HOWTO_Apache_VirtualHost_by_IP_Address

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1 Introduction
- 1.1 Assumptions
2 Edit your Configuration Files
3 Discussion

Introduction

Setup VirtualHost - Simple instructions for us real (AKA dumb) people.

NOTE: The filenames and directory structure of gentoo's apache2 install has changed significantly since the writing of this document.

Assumptions

This document assumes that you have emerged / apache2 already. It also assumes that you are using IP Aliasing. But if you are not and you use name based virtual host see Name based virtual hosting tab

Edit your Configuration Files

/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Lets start with /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

File: /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

### Main Configuration Section
### You really shouldn't change these settings unless you're a guru
###
ServerRoot /usr/lib/apache2
ServerName yourserver.yourdomain.com
#LockFile /etc/apache2/apache2.lock
PidFile /var/run/apache2.pid
ErrorLog logs/error_log
LogLevel warn
DocumentRoot /var/www/localhost/htdocs 

###
### Virtual Hosts
###
# We include different templates for Virtual Hosting. Have a look in the
# vhosts directory and modify to suit your needs.
Include conf/vhosts/vhosts.conf
#Include conf/vhosts/dynamic-vhosts.conf
#Include conf/vhosts/virtual-homepages.conf

Uncomment the ServerName to get rid of the silly ServerName error. Also make sure to uncomment the 'Include conf/vhosts/vhost.conf' line.

/etc/conf.d/apache2

File: /etc/conf.d/apache2

# Config file for /etc/init.d/apache2

# An example from /etc/apache2/conf/modules.d/40_mod_ssl.conf:
#
# <IfDefine SSL>
#  <IfModule !mod_ssl.c>
#    LoadModule ssl_module    extramodules/mod_ssl.so
#  </IfModule>
# </IfDefine>
#
# This means that the mod_ssl.so DSO module is only loaded
# into the server when you pass "-D SSL" at startup.  To
# enable WebDAV, add "-D DAV -D DAV_FS".  If you installed
# mod_php then add "-D PHP4" or "-D PHP5".  For more options, please
# read the files in the /etc/apache2/conf/modules.d directory.

APACHE2_OPTS="-D PHP4 -D SSL"
# or this for PHP5
APACHE2_OPTS="-D PHP5 -D SSL"

If you are using PHP (who isn't?) then simply add -D PHP4 or -D PHP5 as necessary to the APACHE2_OPTS command.

/etc/apache2/conf/vhosts/vhosts.conf

Ok now for the really important part. Edit /etc/apache2/conf/vhosts/vhosts.conf

File: /etc/apache2/conf/vhosts/vhosts.conf

 #### LocalHost aka Domain 1 ####
 <VirtualHost my.ip.add.ress>
       ServerName www.mydomain1.com
       ServerPath /mydomain1.com
       DocumentRoot /var/www/localhost/htdocs
 </VirtualHost>

 #### Domain 2 ####
 <VirtualHost my.ip.add.ress>
        ServerName www.mydomain2.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/mydomain2.com/htdocs
        <Directory "/var/www/mydomain2.com/htdocs">
          Options None
          AllowOverride None
          Order allow,deny
          Allow from all
        </Directory>
 </VirtualHost>

 #### Replicate Domain 2 for further Domains ####
                                ""
                               ""

The secret here is adding this part;

<Directory "/var/www/mydomain2.com/htdocs">
         Options None
         AllowOverride None
         Order allow,deny
         Allow from all
</Directory>

Now if your directory structure looks like this;

/var/www/
         localhost/htdocs
         domain1.com/htdocs
         domain2.com/htdocs
         domain3.com/htdocs

Name based virtual hosting tab

just add this in the top of the vhosts.conf before <VirtualHosts ...>

NameVirtualHost _your_ip_here

Then everything should work fine for you.

Dont forget to restart apache:

# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Discussion

You can discuss this in the Gentoo forums thread here; http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2686304.html#2686304

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