That is incorrect. If you inherit a ServerName value that conflicts with other name-based vhosts, you break your set. You can use a dummy value, or even the IP in the ServerName attribute. Run apachectl -S on all your servers to verify, you are making dangerous assumptions. On 12/10/20 11:38 AM, James Smith wrote: > It's how you do a catchall... there is no other way of doing it - it doesn't cause any problems if you only have one. > > I have many domains with wildcard DNS it is the clean way of handling those sub-domains I am not serving in a "nice" manner rather than just dropping the requests on the floor.... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank <thumbs@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: 12 October 2020 16:36 > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Forwarding IP to HTTPS. [EXT] > > James, > > Omitting an explicit ServerName in name-based vhosts is a bad idea as well. You can create conflicts or ambiguities. > > > On 12/10/20 11:22 AM, James Smith wrote: >> This would be my set-up in your case - note as someone said it was too complex I've removed the extra security bits I'd left in by accident... >> >> ## Port 80 && 443 default configs... >> >> <VirtualHost *:80> >> RequestHeader unset X-is-ssl >> RewriteEngine on >> RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mydomain.com-25-257BREQUEST-5FURI-257D&d=DwICaQ&c=D7ByGjS34AllFgecYw0iC6Zq7qlm8uclZFI0SqQnqBo&r=oH2yp0ge1ecj4oDX0XM7vQ&m=w8mNihZcLdPkrkWTFdVG6LmAT8UO_9FqLV_4Ywf19mc&s=47aeC7VpZqBNUbE_aKiS0JoffbV7H5FyjfM7UmoWTDI&e= [R=permanent,L,NE] >> </VirtualHost> >> >> <VirtualHost *:443> >> RewriteEngine on >> RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mydomain.com_-25-257BREQUEST-5FURI-257D&d=DwICaQ&c=D7ByGjS34AllFgecYw0iC6Zq7qlm8uclZFI0SqQnqBo&r=oH2yp0ge1ecj4oDX0XM7vQ&m=w8mNihZcLdPkrkWTFdVG6LmAT8UO_9FqLV_4Ywf19mc&s=aVlFo1DDVwr3tEOodTNO7ClXY1kSHj0WWY8i_gvHs-M&e= [R,L,NE] >> </VirtualHost> >> >> ## Port 443 default - this is our main server...... so your main apache config stuff should be in here with SSL configured correctly.. >> >> <VirtualHost *:443> >> ServerName https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mydomain.com&d=DwICaQ&c=D7ByGjS34AllFgecYw0iC6Zq7qlm8uclZFI0SqQnqBo&r=oH2yp0ge1ecj4oDX0XM7vQ&m=w8mNihZcLdPkrkWTFdVG6LmAT8UO_9FqLV_4Ywf19mc&s=szdN2RRM4IZr7J-1Pvimaja8Tgaxr2VdeFsiw-dixVU&e= >> ... >> ... >> ... >> ... >> ... >> </VirtualHost> >> >> If you have more than one domain then you will need to add rules on >> port 80 to preserve the hostname & also blocks for each additional >> domain >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx