[sllug-members]: httpd.conf question

[Adam Barrett]

Thanks! That is what I thought right after I posted :D

On 8/13/07, Clint Savage <herlo1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/13/07, Adam Barrett <dragen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am going to be setting up a bunch of domains to redirect to one...
> > is this a valid VirtualHost entry?
> >
> > <VirtualHost *>
> >      ServerName www.domain.com
> >      ServerAlias   *.domain.*
> >      DocumentRoot /my/domain
> > </VirtualHost>
> >
> > Would that capture all the .net .org .biz etc? Or would it fail miserably?
> >
> >
>
> According to the documentation on apache's site[1], this would
> probably work.  My recommendation would to be to add one entry for
> each to be explicit.  Its possible that if you own x.domain.org, you
> may want it to be managed elsewhere at some point.
>
> Also, I'd suggest you consider making sure that you cover domain.com
> as well.  To me, its smart to make sure that your domain.com and
> www.domain.com point to the same data.  Its easy to do and I wonder
> why more people don't.
>
> Here's what I'd do:
>
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>     ServerName www.domain.com
>     ServerAlias   domain.org domain.biz domain.net domain.com
> *.domain.com *.domain.org *.domain.biz
>     DocumentRoot /my/domain
> </VirtualHost>
>
> I'm not sure why, but that still bugs me, though it should technically
> be correct.  Probably just my eccentricity shining through. o_O
>
> 1- http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#serveralias
>
> Cheers,
>
> Clint
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Adam Barrett
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