Thank you very much for your excellent reply. Glad to hear it is not at all unusual to not use VHs for the main/default site. I agree, adding additional hosts would definately require the use of VH blocks, unless each one would get their own httpd.conf and run as a seperate instance.
--- Boyle Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Richard de Vries > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Montag, 13. März 2006 14:59 > > To: users@httpd.apache.org > > Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] best practices - > <virtualhosts> section or not? > > > > So I am trying to install this 3rd party > application, > > and it simply won't install without a > "<virtualhost>" > > section in my httpd.conf. > > > > Since my web server is only running 1 > > webserver/instance ... I did not define a > > <virtualhost> section. > > > > So, I am kinda curious. Is it strange to not > define a > > virtualhost section? Is it a "best practice" to > define > > one anyway? What does everybody think? > > If you don't *need* one, there's no reason to use > one. Eg, if you have only one site. > > As soon as you have more than one site, you *need* > VHs (be they name-based, port-based or IP based). > Some people think it's tidier and more symmetric to > have every site in a VH. Others think it's better to > have a "main" or "default" site outside all the VHs > so have N-1 VHs. > > It's up to you... > > Rgds, > Owen Boyle > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message > may be ignored. > > > > > Richard > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The official User-To-User support forum of the > Apache HTTP > > Server Project. > > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> > for more info. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > " from the digest: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Diese E-mail ist eine private und persönliche > Kommunikation. Sie hat keinen Bezug zur Börsen- bzw. > Geschäftstätigkeit der SWX Gruppe. This e-mail is of > a private and personal nature. It is not related to > the exchange or business activities of the SWX > Group. Le présent e-mail est un message privé et > personnel, sans rapport avec l'activité boursière du > Groupe SWX. > > > This message is for the named person's use only. It > may contain confidential, proprietary or legally > privileged information. No confidentiality or > privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. > If you receive this message in error, please notify > the sender urgently and then immediately delete the > message and any copies of it from your system. > Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of > the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, > use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part > of this message if you are not the intended > recipient. The sender's company reserves the right > to monitor all e-mail communications through their > networks. Any views expressed in this message are > those of the individual sender, except where the > message states otherwise and the sender is > authorised to state them to be the views of the > sender's company. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the > Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for > more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
