Create subdomains pointed to directories

samhannan 2019-12-02 03:50:41 UTC #1

Keywords: LAMP/MAMP/WAMP - AWS - How to - Other
Description:
Hi There,

We have recently moved to running a Bitnami LAMP stack on AWS. I have our wordpress site all up and running just fine, however I need some assistance with recreating some previous functionality and making the Wildcard SSL certificate work for all subdomains.

The main domain is flyingrobot.com.au which points to the WP site - no worries there.

But I need to create some subdomains to host certain content produced for clients

For example 360.flyingrobot.com.au and 3D.flyingrobot.com.au

Do I just create those directories in /opt/bitnami/apps or somewhere else?

How and where (if more than just in /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/bitnami/bitnami.conf) do I setup the virtual host directives to point to those directories, and do I need to do any extra SSL stuff other than what I have setup and working in /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/bitnami/bitnami.conf ?

Thanks in advance!

Sam

michiel 2019-12-02 07:43:48 UTC #2

Hi @samhannan,

The following guide will be of help:

https://docs.bitnami.com/general/infrastructure/lamp/configuration/configure-custom-application/

It shows how to create a virtual host per domain, which you can point to the right directory.

Regards,
Michiel

samhannan 2019-12-02 11:39:12 UTC #3

Thanks Michiel!

I think I am part way there. Couple more questions....

Do I need to create the directory structure with htdocs? Or can I just start placing my content directories in /opt/bitnami/apps/3D and /opt/bitnami/apps/360 for example?

Further to that - do I need to also point to the SSL certificates explicitly in these virtual hosts if I have a working wildcard SSL installed in the /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/bitnami/bitnami.conf setup already?

Cheers

michiel 2019-12-03 07:43:26 UTC #4

Hi @samhannan,

Do I need to create the directory structure with htdocs? Or can I just start placing my content directories in /opt/bitnami/apps/3D and /opt/bitnami/apps/360 for example

That's not necessary as long as the folders and the files have the right permissions, so Apache can use them. The following video might be of help, it shows how to set up a similar directory structure Bitnami uses:

Regards,
Michiel

samhannan 2019-12-04 01:00:01 UTC #5

Great help thanks! Got it all working

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