ERROR: Site example.com does not exists! – Apache a2ensite command

    RahulBy 1 Min ReadUpdated:

    Problem: ERROR: Site example.com does not exists!

    This error I have faced when created a new virtual host in Apache on my Ubuntu system. I create a virtual host configuration file in /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory with name example.com. Now I tried to enable the website using a2ensite command and faced the following issue.

    a2ensite example.com 

ERROR:  Site example.com does not exists!

    a2ensite-error-1

    Solution:

    The problem was that all virtual host configuration files must have .conf extension in their filename. So I simply renamed example.com with example.com.conf.

    cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
mv example.com example.com.conf

    and again tried to enable website using same command and this time I found its working properly.

    a2ensite example.com

    a2ensite-error-1-solution

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    2 Comments

    1. Wolfgang on

      THANK YOU!!!!
      It haunted me for days. All instructions refer to a2ensite _without_ the fact, that the .conf extension is crucial. Meanwhile I really got desperate, until I found this page.

      Thank you again!
      Wolfgang

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    2. Cy Burnot on

      I’m getting apache2: could not reliably determine servers FQDN. ServerName is set to http://www.example.com.

      Also, DocumentRoot is set to /home.pikov/www but when I try to load 127.0.0.1, I get you don’t have permission to access / on this server.

      ???

      Thanks.

      Reply

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