>From the start o' the thread: > "But if I put in URL/directory and a forward slash/ > eg. http://URL/directory/ then it shows the default.htm page. But I know my > customers, and they will not put in the directory forward slash. How do I > get around this issue?"
This isn't really a mod_perl issue, it's common to all of apache. Even though this isn't in the scope of the list, here's your problem and answer. When you request a file from the apache web server. "URL/something" and something doesn't exist AND a directory exists under the same name, httpd sends the client a redirect to SERVER_NAME/something/ thus removing the need for people to type the trailing slash. (the server figured out if you need it, and adds it if neccesary, magic eh?) What you need to do is ensure that the ServerName directive in httpd.conf is indeed resolvable, because that's what the client's going to be looking for whenever httpd needs to redirect the client to itself. Sometimes people use the IP address (ugy imho), typically I use the domainname without the www, just because I hate typing. As others have aluded to, if you're trying to serve multiple domains (or hostnames) off one IP, you use a system called software virtual hosting. HTTP/1.1 Supports the Host: field in the http header to resolve to the site domain. Here's the config for the truly lazy (at least it worked for me) NameVirtualHost IP.address.goes.here <VirtualHost IP.address.goes.here> ServerAdmin .... DocumentRoot .... ServerName This is the part that's causing the redirect problem above ErrorLog .... CustomLog ... ErrorDocument ... ... Aliases .... ... ProxyPasses .... ... Any other config oddities ... </VirtualHost> Of course all of this is in the httpd guide http://httpd.apache.org/docs/ Search @ http://search.apache.org/docs/ -A > -----Original Message----- > > If you only have one IP and want to have many web sites (ie > URLs) for > > your customers, then why don't you use VirtualHost. Then your > > customers can either have > > [snip] > > > > www.customer1.com > > www.customer2.com > > > The originator of this thread didnt exactly say he had > control over his > DNS.....
