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[crp]

I want my CentOS server to serve up different pages depending on whether the user entered in
rh5.ex123.xyz or forum.ex123.xyz

rh5 to provide the files in /var/www/html
forum to provide the files in /var/www/mybb
I put the following into the httpd.conf

CODE

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/mybb
<Directory "/var/www/mybb">
allow from all
Options +Indexes
</Directory>
ServerName forum.ex123.xyz
</VirtualHost>

Problem is , entering forum.ex123.xyz or rh5.ex123.xyz both serve up the pages of forum.
How do I setup the configuration file so that the forum files only get served up if forum.ex123.xyz in the address in the URL ?

[Peachy]

You'll need to create two virtual host stanzas.

CODE

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ServerName rh5.ex123.xyz
  <Directory /var/www/html>
    allow from all
    Options +Indexes
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/mybb
ServerName forum.ex123.xyz
  <Directory /var/www/mybb>
    allow from all
    Options +Indexes
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Make sure the NameVirtualHost directive is uncommented if not already. The other thing to remember is that you will need to make sure you have DNS or host file entries on the client for both site name.

[crp]

oh,
I thought that there was a default built into Apache so that if the URL name is not used but it's DNS is pointing to the pc's IP address, /var/www/html is used.

Edited by crp, 14 February 2012 - 02:51 PM.

[Peachy]

oh,
I thought that there was a default built into Apache so that if the URL name is not used but it's DNS is pointing to the pc's IP address, /var/www/html is used.

I thought that too, but I think the behaviour has changed and you must explicitly put the default in a virtualhost directive. It's been a couple of years since I've set that up so if you give me some time I can verify that in my test lab.

[Temmu]

fascinating.  good tip, peachy!