On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Andrew A wrote:
> I need to setup a simple unix/linux server to do a single task. All it
> has to do is take requests for certain domain names and forward them to
> other addresses. Simple enough, it seems. But the thing is, can it
> (apache I'm guessing?) forward the request to more than just another
> IP? Meaning, I have server space on UTS, so it would have to forward it
> not just to uts.cc.utexas.edu (i.e. 123.44.55.678) but to
> 123.44.55.678/~myusername. Can apache do this? Bind perhaps? Also,
> will it be a problem that the vhost server I want to setup will have a
> different IP than uts, where my files are located?
> The vhost server will have a static ip and an ethernet connection (in
> jester :)
You'll have to define what you want a bit better. First, define request in
this context. Provide some examples if you aren't sure how to phrase your
query.
Do you want www.hosta.net's ip to point to www.hostb.net?
or do you want http://www.hosta.net/foo to forward to
http://www.hostb.net/foo ?
Both can be done.
> Ok, now that you know what I want to accomplish, here is another
> question. Which flavor of unix or linux will be the easiest to setup,
> configure, and maintain for this task? Solaris? Mandrake? It will be
> running on an old pentium 133 computer, 96mb ram, 4gb, ethernet...
I *wish* I had an old pentium 133 ;)
Solaris/Mandrake/RedHat/Debian/AIX: All of these can do what you want.
What is maybe more important is what other people on the list use, since
you will be asking us for help in the future (most likely). Or if you have
friends who know UNIX well (use what they use).
Anyways, I know RedHat quite well. A lot of people on the list use Debian
and they can help you with that.
Most questions apply to Linux and not a specific distribution.
Many others apply to Unix and not a specific o/s.
(except for distribution installation issues.)
If, perhaps, my roommate wanted to install Linux, I would recommend
Mandrake, since I can support that quite well.
IOW, choose Mandrake, Redhat, or Debian. All are well-supported here.
Paul Sack
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