: Updated Apache from 2.2 to 2.4 and now my sub domains are broken Upon trying to visit any of my subdomains here is the error recieve in my error.log file: [Tue Jul 15 11:17:42.924790 2014]

@Megan663

One of the biggest changes from Apache 2.2 to 2.4 is the way that permissions for directories are granted. The allow from and deny from syntax is now deprecated in favor of the new require syntax. See Upgrading Apache from 2.2 to 2.4.

There is a module mod_access_compat that is supposed to allow you to still use the old syntax. Unfortunately, it didn't work for me for configuration files under /etc/apache2. I had to go through them and update them with the new Require syntax.

If you replace

allow from all


with

Require all granted


your subdomains will likely work much better. Look for any instances of Allow, Deny, or Order. All of them should be replaced with the new syntax for Require. The upgrade documentation has more examples for other use cases.

I personally find that the new Require syntax is much better. It seems clearer to me and it should be easier to handle complex cases based on passwords or IP addresses. The down side of the change is that the old syntax needs an update in your configuration files.

On the plus side, the access compat module did handle all the old style directives that I had in .htaccess files, so only the config files in /etc/apache2 had to be updated for me.

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