domain names under one apache webserver

cwwilson721 · 06-26-2006, 12:25 PM

The title kinda says it all.

I have multiple domain names, all going to the same IP and apache server.

The way I had it setup, if you surfed there, the server name in the browser would change to one of the other ones (I forget exactly what it did, but it was a minor irritant.)

My question is: How do I keep these straight? I have RTFM, but I'm as confused as ever.

I'm running -current, no changes.

Any ideas?

kodon · 06-26-2006, 03:40 PM

hrmm.
how do you have your virtualhosts defined?

Alien Bob · 06-26-2006, 03:52 PM

Yup, <VirtualHost></VirtualHost> is the clue indeed.
Also, do not forget to enable
NameVirtualHost *

Eric

cwwilson721 · 06-26-2006, 04:22 PM

Thanks all..

Any easier to understand guides on apache than the dang docs? As I said, I'm cornfuzzled.
I would like to know what/where/how/options of the virtual hosts.

gilead · 06-26-2006, 05:29 PM

I hope this is useful...

The following setup uses 3 virtual hosts. The first one serves no purpose except to intercept requests that use an IP address instead of a domain name - it returns 403 errors for everything. I figure if people don't know my domain, they're not looking for the content, just vulnerabilities.

The other 2 entries represent domains I have visible through the servers at dyndns.com. I've stripped out the re-write rules, logging and authentication stuff just to provide the overview.

This all goes at the end of the httpd.conf file:

Code:

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName default.only
  <Location />
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
  </Location>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
  DocumentRoot /var/www/mydomain
  ServerName www.mydomain.com
  <Directory "/var/www/mydomain">
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
  DocumentRoot /var/www/anotherdomain
  ServerName www.anotherdomain.com
  <Directory "/var/www/anotherdomain">
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

cwwilson721 · 06-26-2006, 05:46 PM

THAT is my dead on config.

Thank you. Will tryit in a few.

cwwilson721 · 06-26-2006, 06:01 PM

Thank you very much.

Using your 'template' with my own mods for where everything is, it works EXACTLY as I wanted

Thanks again to all.

gilead · 06-26-2006, 06:17 PM

Glad to hear it

It's my first good news since watching Australia vs Italy this morning in the world cup...

cwwilson721 · 06-26-2006, 06:23 PM

Glad I'm not an Aussie, then....