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I've just installed WAMP on a new computer (D:/Program Files/wamp/) and for some reason I'm struggling to get virtual hosts to work.

If I leave vhosts disabled in httpd.conf then I can load [localhost] (or any other domain that points to my IP) just fine and I get to the WAMPServer Homepage as expected.

If I simply go into httpd.conf and uncomment the virtual host line to enable it...

Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

Then everything becomes 403 Forbidden. I can't load localhost or any vhost I configure in my httpd-vhosts.conf file. Here's what I currently have in that file...

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "D:/Program Files/wamp/www"
ServerName localhost
<Directory "D:/Program Files/wamp/www">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "D:/Websites/paypal-glass/public"
ServerName paypal-glass.angelleye.com
ErrorLog "logs/paypal-glass.angelleye.com-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/paypal-glass.angelleye.com-access.log" common
<directory "D:/Websites/paypal-glass">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all
</directory>
</VirtualHost>

Any information on what I'm missing here would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Ok, well, I found another guide (the only one out of many) that shows an additional step I've never needed to do before (I've always used Zend Server in the past.)

I added this at the top of my httpd-vhosts.conf file...

<Directory D:/Websites>
Require all granted
</Directory>

With that, everything works now as expected, but I'm curious why this is necessary and why I've never needed it before..?? Is it safe, or is there a better way?

I guess I thought the <Directory> element included within the <VirtualHost> elements would be granting me the permission I need.

Any info would be great. Thanks!

That should really go in here

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "D:/Websites/paypal-glass/public"
    ServerName paypal-glass.angelleye.com
    ErrorLog "logs/paypal-glass.angelleye.com-error.log"
    CustomLog "logs/paypal-glass.angelleye.com-access.log" common
    <directory "D:/Websites/paypal-glass">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride all
        Require local 
    </directory>
</VirtualHost>

Use
'Require local'
if you are just testing
Use
'Require local
Require ip 192.168.1'
if you want local and the internal network (asssuming your subnet starts with 192.168.1)

Use
'Require all granted'
if you want the whole world to get access.


PS
See the Apache manual, In Apache 2.4 the access control statements changed [httpd.apache.org]

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Ah, gotcha. The statement changes seem to be what threw me. I've got it working the way I expected now. Thanks!