title: Why is Apache saying that DocumentRoot does not exist even though it does?
body: <p>I am working on configuring Apache virtual hosts for the first time. I configured apache to use virtual hosts using <a href="http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/07/apache-virtual-host/" rel="nofollow">this</a> tutorial. When I restart apache it says the document root for one of my "virtual" links does not exist -- even though the file exists on my system. Why is Apache saying this? How can I fix it?</p>
  
  <pre><code>prompt$ sudo apachectl -k restart
  Password:
  Warning: DocumentRoot [/usr/docs/dummy-host.example.com] does not exist
  Warning: DocumentRoot [/usr/docs/dummy-host2.example.com] does not exist
  httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using Abrams-MacBook-Air-3.local for ServerName
  prompt$ cat /usr/docs/dummy-host.example.com 
  &lt;p&gt; it works &lt;/p&gt; 
  </code></pre>