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    copied!<p><em>I checked <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5552081/using-a-directory-in-virtualhost-servername">here</a>, <a href="http://www.rafael-chacon.com/post/9903470026/rails-wordpress-apache-integration" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>, <a href="http://www.nodans.com/index.cfm/2006/10/10/Apache-Directory-Aliases-and-Virtual-Directories" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>, <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>, and <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_alias.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> before asking this question. I guess my search skills are weak.</em></p> <p>I am using the <a href="http://www.wampserver.com/en/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">WampServer</a> version <code>2.2e</code>. I have a need like, I need a virtual path inside a virtual host. Let me say the two hosts that I have.</p> <h3>Primary Virtual Host (Localhost)</h3> <pre><code>NameVirtualHost *:80 &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt; ServerName localhost DocumentRoot "C:/Wamp/www" &lt;/VirtualHost&gt; </code></pre> <h3>My Apps Virtual Hosts</h3> <pre><code>&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt; ServerName apps.ptrl DocumentRoot "C:/Wamp/vhosts/ptrl/apps" ErrorLog "logs/apps-ptrl-error.log" CustomLog "logs/apps-ptrl-access.log" common &lt;Directory "C:/Wamp/vhosts/ptrl/apps"&gt; allow from all order allow,deny AllowOverride All &lt;/Directory&gt; DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php &lt;/VirtualHost&gt; </code></pre> <h3>My Blog Virtual Host</h3> <pre><code>&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt; ServerName blog.praveen-kumar.ptrl DocumentRoot "C:/Wamp/vhosts/ptrl/praveen-kumar/blog" ErrorLog "logs/praveen-kumar-ptrl-error.log" CustomLog "logs/praveen-kumar-ptrl-access.log" common &lt;Directory "C:/Wamp/vhosts/ptrl/praveen-kumar/blog"&gt; allow from all order allow,deny AllowOverride All &lt;/Directory&gt; DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php &lt;/VirtualHost&gt; </code></pre> <p>My requirement now is to have <code>http://apps.ptrl/blog/</code> and <code>http://blog.praveen-kumar.ptrl/</code> should be the same directory. One thing I thought of is, moving the <code>blog</code> folder inside the <code>apps</code> folder, but it is connected with <code>Git</code> and other stuffs are there, so it is not possible to move the folder.</p> <p>So, I thought of creating an <code>alias</code> to the <code>VirtualHost</code> in this way:</p> <pre><code>&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt; ServerName apps.ptrl DocumentRoot "C:/Wamp/vhosts/ptrl/apps" ErrorLog "logs/apps-ptrl-error.log" CustomLog "logs/apps-ptrl-access.log" common &lt;Directory "C:/Wamp/vhosts/ptrl/apps"&gt; allow from all order allow,deny AllowOverride All &lt;/Directory&gt; DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php # The alias to the blog! Alias /blog "C:/Wamp/vhosts/ptrl/praveen-kumar/blog" &lt;Directory "C:/Wamp/vhosts/ptrl/praveen-kumar/blog"&gt; allow from all order allow,deny AllowOverride All &lt;/Directory&gt; &lt;/VirtualHost&gt; </code></pre> <p>But when I tried to access <code>http://apps.ptrl/blog</code>, I am getting an <code>Error 403 Forbidden</code> page.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/3MoWU.png" alt="Forbidden"></p> <p>Am I doing the right thing? If you need to look at the access log, and error log, they are here:</p> <pre><code># Access Log 127.0.0.1 - - [14/Oct/2012:09:53:11 +0530] "GET /blog HTTP/1.1" 403 206 127.0.0.1 - - [14/Oct/2012:09:53:11 +0530] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 209 127.0.0.1 - - [14/Oct/2012:09:53:53 +0530] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 6935 127.0.0.1 - - [14/Oct/2012:09:53:53 +0530] "GET /app/blog/thumb.png HTTP/1.1" 404 216 # Error Log [Sun Oct 14 09:53:11 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] client denied by server configuration: C:/Wamp/vhosts/ptrl/praveen-kumar/blog [Sun Oct 14 09:53:11 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/Wamp/vhosts/ptrl/apps/favicon.ico [Sun Oct 14 09:53:53 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/Wamp/vhosts/ptrl/apps/app/blog, referer: http://apps.ptrl/ </code></pre> <p>Waiting eagerly for some help. I am ready to provide more info, if needed.</p> <hr> <h2>Update #1: Changed VirtualHosts declaration according to the instructions given by <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/1262820/felipsmartins">felipsmartins</a>:</h2> <pre><code>&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt; ServerName apps.ptrl DocumentRoot "C:/Wamp/vhosts/ptrl/apps" ErrorLog "logs/apps-ptrl-error.log" CustomLog "logs/apps-ptrl-access.log" common # The alias to the blog! Alias /blog "C:/Wamp/vhosts/ptrl/praveen-kumar/blog" &lt;Directory "C:/Wamp/vhosts/ptrl/praveen-kumar/blog"&gt; allow from all order allow,deny AllowOverride All &lt;/Directory&gt; &lt;Directory "C:/Wamp/vhosts/ptrl/apps"&gt; allow from all order allow,deny AllowOverride All &lt;/Directory&gt; DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php &lt;/VirtualHost&gt; </code></pre> <hr> <h2>Update #2: Another Issue:</h2> <p>I am able to access the site. The physical links are working now. i.e., I am able to open <code>http://apps.ptrl/blog/index.php</code> but not <code>http://apps.ptrl/blog/view-1.ptf</code>, which gets translated to <code>http://apps.ptrl/blog/index.php?page=view&amp;id=1</code>. Any solutions?</p>
 

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