a ServerAlias is just an alias so mydomain.com/test.txt will also exists for ape.mydomain.com/test.txt
dns is all about routing and ip's, so to wich server to go to apache is how it gets handled on the server once the request gets there if you only have dns, the server will do nothing with it if you only have apache, well no1 will ever find the server with that domain so you need both Kind Regards. Ruben Decleyn On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Nicolas <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to setup an APE server one one computer, and a web server > on another one. > > I registered a domain with OVH, let's call it mydomain.com. > > I installed an apache server on a dedicated server (fixed ip) and put > this fixed ip as the target of mydomain.com (A). > > It works fine so far. Both mydomain.com and www.mydomain.com show what > is on the Apache server. > > I am however getting confused for the rest. > > 1) The doc says that I should do > ape IN A x.x.x.x ; The IP address of your APE server > *.ape IN CNAME ape > > If I go again to OVH DNS ZONE, it seems I can indeed do that. > > 2) The doc also says that I should add to my virtual host the > following: > ServerAlias ape.yourdomain.com > ServerAlias *.ape.yourdomain.com > > I think I can also do this easily on my Apache server. > > However, I am getting confused. To me, it seems 1) and 2) are > contradictory. If a user lambda requests ape.mydomain.com he will get > the IP of the APE server according to 1), but he will request > something for the apache server according to 2). > > This is probably pretty obvious to you, but not for me. > > Any help appreciated. > > Thx in advance. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "APE Project" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<ape-project%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/ape-project?hl=en > --- > APE Project (Ajax Push Engine) > Official website : http://www.ape-project.org/ > Git Hub : http://github.com/APE-Project/ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "APE Project" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ape-project?hl=en --- APE Project (Ajax Push Engine) Official website : http://www.ape-project.org/ Git Hub : http://github.com/APE-Project/
