Yes. You map domains into apps using routes. This in the manual,
chapter 4.

On Sep 13, 6:17 pm, Jon Romero <[email protected]> wrote:
> When a request comes, the dispatch.fcgi is executed which contains
> this:
>
> #!/usr/local/bin/python2.6
> import os
> import sys
>
> os.chdir('/home/user/www/web2py')
>
> path=os.path.normpath('/home/user/www/web2py/')
> if not path in sys.path: sys.path.append(path)
>
> import gluon.main
> import gluon.contrib.gateways.fcgi as fcgi
> application=gluon.main.wsgibase
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>  from gluon.contrib.gateways.fcgi import WSGIServer
>  WSGIServer(application).run()
>
> I create a domain pointer to /home/user/www.web2pyso when I go 
> to:www.mydomain.com
> it goes to the welcome page of web2py (runs the welcome app).
> In order to run my app, I must to do this:www.mydomain.com/myapp
>
> Of course I can rename my app to init (so it can run automatically)
> but what
> happens if I have two apps that need to be served from different
> domains?
> Is there a way for routes.py to understand which request comes from
> that domain so it should serve that app?
>
> On Sep 14, 1:59 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Since you are talking about shared hosting I assume you are using a
> > third party like a web server, for example apache.
>
> > If you have multiple installation your web server (apache) needs
> > somehow to be able to discriminate which one you one you want to talk
> > to. This can be done using the hostname (different virtual hosts), via
> > appname (/app1/default/index go to web2py1 and /app2/default/index
> > goes to web2py2), or by prepending a prefix to the appname (/web2py1/
> > app/default/index goes to web2py1 and /web2py2/app/default/default/
> > index goes to web2py2).
>
> > In all of these cases routes can be used to add or remove parts of the
> > url received by web2py.
>
> > If you have a single application a single web2py installation you can
> > do
>
> > routes_in=(('/index','/myapp/default/index'),)
>
> > to do the mapping you ask.
>
> > Massimo
>
> > On Sep 13, 5:00 pm, Jon Romero <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I am writing a tutorial on how to install web2py on shared hosting
> > > acounts.
> > > I have managed to install and use it successfully but I have a problem
> > > with routes.
>
> > > So, I have created a domain pointer to /home/myuser/www/web2py
> > > (yeap I know I should put web2py outside of public but this senario
> > > will make it easier to explain the pointer).
>
> > > Then I created a dispatcher and an .htaccess and everything works
> > > lovely.
> > > When I go to my domain pointer, I get redirected 
> > > to:http://mydomain.com/welcome/default/index
>
> > > This creates two problems:
> > > 1. What if I have two (or more) websites/applications using the same
> > > web2py installation?
> > > Is it possible?
> > > 2. My links are now like 
> > > that:http://mydomain.com/application_name/default/index
> > > while I wantedhttp://mydomain.com/index.
> > > This seems like a route.py problem, but what happens if there are two
> > > websites/applications?
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