APACHE2 - Virtual Hosts

Hi,

Would like to ask how to configure apache2 to host multiple website and how to set it as the main website without displaying the folder:

Code:

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/www/main/index.html  =  http://www.domain.com/index.html

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instead of this

Code:

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http://www.domain.com/main/index.html

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and add more websites

Code:

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/www/site2/index.html  =  http://www.domain.com/site1/index.html

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Thank you in advance,
Raleigh

the easiest way (probably the best also) is to setup your names all with the same ip,
ip = 1.2.3.4
server1
server2
server3
server4

at this point all the names should resolve to the same place on your apache. then use name based virtual hosts - Google Search

you can also search for name based virtual hosts in this forum because I know I have posted lots of help on this subject.

This is an excerpt from my /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

just changed domains and port numbers for security.

this is so I can go to my mythweb config without going to http://www.mydomain.com/mythweb instead go to http://myth.mydomain.com:8040

Code:

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NameVirtualHost *:8040
NameVirtualHost *:8041
NameVirtualHost*:8042

<VirtualHost *:8040>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mythweb
ServerName myth.mydomain.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:8041>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ampache/
ServerName ampache.mydomain.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:8042>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/aphrodite/
ServerName aphrodite.mydomain.com
</VirtualHost>

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Thanks jledhead and SoX2000 for your reply.

SoX2000,

How about for the main site, http://www.mydomain.com?

So it could have 4 sites

Code:

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http://www.mydomain.com
http://www.mydomain.com/mythweb
http://www.mydomain.com/ampache
http://www.mydomain.com/aphrodite

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Thanks again in advance

I see.

The document root for the main site http://www.mydomain.com is /var/www/html/ so anything under that directory is accessible by just adding the directory name to the end of the domain name. /var/www/html/mythweb is accessible by http://www.mydomain.com/mythweb.

If you wish to rename the url without changing the directory name then you can set that in your document root

Code:

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<VirtualHost */MyTV>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mythweb
ServerName www.mydomain.com
</VirtualHost>

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Gives you access to /var/www/html/mythweb by typing http://www.mydomain.com/MyTV

Ok, but what if the main website is configured and needs to be in a directory other than html?

/var/www/html/myweb

and needs to be access like this

http://www.mydomain.com/

Thank you so much in advance

Raleigh

I would solve this at the DNS not the webserver.

IP being 82.12.34.56


/var/www/html/site1/ accessible by http://82.12.34.56/site1 or www.mydomain1.com
/var/www/html/site2/ accessilble by http://82.12.34.56/site2 or www.mydomain2.com

or you chould have

Code:

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<VirtualHost *>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mythweb
ServerName www.mydomain.com
</VirtualHost>

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This I think should point www.mydomain.com to /var/www/html/mythweb but it may cause problems for any other sites you're running at the same time and wouldn't recommend it.

Thank you so much for all the info, I will try all of these.

Raleigh