Linux Newbie Question

eckertc1 · 03-03-2005, 05:45 PM

I plan to set up an Apache Web server for my 3 domains. my question is: in order to use virtual hosts to set up all 3 of these domains on one ip address, do i need to set up my own DNS or do i simply need to have the place i registered my domain names point all 3 domains to the one IP address.

i have been unable to get this question answered for some time now. any help would be wonderful.

iamnotherbert · 03-03-2005, 06:14 PM

you just need to have the dns servers (anyones....) point at the ipaddress apache is on. You can test your server by setting the names up in your host file and http to them with your browser.

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eckertc1 · 03-03-2005, 07:57 PM

ok so assumeing that my host file reads as follows:

127.0.0.1 mymachine localhost.localdomain localhost

and my ip address is xx.x.xxx.xxx
and my new domain name is fakename.com

what exactly would i add to this file to make it work?

iamnotherbert · 03-03-2005, 08:16 PM

type

echo xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx www.fakename.com >> /etc/hosts

Hope this helps,
M