On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 6:55 AM, LuKreme <kremels@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 4-Jun-2010, at 08:20, Tom Evans wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:13 PM, LuKreme <kremels@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> # apachectl -S >>> VirtualHost configuration: >>> wildcard NameVirtualHosts and _default_ servers: >>> *:* is a NameVirtualHost >>> … >>> Syntax OK >>> >>> >>> Is this something that needs fixing? I ask because everything appears to work. And how does one fix it. I've read the docs and I have to say I don't understand the issue. >>> >> >> I don't think there is anything to fix there. What did you think was a >> warning - '*:* is a NameVirtualHost'? That is >> purely information. > > No, the line above that. I read: > >> With the NameVirtualHost directive you specify the IP address on which the server will receive requests for the name-based virtual hosts. This will usually be the address to which your name-based virtual host names resolve. In cases where a firewall or other proxy receives the requests and forwards them on a different IP address to the server, you must specify the IP address of the physical interface on the machine which will be servicing the requests. If you have multiple name-based hosts on multiple addresses, repeat the directive for each address. > > Since this is my home installation, I cannot specify an IP address as my IP changes. Not very often (ever year or so), but it does change. > > My initial reading of that paragraph led me to the mistaken conclusion that I was supposed to use an IP address (which is how my 'real' server is configured). Reading further, I see that '*' is specifically listed as allowed. > > The line above that is a title :/ The argument to NameVirtualHost is a 'IP/socket glob', ie these are all valid: somehost.com:80 11.22.33.44:80 *:80 * Typically, if you are doing 'bog standard' name virtual hosting, specify your vhosts like so: NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName somehost.com </VirtualHost> It gets slightly trickier when you want to do SSL, or mixed name virtual host/non name virtual host, or only serve some vhosts on requests that come in on a specific interface. Cheers Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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