newbie on virtual host

hi,

i want to setup another virtual host, on top of my current
intranet base http://redhat, i want to add another one which
is http://secure.redhat

all i got is

- cannot find server
- The page cannot be displayed

can help?

regards,
melv


my httpd.conf

NameVirtualHost *

<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/secure/htdocs
ServerName secure.redhat
ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com
ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

You can't invent any servername you want. For intranet base, you need too add secure.redhat to /etc/hosts file.

hi,

i add an entry in my /etc/hosts

192.168.100.222 redhat secure.redhat

but still can't work.

p/s: is it possible to add a virtual host in intranet environment?

cheers,
melv

Can you ping your host by name (secure.redhat and redhat)?

>> - The page cannot be displayed

Are you using IE? You need to add the same /etc/hosts entry to C:\WINDOWS\HOSTS file.

it works! thanks freebsd, (before that, i have add a eth0:1
virtual ip...the furthest i can get is access by ip but can't by
domain name)

i wonder is it bcos of virtual domain name, we have to add
an entry into the hosts in every browser who need to access
them?

cheers!
melv

>> i have add a eth0:1 virtual ip

Then you should have used IP-based vhost, not Name-based.

>> i wonder is it bcos of virtual domain name

No. It's because your other boxes within your local network have no way of knowing what hostname the IP 192.168.0.xx should be. It's all about DNS resolver that is unable to resolve local hostname unless you run a local nameserver.

>> we have to addan entry into the hosts in every browser who need to access
them?

Not to browser but to C:\WINDOWS\HOSTS file so that your Windows box can resolve local IP by hostname. You might wonder when should you run a local nameserver and when to rely on HOSTS file. The answer is very simple. If you have a complex local network, running a local nameserver can keep everything centralized in one location. You just need to update the records on your nameserver. If you have just a few boxes (less than 10), it doesn't take too much time to update each of the HOSTS file (on the client-side).