name based virtual hosting

[jkmartha]

i want to configure name based virtual hosting.
suppose my ip address is 100.101.102.103
i would like to have 3 websites on the same ip.
www.abc.com
www.xyz.com
www.efg.com
the default directory is /var/www/html. what are the changes i need to do in the /etc/named.conf and /var/named/<forward-zone> and /var/named/<reverse-zone> files ?

i have pasted concerned lines of my httpd.conf file. what modifications i need to do in this file ?


### Section 3: Virtual Hosts
#
# VirtualHost: If you want to maintain multiple domains/hostnames on your
# machine you can setup VirtualHost containers for them. Most configurations
# use only name-based virtual hosts so the server doesn't need to worry about
# IP addresses. This is indicated by the asterisks in the directives below.
#
# Please see the documentation at
# <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/vhosts/>
# for further details before you try to setup virtual hosts.
#
# You may use the command line option '-S' to verify your virtual host
# configuration.

#
# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#
#NameVirtualHost *:80
#
# NOTE: NameVirtualHost cannot be used without a port specifier
# (e.g. :80) if mod_ssl is being used, due to the nature of the
# SSL protocol.
#

#
# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for requests without a known
# server name.
#
#<VirtualHost *:80>
# ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com
# DocumentRoot /www/docs/dummy-host.example.com
# ServerName dummy-host.example.com
# ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
# CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
#</VirtualHost>

[hatimad]

create respective directores in /var/www/html ( or where ever you want, one for each host )

make sure all the domain names resolve to your IP i.e nslookup on all your domains gives you your IP ( same IP, since you have only one )

and add this at the end of your httpd.conf

NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@abc.com
DocumentRoot /www/html/abc/
ServerName abc.com
ErrorLog logs/abc.com-error_log
CustomLog logs/abc.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@xyz.com
DocumentRoot /www/html/xyz/
ServerName xyz.com
ErrorLog logs/xyz.com-error_log
CustomLog logs/xyz.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@abc.com
DocumentRoot /www/html/efg/
ServerName efg.com
ErrorLog logs/efg.com-error_log
CustomLog logs/efg.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

restart apache.

HTH

PS: I have assumed that your domain names are resolved to your IP, In that case you dont need to do anything to your DNS configuration

[LinuxFreak]

Dear jkmartha,
Hello,

FYI, http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/vhosts/name-based.html

Best Regards.

[jkmartha]

thanx