Re: Setting up a subdomain? (Apache Users)

2008/8/30 <solprovider@xxxxxxxxxx>

On 8/29/08, Zach Uram <netrek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I run apache2 on Debian. I want to set up subdomain so instead of

> www.example.org/html/foo.html visitors can just visit http://foo.example.org so

> what specifically must I do in apache conf to do this and what type
> of record should I add in my GoDaddy DNS control panel and what will
> the record look like?
>
> Zach

Short post, many concepts.
- DNS connects server names to IP Addresses.
- A Web server can handle several server names on one IP Address.
Apache httpd calls these virtual servers.
- A website has content. Basic websites associate a URL with a
content file under a root directory. Multiple websites can access the
same files with different root directories.

You must:
1. Add foo.example.org to your DNS. (I do not know GoDaddy's control
panel. Ask GoDaddy.)
2. Add a virtual server in httpd.conf setting the DocumentRoot to the
correct subdirectory.
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName foo.example.org
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/foo
</VirtualHost>

HTH,
solprovider

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Hi Zach,

I have virtual hosts in my conf file too, for sub-domains. As far as DNS set up goes:

You need (and probably already have) an A-Record hostname (mine is samwootton.com), then you set-up an Alias C-NAME record, (mine is work.samwootton.com). Thats should be all you need to do. Then in your conf, you just set up a virtual host for your new domain name.

Regards, Sam Wootton