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rendo86
Joined: 21 May 2009
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 Posted: Thu 21 May '09 20:22 Post subject: Help with Vhosts |
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Hi guys, i am a new comer to Apache and was just looking for a few tips. I have set it up and can access it just typing in my IP address (on another pc). So i know its working.
My problems start with Domain names. I have two websites, currently, but will be getting more. I own the Domain name for one through a previous site with Freeparking and dont own the other one but know it is available. Do i need to buy all the domain names a wish to use? And also are basically the only two files i need to edit the main conf file and the vhosts file, i have also edited the local Hosts files on my C: drive, dont know if this makes any difference.
Cheers for any help.
Blair
Last edited by rendo86 on Fri 22 May '09 8:30; edited 1 time in total |
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glsmith
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Joined: 16 Oct 2007
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Location: Sun Diego, USA
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| Posted: Thu 21 May '09 21:02 Post subject: Re: Apache Newbie |
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| rendo86 wrote: | | Do i need to buy all the domain names a wish to use? |
Yes
| Quote: | | ... are basically the only two files i need to edit the main conf file and the vhosts file |
For the time being sure
| Quote: | | i have also edited the local Hosts files on my C: drive, dont know if this makes any difference. |
This depends on why and what your goal is you wish to accomplish. It's only useful on that computer. |
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rendo86
Joined: 21 May 2009
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Ok, cheers. So do i need to do anything with my domain name from freeparking as it is currently set up to forward to another url, as my father gets free web hosting with his ISP (demon).
So as i already own one of the Domain names i can use that one right away.
does this look about right for the Vhosts file
NameVirtualHost 90.202.19.11:80
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# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for all requests that do not
# match a ServerName or ServerAlias in any <VirtualHost> block.
#
<VirtualHost 90.202.19.11:80>
ServerAdmin blairrennie@hotmail.com
DocumentRoot "C:/Servertest/Halt"
ServerName taybridgehalt.co.uk
ServerAlias www.taybridgehalt.com
ErrorLog "logs/halt.log"
CustomLog "logs/halt.log" common
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 90.202.19.11:80>
ServerAdmin blairrennie@hotmail.com
DocumentRoot "C:/Servertest/BMR"
ServerName bmrcomputingsolutions.co.uk
ServerAlias www.bmrcomputingsolutions.co.uk
ErrorLog "logs/bmr.log"
CustomLog "logs/bmr.log" common
</VirtualHost>
When i first stopped the redirection from freeparking and just left it as a domain name with no additional instructions to them, i still couldn't navigate to my URL.
Cheers for the help |
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glsmith
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Location: Sun Diego, USA
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Domain names need to point to IP addresses, that is what DNS is about. People can memorize domain names, computers only understand IP addresses, so DNS is the bridge between our and the computer world. So if you have no control over that parked domain, need to have them point it to your IP address.
mydomain.com -> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
www.mydomain.com -> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
First vhost must be a minimal copy of the main server host.
per http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/name-based.html
| Quote: | | f you are adding virtual hosts to an existing web server, you must also create a <VirtualHost> block for the existing host. The ServerName and DocumentRoot included in this virtual host should be the same as the global ServerName and DocumentRoot. List this virtual host first in the configuration file so that it will act as the default host. |
What I do see there looks fine, just remember the above caveat. You also may need some <Directory> containers for /Halt and /BMR ... depends on how you allowed C:/Servertest if you did at all. 403 errors wil plague you if you haven't addressed this.
... and Steffen would like you to change the subject. Maybe "Need help getting started with Virtual Hosts" or just something meaningful. I think you need to edit your first post to do that. |
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