virtual host

Hi

I see in the apache documentation that they always refer to the virtual host being at DocumentRoot /www/adomain. Is the www an alias to htdocs and then "adomain" is a sub directory within htdocs. I can't seem to find the www directory anywhere within apache.

Thanks Mat

Hi,

you're right folder www is the same as htdocs - it depends on Ur *nix/Apache installation. Nevertheless you can specify any folder on Ur system to www-root or root for Virtual Hosts.

Ciao

So why is it when I config my virtual server like this and do a test it says can't find directoty /htdocs/domain and /htdocs/subdomain. I thought I could just create two sub dirs in the htdocs folder and put the repective sites in there.

Thanks Mat


NameVirtualHost 203.100.100.147

<VirtualHost 203.100.100.147>
ServerName URL
DocumentRoot /htdocs/domain
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 203.100.100.147 >
ServerName sub.abc.com
DocumentRoot /htdocs/subdomain
</VirtualHost>

>> DocumentRoot /htdocs/domain
>> DocumentRoot /htdocs/subdomain

Don't use relative path. Use full system path instead. Say www.abc.com is your default host with /home/httpd/htdocs (this is your docroot), your subdomain's docroot could be /home/httpd/htdocs/subdomain. If you do this, and <Directory "/home/httpd/htdocs"> is found somewhere in your httpd.conf, then you don't have to define <Directory "/home/httpd/htdocs/subdomain"> explicitly.

>>"Don't use relative path. Use full system path instead. Say URL is your default host with /home/httpd/htdocs(this is your docroot)."

If i'm using apache for windows2000, would my docroot be something like "C:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs". That's what is in the httpd.conf.

Therefor my virtual host would look something like this

<VirtualHost 203.100.100.147>
ServerName URL
DocumentRoot C:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs
</VirtualHost>

This doesn't seem to work either.

Thanks Mat