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| <H1 ALIGN="CENTER">Apache Virtual Host documentation</H1> |
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| <P>The term <CITE>Virtual Host</CITE> refers to the practice of maintaining |
| more than one server on one machine, as differentiated by their apparent |
| hostname. For example, it is often desirable for companies sharing a |
| web server to have their own domains, with web servers accessible as |
| <SAMP>www.company1.com</SAMP> and <SAMP>www.company2.com</SAMP>, |
| without requiring the user to know any extra path information.</P> |
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| <P>Apache was one of the first servers to support IP-based |
| virtual hosts right out of the box. Versions 1.1 and later of |
| Apache support both, IP-based and name-based virtual hosts (vhosts). |
| The latter variant of virtual hosts is sometimes also called host-based or |
| non-IP virtual hosts.</P> |
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| <P>Below is a list of documentation pages which explain all details |
| of virtual host support in Apache version 1.3 and later.</P> |
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| <H2>Virtual Host Support</H2> |
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| <LI><A HREF="name-based.html">Name-based Virtual Hosts</A> |
| <LI><A HREF="ip-based.html">IP-based Virtual Hosts</A> |
| <LI><A HREF="examples.html">Virtual Host examples for common setups</A> |
| <LI><A HREF="details.html">In-Depth Discussion of Virtual Host Matching</A> |
| <LI><A HREF="fd-limits.html">File Descriptor Limits</A> |
| <LI><A HREF="mass.html">Dynamically Configured Mass Virtual Hosting</A> |
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| <H2>Configuration directives</H2> |
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| <LI><A HREF="../mod/core.html#virtualhost"><VirtualHost></A> |
| <LI><A HREF="../mod/core.html#namevirtualhost">NameVirtualHost</A> |
| <LI><A HREF="../mod/core.html#servername">ServerName</A> |
| <LI><A HREF="../mod/core.html#serveralias">ServerAlias</A> |
| <LI><A HREF="../mod/core.html#serverpath">ServerPath</A> |
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| <P>Folks trying to debug their virtual host configuration may find the |
| Apache <CODE>-S</CODE> command line switch useful. It will dump out a |
| description of how Apache parsed the configuration file. Careful |
| examination of the IP addresses and server names may help uncover |
| configuration mistakes. |
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