Patrick, Do you know of any examples on how to configure this?

> From: patrick.proniew...@univ-lyon2.fr
> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:16:36 +0200
> To: users@httpd.apache.org; jc_denton_1...@hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Virtual Hosts on physical servers
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 18 juil. 2011, at 21:20, Peter B wrote:
> 
> > I have a single IP address, with multiple web servers, so I somehow need 
> > www.hello.com to go to server1 and www.test.com to go to server2.
> 
> 
> As long as you have only one public IP address, you'll have to put a device 
> (sofware or hardware) between your servers (private IP addresses), and the 
> internet.
> That can be NAT, but the port issue is not very nice for clients. Or, that 
> can be a proxy, who will act almost like a NAT, but on the application level.
> Your proxy can be an Apache Server, with mod_proxy, setup to forward client 
> requests for www.hello.com to server1, and www.test.com to server2. That's 
> not an unusual setup. 
> That could also be a Layer 7 switch, but it's very expensive, doing exactly 
> the same job (somewhat easier to configure).
> 
> 
> Patrick PRONIEWSKI
> -- 
> Administrateur Système - DSI - Université Lumière Lyon 2
> 
                                          

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