Most people use control panels to automate hosting tasks. I would like to set up a server (CentOS/Apache/wsFTPd/PHP/MySQL/Postfix) that will host a few web sites, each on its own domain, on a single public IP address (my own), WITHOUT USING CONTROL PANELS.

So far, CentOS/Apache/wsFTPd/PHP/MySQL/Postfix is set up and I am hosting a website on main domain.

Can you please help me answer a few questions regarding hosting multi sites/domains on a single IP address:
1. Can multi domain web hosting be achieved just with editing apache's configuration file? For example:
123.123.123.123 www.first.com
123.123.123.123 www.second.com
2. Can one machine host web and email server for multiple domains on a single server with the same IP without using a DNS server (e.g. BIND)?
3. If Bind has to be used, can you please write or point me to an instruction how to achieve this?

PS. I've look on Google for a few days, but could not find any useful tutorial.

Multiple web sites on a single IP are usually done with "named virtual hosts" in apache.
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/curren...ame-based.html

I do not like web and mail on the same server because your firewall rules will allow outbound connections (although you could limit these to your ISP's smarthost).

Name-based Virtual Hosts
You only need bind if your box is a nameserver.

See also http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/apache-...lhost-example/

Generally you also put a default index page for older browsers that don't use "host headers". Not a real deal since those are older or modest browsers. Just a nice to do thing. Host header will direct to correct web site. Almost all web sites run multiple domains on a single real ip.

By default index page you mean DirectoryIndex index.html default.htm index.cgi index.php, right?

I think he means one of your virtual hosts will be a default for clients contacting your server but omitting to state what hostname they want. So to show N hosts you'll have N+1 vh sections the apache config.