NEWBIE DNS QUESTION - apache

[Brian Ventura]

Apache config is done in the httpd.conf file (default dir is
/usr/local/apache/conf, but linux may put it other places like /etc/httpd)

You can have as many VirtualHost's as you wish to a machine and just have them be
CNAME entries for the machine.  You can even set up interfaces for the names like:
hme0:1 (eth0:1) or whatever with their own IP's (therefore A records), but that is
not needed.

Here is a virtual host example:

NameVirtualHost 1.1.1.1

<VirtualHost www.youarehere.dom>
ServerAdmin sucker at youarehere.dom
DocumentRoot /web/root
ServerName www.youarehere.dom
ErrorLog logs/Error_log.www
TransferLog logs/access_log.www
</VirtualHost>

There is much more to configuring Apache, O'Reilly has  a good book...

Barry Margolin wrote:

> In article <NDBBLJLHOEDCNECPOJOAKEJHCKAA.rj-balah at sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>,
> Robert Balahura <rj-balah at sciborg.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> >Hi Barry,
> >
> >Thanks, the granitecanyon is not yet reloaded.  But I was wondering what
> >files using linux/apache to alter for the virtual host.  Is it just
> >http.conf that checks for the HOST: request-header and then redirects
> >requests to a particular directory?
>
> Sounds about right, although I have absolutely no experience configuring
> Apache.  This is the BIND newsgroup; if you want to find experts in
> configuring Apache, go to comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix.
>
> You could also try reading the Apache documentation.  I've never seen it
> myself, but I'll bet if you search it for "virtual host" or "virtual
> server" you'll find an explanation of what needs to be done.
>
> --
> Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
> Genuity, Burlington, MA
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