https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=69329
Bug ID: 69329
Summary: (almost) undocumented legacy path-based vhost matching
using ServerPath
Product: Apache httpd-2
Version: 2.5-HEAD
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: Documentation
Assignee: docs@httpd.apache.org
Reporter: vyq...@vayion.de
Target Milestone: ---
Hi there!
While checking the documentation for vhost matching, I've stumbled upon the
`ServerPath` directive for vhost matching which may be relevant in some cases
but isn't mentioned in the "In-Depth Discussion of Virtual Host Matching"
(vhosts/details.html).
While bug 64996 is also concerned with vhost matching, the discussion doesn't
directly relate to this third type of matching. Hence, I created a new issue.
As it turns out, when selecting the appropriate vhost for a request, apache
doesn't only consider ip and host header, but may also fall back to path-based
vhost matching under certain conditions:
if multiple vhosts matched based on ip (i haven't tested whether all of them
have to be best matches) AND the client didn't specify a `Host` header AND the
`ServerPath` directive is set for a vhost AND the `ServerPath` directive of the
vhost matches the request path, THEN that vhost is selected.
(Note that apache only accepts http requests that don't contain a `Host` header
when using HTTP 1.0.)
This behavior is explained under vhosts/examples.html#serverpath, but there is
no mention of it in either vhosts/name-based.html or vhosts/details.html.
(Also, the link to "name-based virtual hosts" in the `ServerPath` directive
docs (mod/core.html#serverpath) should point to vhosts/name-based.html instead
of vhosts/.)
James
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