On Feb 8, 2007, at 3:56 PM, Urijah Kaplan wrote:
That worked! I restarted (I didn't know I had to do that--when am I supposed to restart?) and the folder from /home/<my name>/public_html popped up. Seizing the opportunity, I put in my website there (changing the default.htm to index.html) and it worked! So, this experience leaves me with a few questions 1.When should I know to restart the server?
When you change the configuration file(s). Usually, a 'graceful' restart is enough.
2. Why aren't the pages being served from /var/www/html/ like the DocumentRoot says? Is there another configuration file that's overriding it somewhere?
As soon as you define <VirtualHost> containers, they take over from the 'Main Server' configuration. The first virtual host in your configuration is the Default and receives non-matching requests (that don't contain a matching Host: header).
3) Why can't I use default.htm (not a big deal obviously)
Add it to the DirectoryIndex directive. You can do this per virtual host.
4) Since I clearly don't know what I'm doing, what would be a good resource/book to use to teach me more about Apache/Linux?
The Apache documentation: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/I have always liked "Apache: the Definitive Guide" by Ben and Peter Laurie:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0596002033? tag=sandersweblog-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASI N=0596002033&adid=0H8M3S43QATSYC94MFXZ&
Also, hang out on this list and you'll be helping other people in no time!
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