The first v.h. block is important in that any request for a host (servername) that is not found in any other vh block defaults to the first block. So on my servers in the top most block all requests are rewritten to a "please check the url" page. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: "Vinay Purohit" <Vinay.Purohit@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:20:36 To:<users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Apache Virtual Server Configuration Hi Is it mandatory to have first virtual server block as main server when we configure name based virtual server on apache2.2.8 ? Creation of virtual servers: While creating virtual servers on apache 2.2.8 we have to include a virtual host block for each virtual server we want to create and one virtual host block for main server which should be kept at top of all blocks. The reason and description are shown in the mentioned link. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/name-based.html <http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/name-based.html> please suggest if any work around ? \Vinay