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 Topic: why is it not apache accepting my server name? |
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amishera
Joined: 01 Apr 2010
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 Posted: Thu 01 Apr '10 23:23 Post subject: why is it not apache accepting my server name? |
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During installation it asked for some server name and I gave the following name which doesn't exist:
bip.ad.unc.edu
And after installation I tried to access the server using the above name but it does not resolve the request. Then what is the point of server name? Also it accepts localhost. But I searched the whole installation directory but couldn't find any single file that contains the text 'localhost'. How does it recognize localhost even though my computer's name is not localhost.
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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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ServerName
ServerName MUST be a fully qualified domain, or an IP.
You can comment it out and Apache will choose an IP for you.
It will tell you what it is using as well.
Every Windows computer has localhost. It is defined in
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file
By default Apache will listen on port 80 of all IP addresses availabe on the computer. Because of that, Apache answers to localhost.
This should be read by you
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/platform/windows.html
then go through the "Users' Guide"
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/
You can skip "Suexec Execution for CGI" of the Users' Guide since that is a Unix only thing. Keep in mind that there are a few "Unix Only" things in Apache. |
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