Hi Andre,
Thanks for the clarification.
Before proceeding with this, what is the other alternative that you mentionned?
thank you,
--- On Tue, 28/4/09, André Warnier <aw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: André Warnier <aw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: alias using Virtual host
> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, 28 April, 2009, 11:25 AM
> Melanie Pfefer wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Let me clarify more:
> >
> > I have the main http.conf file and created another
> http.conf to run another apache instance on port 8094.
>
> That is a welcome clarification indeed.
> Why t.h. did you do that for ? ;-)
>
> You could also do that with a single Apache.
> So, before we go any further, which solution do you prefer
> ? one or two Apaches ?
>
> Then, if you choose to have two, for further clarification
> I suggest that in future messages, you name them like "A" or
> "B".
>
> >
> > I then created a DNS alias (let’s say called alias2)
> and put these lines
> >
>
> Where ? in which of your Apache's ?
>
> > NameVirtualHost *:80
> >
> > <VirtualHost *:80>
> > ServerName
> alias2
> > ProxyPass / http://localhost:
> 8094/
> > ProxyPassReverse
> / http://localhost: 8094/
> > </VirtualHost>
> >
>
> Independently of what happens in the future
> (and I am now talking about "Apache A") :
>
> If the above <VirtualHost> section is *the only
> one* (or the first one) you have in that particular
> Apache instance, then it acts as the "default host" (and yes
> it will also catch all calls to "http://host";).
> If you don't want that, then do as follows :
>
> NameVirtualHost *:80
>
> <VirtualHost *:80>
> ServerName whatever
> DocumentRoot /wherever
> .. other configuration lines belonging to what you
> want http://host to
> be like
> ...
> </VirtualHost>
>
> <VirtualHost *:80>
> ServerName alias2
> ProxyPass / http://localhost:
> 8094/
> ProxyPassReverse /
> http://localhost: 8094/
> </VirtualHost>
>
> In other words, now the first <VirtualHost> section
> above (because it is the first) becomes your default
> VirtualHost.
> Only requests that specifically name "alias2" will be
> handled by the second <VirtualHost> section (and thus
> proxied to the other server on port 8094).
> All other requests (including the ones addressed to "http://host"; will be
> handled by the first section, which does not proxy.
> That is because it is now the default VirtualHost.
> That is also why the "ServerName" you put in that one, does
> not matter, because it will catch all requests that are not
> for "alias2" anyway, as long as they arrive to your server.
>
>
> Next if you want, we will see how you can combine these two
> Apache's into a single one, using the same logic.
>
>
> >
> > This previously worked like a charm on a server where
> apache was running on port 80.
> >
> With respect, I kind of doubt that.
>
> > I suspect that this time, the aliasing is not working
> perhaps because apache has:
> >
> > Listen 8088 and
> > Listen 80
> >
> > In the config file.
> >
>
> No. It has nothing to do with that.
>
>
> > This is the only difference.
> >
> >
> > With the configuration above, on the current system,
> http://host and http://alias2 go to
> http://host:8094 while I want only http://alias2 to go
> to http://host:8094.
> >
>
> Yes, and do you now understand why ?
> If not, go ahead and re-read http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/name-based.html
>
>
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