I'm having a lot of difficulty getting my head around the whole apache rewrite functionality.
What I basically want to achieve is to access the /etc/hosts or /etc/hostname file and extract the server name and then manipulate that so I can create a new file name that would be called with a Include directive.

On the surface it seems very straightforward, but either I'm missing something or I'm trying to use the wrong commands.

Assuming we use the /etc/hostname file then I'd get bpg169-HOST from the first line.

Then I should be able to create something like this:

<IfDefine HOSTNAME>
# Include virtual machine sites-enabled file(s) based on hostname
<If "%{ENV:HOSTNAME} == 'bpg169.HOST'">
# Directives specific to 120.138.17.169
IncludeOptional sites-enabled/bluehost/*.conf
IncludeOptional sites-enabled/bluepress/*.conf
IncludeOptional sites-enabled/bluewiki/*.conf
</If>
<ElseIf "%{ENV:HOSTNAME} == 'bpg-170-DATA'">
# Directives specific to 120.138.17.170
IncludeOptional sites-enabled/bluedata/*.conf
</ElseIf>
</IfDefine>

Hi

I would create a kind of template and a shell script. First remplace bpg169.HOST with some word- like ReplaceHostName. Save it as a template file. Then: