Sent: Friday, May 07, 2021 at 8:34 AM
From: "Paul Claridge" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: apache routing issue
On 07/05/2021 07:02, Sander Smeenk wrote:
> Quoting emma davis (emma.davis76@xxxxxxx.INVALID):
>
>> It is a domain name identification issue by Apache.
>> May be it a known issue.
>
> Apache has the concent of a 'default' virtual host. Any request to a
> domain not explicitly confiugred for that ip/port combo will be handled
> by the defaul virtual host.
>
> See the output of 'apachectl -S'.
>
> If all your vhosts have <VirtualHost *:80>, the first one Apache
> 'reads'
> when parsing the configuration file(s) will be the default for all IPs
> on port 80.
>
> This will be why your 'blue' and 'brown' domains show the content of
> another site. They are not configured, but some other site on that
> ip/port combo was and is considered the 'default' virtual host.
>
>
>> When it really should be returning a 404 because I haven't set up or
>> enabled the blue or brown sites as virtual hosts.
>
> No. It will not return 404.
> So you can configure a "no site configured" default virtual host, and
> have unconfigured domains land there. And even force it to return a
> 404.
> But Apache, by default, will not do that.
>
>
>> Conclusion:
>> This means I can only host my four websites on one machine.
>> If I want the sites to be served from machine B I suspect I will have
>> to
>> remove all sites from machine because machine A is taking priority.
>
> If you are behind consumer internet, and you have your router forward
> TCP/80 to a certain IP-address, you are limited to that host
> (ip-address) handling all HTTP requests. You can however set up a proxy
> that deals with routing traffic for certain sites to certain other
> ip-addresses in yournetwork. But i think it would be wise to first get
> a
> grip on Apache's essentials before delving in this material.
>
>
>> emma davis
>
> p.s. do i recall you sending a 'threat' about your daddy being a
> barrister who will sue us because some e-mail thread went offline?
>
>
> -Sndr.
Does the default *:80 also serve data to localhost?
I assumed by creating another VH that would achieve a "shortcircuit" and
serve data to my local puppeteer browser from my prime website?
Thx Paul
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