For a while, I've been hosting virtual hosts that are available on both an internal (intranet) interface as well as an external (internet) interface. And based on the documentation, I thought that I had to have separate VirtualHost directives for each of those interfaces. I discovered quite by accident that I can put both of those IP addresses in the same VirtualHost directive. I'm sure that this is documented more clearly somewhere else, but it's not in the place that I am most likely to look. In core.html, it says:
Syntax: <VirtualHost addr[:port] ...> ... </VirtualHost> but I never really thought about what that ... was supposed to mean. I suppose I should have figured it out, but somehow I never did. It's pretty obvious when you know what it means. So, without further ado: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mod]$ cvs diff -u core.html Index: core.html =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvspublic/httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/mod/core.html,v retrieving revision 1.166 diff -u -r1.166 core.html --- core.html 2000/02/28 13:42:23 1.166 +++ core.html 2000/08/29 02:01:00 @@ -3330,6 +3330,21 @@ command (if your OS supports it), or with kernel patches like <A HREF="../misc/vif-info.html">VIF</A> (for SunOS(TM) 4.1.x)).<P> +You can specify more than one IP address. This is useful if a machine +responds to the same name on two different interfaces. For example, +if you have a VirtualHost that is available to hosts on an internal +(intranet) as well as external (internet) network. + +Example: +<BLOCKQUOTE> +<CODE> +<VirtualHost 192.168.1.2 204.255.176.199><BR> +DocumentRoot /www/docs/host.foo.com<BR> +ServerName host.foo.com<BR> +ServerAlias host<BR> +</VirtualHost> +</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> + The special name <CODE>_default_</CODE> can be specified in which case this virtual host will match any IP address that is not explicitly listed in another virtual host. In the absence of any _default_ virtual host -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Come hear me at ApacheCon! - http://www.apachecon.com/ Author - Apache Server Unleashed - http://apacheunleashed.com/
