changed the config file and now I get a 404 Not Found on Server for my /subdir.

    So I guess it has something to do with the pretty permalinks?
    Since I already changed the guid column in wp_posts from http://localhost/wordpress/example/?page_id=2 to http://example.com/?page_id=2 etc.

    dunyapara

    (@dunyapara)

    7 years, 3 months ago

    I’d remove the security lines so that you can access the site publicly.

    <Directory “${SRVROOT}/htdocs/wordpress”>
    AllowOverride All
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    </Directory>

    You may not need Apache Indexes, but FollowSymLinks is nearly always useful, performance-wise, in order to prevent unnecessary lstat ownership calls.

    https://www.dunyapara.com/

    Thread Starter joeztuerk

    (@joeztuerk)

    7 years, 3 months ago

    Thank you all for your great answers. I resolved the issue with a new WordPress installation on the Domain. I apparently forgot to make some vital changes in my database to migrate successfully. Nowadays I use this great tool for migrating: https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/
    Works like a charm and solves the issue of serialized arrays for widgets.

    paullee357

    (@paullee357)

    7 years, 3 months ago

    Going through the exact same issue. Asked to install a mirror of my wordpress multi-site in a sub directory of our Apache server. I can get to index.html in root if need be. Once I set up for index.php though it redirects to my live site. /wp-admin gives forbidden.

    site.com is under apache24/htdocs
    site-mirror.com is under apache24/www/site-mirror.com/htdocs

    Thing is there is a https redirect that is throwing me off. I keep trying to hit http://site-mirror.com and it is always trying to take me to https://site.com

    I can’t see it in my htaccess and my mirrored database is globally replaced with site.com > site-mirror.com

    When I try to circumvent with http://site-mirror.com/wp-admin I get the 403

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