Thanks Dave, James, and others . I have actually been using Apache for several years now, but every time i install it I think "what really should be going in the domain field?" I dont have a domain - just a few machines in a peer-to-peer network, and i never really understood what i was doing when i came to install Apache here. It worked ok, so i never worried much about it, and ot create a new site, its a simple task of changing the hosts file and a virtual hosts definition file, then restart Apache. Takes about 30 seconds.
But i often thought i should really check if i am doing it the right way. Often we do things that work, but arent really the proper way to do things. In this case, it looks like i was doing it right anyway, even without a lot of background knowledge as to the whys and wherefores.. Thanks for your help. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion 9 Enterprise, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 5:05 AM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm reinstalling my Apache web server, and every time i install >> Apache, i get to the part where it asks me for the server domain name >> and dont know what to put. I stumble around until i finally find >> something that works and i suppose that's all that's really needed, >> but i wondered what the rest of you are doing ... > > It doesn't matter. Typically, you'd end up putting in real values > after the install even in a production environment, as the installer > doesn't ask you about virtual hosts, etc. > >> I'm using a PC using WinXPPro, not a Windows Server, and I'm just >> running the web server locally on my development PC. Do you guys go >> to the bother of setting up DNS Server and all that stuff? Do you >> have a domain for this single user single machine? > > No, you don't need a DNS server. For local development, all that > matters is that whatever names you want to use resolve to the places > you want them to. You can easily accomplish this using your hosts > file. > > For example, you might want to have multiple development web sites on > your machine. You can define multiple virtual hosts in httpd.conf, > then create entries in your hosts file to resolve to the names you've > assigned to the virtual hosts. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or ons > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:331428 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
