[GTALUG] Problem new virtual host

[James Knott]

On 2020-04-30 04:26 PM, Stephen via talk wrote:
> I posted this to the Apache list but someone here may be able to help:
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> I have a standard LAMP for development.
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> I set up a new virtual host about once every two years and always 
> struggle.
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> I have added the web site to my hosts file and direct to my server. I 
> have a dozen entries.
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> I have updated my virtual hosts Apache file
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> I can ping the new virtual host just fine.
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> But both Brave and Firefox raise an error saying that the host cannot 
> be reached?
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> Firefox:
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> Unable to connect
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> Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at 
> roissystudiotest.ca.
>
> Brave:
> This site can’t be reached
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> www.roissystudiotest.ca refused to connect.
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> I was getting the Apache default page but corrected the file 
> permissions to 755.
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> Any and all help welcome!
>

Did you add that site to a DNS server?

According to the host command, you didn't.

 > host www.roissystudiotest.ca
Host www.roissystudiotest.ca not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)