thanks, FYI i used Linuxconf instead of ifconfig (newbie here) and it works like a champ.
Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Owen Boyle > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 12:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ssl virtual host IP's > > > Sir SoilentG_kov wrote: > > > > I've been looking thru the mod_ssl users archives and have > learned that I > > can't do SSL on Virtual Hosts that are name based. I've seen that it is > > possible to use it on Virtual Hosts with IP based. > > Correct. Also, port based... > > > Are these IP based hosts separate computers or can they be > "Virtual IP's" > > all pointing to the same computer? What I want to do is have two domain > > names routed to my Linux Web Server and have them both have > separate certs. > > However, I have no clue how I'd go about setting up two IP's > that point to > > the same box... doesn't make sense to me so I'm guessing it's not > > possible... but would love it if it does. > > It is entirely possible. Any single interface card (i.e. the physical > device, e.g. eth0) can listen to many IP addresses. On an internet > connected unix machine the basic procedure is: > > - obtain two IP addresses (on the same network - e.g. 192.168.1.1 and > 192.168.1.2) > - define your two sites in DNS > (these two points are done via your ISP usually) > > - use "ifconfig" to make your NIC listen to the two IPs > (see man pages for more detail on this command) > > - configure apache to "Listen" to the two IPs and > - define two VHs for each IP e.g. > > Listen 192.168.1.1 > <VirtualHost 192.168.1.1> > ServerName www.site1.com > DocumentRoot /path/to/site1 > </VirtualHost> > > Listen 192.168.1.2 > <VirtualHost 192.168.1.2> > ServerName www.site2.com > DocumentRoot /path/to/site2 > </VirtualHost> > > Rgds, > > Owen Boyle. > ______________________________________________________________________ > Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
