[vox-tech] Apache virtual host config

[Mark Street]

Every host you are going to host on the machine needs its own virtual host 
stanza.  Here is mine for one of my static IP's with multiple virtual hosts;

NameVirtualHost 208.201.241.88:80
NameVirtualHost 208.201.241.88:443
#NameVirtualHost *

<VirtualHost 208.201.241.88:443>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@streetchiro.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html
        Servername www.streetchiro.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 208.201.241.88:80>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@streetchiro.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html
        Servername www.streetchiro.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 208.201.241.88:80>
    ServerName rt.streetchiro.com
    DocumentRoot /opt/rt3/share/html
    AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
   # these four lines apply to Apache2+mod_perl2 only: {{{
    PerlSetVar MasonArgsMethod CGI
    PerlModule Apache2 Apache::compat
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ $1/index.html
# }}}

    PerlModule Apache::DBI
    PerlRequire /opt/rt3/bin/webmux.pl

    <Location />
        SetHandler perl-script
        PerlHandler RT::Mason
    </Location>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 208.201.241.88:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@oswizards.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/oswizards.com
    ServerName www.oswizards.com
    ErrorLog logs/www.oswizards.com-error_log
    CustomLog logs/www.oswizards.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 208.201.241.88:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@oswizards.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/oswizards.com
    ServerName oswizards.com
    ErrorLog logs/www.oswizards.com-error_log
    CustomLog logs/www.oswizards.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

On Sunday 11 April 2004 02:14 pm, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> I kept looking at this.  I liked the fact that you used two virtual
> hosts.  Previously, dirac.org was "global", and liberal.ws was a virtual
> host.  I changed my configuration to look more like yours.
>
> Still, it wouldn't work.
>
> but then i noticed your IP address.  You obviously have DSL or cable and
> have a machine performing masquerading as well as firewalling.  You used
> your internal IP address.
>
> I was using my external IP address.
>
> I changed to:
>
>
> NameVirtualHost 192.168.0.200
>
> <VirtualHost 192.168.0.200>
>    ServerAdmin p@dirac.org
>    DocumentRoot "/www/p/linux"
>    ServerName www.liberal.ws
>    ServerAlias liberal.ws
>    ErrorLog /var/log/apache/test_error
>    LogLevel warn
>    CustomLog /var/log/apache/test_access common
> </VirtualHost>
>
> <VirtualHost 192.168.0.200>
>    ServerAdmin p@dirac.org
>    DocumentRoot "/www"
>    ServerName www.dirac.org
>    ServerAlias dirac.org
>    ErrorLog /var/log/apache/error.log
>    LogLevel warn
>    CustomLog /var/log/apache/access.log combined
> </VirtualHost>
>
> and everything works as it should work.  Note that there were two
> problems:
>
> 1. NameVirtualHost wants to be the internal IP address.
> 2. In <VirtualHost X>, X wants to be the internal IP address.  Hostname
>    didn't work correctly.  External IP address didn't work correctly.
>
> In hindsight, it only makes sense that apache cares about the internal
> IP address, since that's the "real" address of the machine in question.
> The external IP is only known by the router/firewall.
>
> Lewis, thanks.  I've definitely learned something in the process...
>
> Pete
>
> On Sun 11 Apr 04,  9:19 AM, Lewis Perdue <lperdue@ideaworx.com> said:
> >    make sure apache is configured for NAME-BASED virtual hosting, NOT
> >    IP-BASED ...
> >
> >    make sure you have the _true_ document directory as opposed to virtual
> > ... pwd will not always show that
> >
> >    If your documents are relying on symbolic links, make sure the server
> >    allows them
> >
> >    Below are a few lines from the httpd.conf file off the RH9/Apache2
> > server we run off the LAN at home. They may help you. our IP's are all
> > local beause they are behind the router.
> >
> >    #
> >    # Use name-based virtual hosting.
> >    #
> >    NameVirtualHost 192.168.1.1
> >
> >    <VirtualHost 192.168.1.1>
> >        ServerAdmin william@williamperdue.com
> >        DocumentRoot "/home/lperdue/public_html/perdueweb"
> >        ServerName www.perdueweb.com
> >        ServerAlias perdueweb.com
> >        ErrorLog logs/perdueweb-error_log
> >        TransferLog logs/perdueweb-error_log
> >    </VirtualHost>
> >
> >    <VirtualHost 192.168.1.1>
> >        ServerAdmin william@williamperdue.com
> >        DocumentRoot "/home/lperdue/public_html/katherineperdue"
> >        ServerName www.katherineperdue.com
> >        ServerAlias katherineperdue.com
> >        ErrorLog logs/katherineperdue-error_log
> >        TransferLog logs/katherineperdue-error_log
> >    </VirtualHost>
> >
> >    #
> >    #
> >    # DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
> >    # is requested.
> >    #
> >    # The index.html.var file (a type-map) is used to deliver content-
> >    # negotiated documents.  The MultiViews Option can be used for the
> >    # same purpose, but it is much slower.
> >    #
> >    DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var

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