[users@httpd] Re: Subdomains just by creating a directory?

[Andreas Schildbach <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Boyle Owen wrote:

> > is it possible to configure Apache2 to serve the contents of a 
> > directory, in a way so the first level of the structure serves as the 
> > name of a subdomain?
>
> I don't see the problem. This is exactly what apache does by default. The DocumentRoot directive maps the base URL of the site (bar.myhost.mydomain) onto a filesystem path (/var/www/bar) then any additional path information in the URL is simply appended to the DocumentRoot (bar.myhost.mydomain/path/ --> /var/www/bar/path/)
>
> What have you tried? What went wrong? (include error-log messages)...

Both Debian and Ubuntu install a default mapping 
(/etc/apache2/mods-available/default) that looks like the following:

NameVirtualHost *
<VirtualHost *>
        DocumentRoot /var/www/
        <Directory />
		[...]
        </Directory>
        <Directory /var/www/>
		[...]
        </Directory>

        ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
        <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
		[...]
        </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

This maps as follows:

mydomain.tld --> /var/www/
mydomain.tld/foo --> /var/www/foo/
...and so on...

Which directive do I have to change in order to get the "default" 
behaviour, as you said?

Regards,

Andreas


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