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| <p>Configuring Apache to listen on specific addresses and ports.</p> |
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| <h2><a name="overview" id="overview">Overview</a></h2> |
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| <table class="related"><tr><th>Related Modules</th><th>Related Directives</th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><code class="module"><a href="./mod/core.html">core</a></code></li><li><code class="module"><a href="./mod/mpm_common.html">mpm_common</a></code></li></ul></td><td><ul><li><code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#virtualhost">VirtualHost</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mpm_common.html#listen">Listen</a></code></li></ul></td></tr></table> |
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| <p>When Apache starts, it binds to some port and address on |
| the local machine and waits for incoming requests. By default, |
| it listens to all addresses on the machine. However, it needs to |
| be told to listen on specific ports, or to listen on only selected |
| addresses, or a combination. This is often combined with the |
| Virtual Host feature which determines how Apache responds to |
| different IP addresses, hostnames and ports.</p> |
| |
| <p>The <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mpm_common.html#listen">Listen</a></code> |
| directive tells the server to accept |
| incoming requests only on the specified port or |
| address-and-port combinations. If only a port number is |
| specified in the <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mpm_common.html#listen">Listen</a></code> |
| directive, the server |
| listens to the given port on all interfaces. If an IP address |
| is given as well as a port, the server will listen on the given |
| port and interface. Multiple Listen directives may be used to |
| specify a number of addresses and ports to listen on. The |
| server will respond to requests from any of the listed |
| addresses and ports.</p> |
| |
| <p>For example, to make the server accept connections on both |
| port 80 and port 8000, use:</p> |
| |
| <div class="example"><p><code> |
| Listen 80<br /> |
| Listen 8000 |
| </code></p></div> |
| |
| <p>To make the server accept connections on two specified |
| interfaces and port numbers, use</p> |
| |
| <div class="example"><p><code> |
| Listen 192.170.2.1:80<br /> |
| Listen 192.170.2.5:8000 |
| </code></p></div> |
| |
| <p>IPv6 addresses must be surrounded in square brackets, as in the |
| following example:</p> |
| |
| <div class="example"><p><code> |
| Listen [fe80::a00:20ff:fea7:ccea]:80 |
| </code></p></div> |
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| <h2><a name="ipv6" id="ipv6">Special IPv6 Considerations</a></h2> |
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| |
| <p>When APR supports IPv6, Apache will create IPv6-capable listening |
| sockets by default (i.e., when no IP address is specified on the |
| Listen directive). In other words, when APR supports IPv6,</p> |
| |
| <div class="example"><p><code> |
| Listen 80 |
| </code></p></div> |
| |
| <p>is equivalent to</p> |
| |
| <div class="example"><p><code> |
| Listen [::]:80 |
| </code></p></div> |
| |
| <p>When APR does not support IPv6,</p> |
| |
| <div class="example"><p><code> |
| Listen 80 |
| </code></p></div> |
| |
| <p>is equivalent to</p> |
| |
| <div class="example"><p><code> |
| Listen 0.0.0.0:80 |
| </code></p></div> |
| |
| <p>On some platforms, such as NetBSD, binding to the IPv6 wildcard address |
| ("::") does not allow Apache to accept connections on IPv4 interfaces. |
| In this situation, multiple Listen directives are required, as shown |
| below:</p> |
| |
| <div class="example"><p><code> |
| Listen 0.0.0.0:80<br /> |
| Listen [::]:0 |
| </code></p></div> |
| |
| <p>Apache does not currently detect this, so the Listen statements must |
| be edited manually by the administrator.</p> |
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| <h2><a name="virtualhost" id="virtualhost">How This Works With Virtual Hosts</a></h2> |
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| <p>Listen does not implement Virtual Hosts. It only tells the |
| main server what addresses and ports to listen to. If no |
| <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#virtualhost"><VirtualHost></a></code> |
| directives are used, the server will behave |
| the same for all accepted requests. However, |
| <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#virtualhost"><VirtualHost></a></code> |
| can be used to specify a different behavior |
| for one or more of the addresses and ports. To implement a |
| VirtualHost, the server must first be told to listen to the |
| address and port to be used. Then a |
| <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#virtualhost"><VirtualHost></a></code> section |
| should be created for a specified address and port to set the |
| behavior of this virtual host. Note that if the |
| <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#virtualhost"><VirtualHost></a></code> |
| is set for an address and port that the |
| server is not listening to, it cannot be accessed.</p> |
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