Hi Andre, Thanks for the clarification. Before proceeding with this, what is the other alternative that you mentionned?
thank you, --- On Tue, 28/4/09, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: > From: André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> > Subject: Re: [us...@httpd] alias using Virtual host > To: users@httpd.apache.org > Date: Tuesday, 28 April, 2009, 11:25 AM > Melanie Pfefer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Let me clarify more: > > > > I have the main http.conf file and created another > http.conf to run another apache instance on port 8094. > > That is a welcome clarification indeed. > Why t.h. did you do that for ? ;-) > > You could also do that with a single Apache. > So, before we go any further, which solution do you prefer > ? one or two Apaches ? > > Then, if you choose to have two, for further clarification > I suggest that in future messages, you name them like "A" or > "B". > > > > > I then created a DNS alias (let’s say called alias2) > and put these lines > > > > Where ? in which of your Apache's ? > > > NameVirtualHost *:80 > > > > <VirtualHost *:80> > > ServerName > alias2 > > ProxyPass / http://localhost: > 8094/ > > ProxyPassReverse > / http://localhost: 8094/ > > </VirtualHost> > > > > Independently of what happens in the future > (and I am now talking about "Apache A") : > > If the above <VirtualHost> section is *the only > one* (or the first one) you have in that particular > Apache instance, then it acts as the "default host" (and yes > it will also catch all calls to "http://host";). > If you don't want that, then do as follows : > > NameVirtualHost *:80 > > <VirtualHost *:80> > ServerName whatever > DocumentRoot /wherever > .. other configuration lines belonging to what you > want http://host to > be like > ... > </VirtualHost> > > <VirtualHost *:80> > ServerName alias2 > ProxyPass / http://localhost: > 8094/ > ProxyPassReverse / > http://localhost: 8094/ > </VirtualHost> > > In other words, now the first <VirtualHost> section > above (because it is the first) becomes your default > VirtualHost. > Only requests that specifically name "alias2" will be > handled by the second <VirtualHost> section (and thus > proxied to the other server on port 8094). > All other requests (including the ones addressed to "http://host"; will be > handled by the first section, which does not proxy. > That is because it is now the default VirtualHost. > That is also why the "ServerName" you put in that one, does > not matter, because it will catch all requests that are not > for "alias2" anyway, as long as they arrive to your server. > > > Next if you want, we will see how you can combine these two > Apache's into a single one, using the same logic. > > > > > > This previously worked like a charm on a server where > apache was running on port 80. > > > With respect, I kind of doubt that. > > > I suspect that this time, the aliasing is not working > perhaps because apache has: > > > > Listen 8088 and > > Listen 80 > > > > In the config file. > > > > No. It has nothing to do with that. > > > > This is the only difference. > > > > > > With the configuration above, on the current system, > http://host and http://alias2 go to > http://host:8094 while I want only http://alias2 to go > to http://host:8094. > > > > Yes, and do you now understand why ? > If not, go ahead and re-read > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/name-based.html > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
