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Hello all

This may be a very simple question to all you Linux / Apache die-hards,
but it puzzles me for quite a few days now. What's the problem:

I'm testing a Linux / Apache server setup. If all goes well, it will be
used as our primary webserver, serving pages of a lot of our customers.

Hence I will have to use virtual hosts to do the job. I think the
easiest way (and probably the best way) is to have non-ip based virtual
hosts.

So, on my server, I configured BIND (version 4.9.3) with two extra CNAME
RR, www.virtual1.com and www.virtual2.com; both pointing to
www.bytestore.com. When I do remote DNS queries for these two aliases, I
get the www.bytestore.com IP address. So far so good (I think?)

When I edit the http.conf file, and make two <VirtualHost> ..
</VirtualHost> entries, Apache doesn't work anymore. If I only use the
REAL www server (i.e. comment out both the virhost directives), Apache
works for this one.

I'm running Apache version 1.1x with MkLinux DR2.1.

Is the Apache version not suitable? Or MkLinux DR2.1 / BIND?
Or did I make errors configuring either programm?

TIA

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Quote:>So, on my server, I configured BIND (version 4.9.3) with two extra CNAME

Quote:>RR, www.virtual1.com and www.virtual2.com; both pointing to
>www.bytestore.com. When I do remote DNS queries for these two aliases, I
>get the www.bytestore.com IP address. So far so good (I think?)
>When I edit the http.conf file, and make two <VirtualHost> ..
></VirtualHost> entries, Apache doesn't work anymore. If I only use the
>REAL www server (i.e. comment out both the virhost directives), Apache
>works for this one.

What does your error log say?  What happens when you try to
start it?  Expand on "doesn't work".  What exactly are you trying
to put in your config file?

Quote:>I'm running Apache version 1.1x with MkLinux DR2.1.

Quote:> ></VirtualHost> entries, Apache doesn't work anymore. If I only use the
> >REAL www server (i.e. comment out both the virhost directives), Apache
> >works for this one.

> You really have to be more specific than "doesn't work".  The only answer
> to your problem is that you are doing it wrong, since you don't give any
> information to allow a more detailed comment.

Quote:> What does your error log say?  What happens when you try to start it?
> Expand on "doesn't work".  What exactly are you trying to put in your
> config file?

In the config file I only edit the entries needed (documentroot,
logdirectories) and the virtual host directives at the end of the
http.conf file. I made three entries, two for both the virtual hosts
(www.virtual1.com and www.virtual2.com) and one for the
www.bytestore.com server. When apache runs in "single host mode" I
comment these three out, and set a document root.

Quote:> Don't use 1.1.  Use 1.2.4.  Should still work though.

But, somehow, I don't know yet, it works fine now. I only took the
server (well, only the external HDD, because MkLinux boots from there)
to my daytime job. I installed it there, reconfigured the IP address and
nameserver of the linux box, it worked! I had to reconfigure these items
because we went from just a bunch of IP addresses to a whole class C
domain. Somehow, the key is in there. Anyway, it works.

Thanks for your time! Maybe talking to you in a nearby future.

TIA

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