[thelist] multiple sites on localhost with Apache?

[Julian Rickards]

I am running Windows so some of this may not be reproducible.

In my http.conf file, at the end, I have:

NameVirtualHost *

<VirtualHost *>
    DocumentRoot N:/Apache/htdocs
    ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
    DocumentRoot N:/Apache/htdocs/cuac/public_html
    ServerName cuac
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
    DocumentRoot N:/Apache/htdocs/jrickards.ca/public_html
    ServerName jrickards
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
    DocumentRoot N:/Apache/htdocs/thorneloe/public_html
    ServerName thorneloe
</VirtualHost>

and in my hosts file in c:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc, I have

127.0.0.1 localhost cuac jrickards thorneloe

All I need to do to add additional development sites is copy one of the 
<VirtualHost *>..</VirtualHost> blocks and make the modifications and 
add a new item to the hosts file and I am done.

HTH,

Jules

Phil Turmel wrote:

> Stephen,
>
> You're on the right track....
>
> 1) Your local DNS server (or hosts file if the list is short) just 
> needs to wildcard all domains back to 127.0.0.1.  It won't actually 
> have any information on directory structures.  (I'm not a Mac person, 
> so I can't recommend a DNS server package that would be suitable.)
>
> 2) Apache's configuration file needs a virtual host section for each 
> domain name you are trying to mimic, with its "DocumentRoot" property 
> pointing to the correct physical directory.  Note that a VirtualHost 
> section can specify aliases, so you can use a single vhost to handle 
> both www.123.com and 123.com.
>
> 3) The very first vhost section will be the catch-all for any domains 
> you don't have copies of.  Put the appropriate explanatory page as its 
> index.html, with a rewrite rule in just that host to force all links 
> to the index.
>
> Thanks to HTTP 1.1, the browser passes the presumed host name to the 
> webserver independant of the IP address, so apache can figure out 
> which document root to use without having unique IPs.
>
> Note that once an apache configuration file specifies virtual host 
> behavior, the global servername, document root, etc, is ignored.  Only 
> the servernames and document roots specified inside vhost sections work.
>
> Phil T.
>
> Stephen Rider wrote:
>
>> Hi all --
>>
>> I'm trying to set up a web kiosk on an old iMac.  The trick is that 
>> this computer will be completely offline and I need to host a couple 
>> different sites to it using Apache.
>>
>> If it were only one site, I would just throw the files on the hard 
>> drive and serve them up as 127.0.0.1, but I need to find a way to set 
>> it up so that if the browser looks for www.abc.com Apache will serve 
>> up the contents of /Sites/abc/ , and if www.123.com it will point to 
>> /Sites/123/  (obviously these are example addresses).
>>
>> Is there a way to do this?  I'm sure it will involve Virtual Domains, 
>> which understand only vaguely, but won't I also have to set up a 
>> "fake" local DNS or somesuch to point the browser to the directories?
>>
>> All of the sites I need to use utilize Root addressing in some 
>> places, so I can _not_ use
>> 127.0.0.1/abc/
>> and
>> 127.0.0.1/123/
>>
>> (Note:  I'm actually using Apache 2.0.52 via the "Complete Apache" 
>> package, not the 1.x version that comes with OS X.  If need be I can 
>> always switch back to the built-in version.)
>>
>> All help is appreciated.  Thank You! :)
>>
>> Steve
>>
>