Subdomain help 1

[RandyRiegel]

I am running an experimental webserver for fun out of my home. I have a domain name and DNS setting pointing to my home IP address. Also, setup a subdomain with my DNS provider which points to same IP address. My main site (

http://mydomain.com)

is stored at /var/

http://www/html.

What do I have to do to the httpd.conf file to get this to work? I've tried the following:

<VirtualHost *>
    DocumentRoot /var/[URL unfurl="true"]www/html/sub1[/URL]
    ServerName sub1.mydomain.com
</VirtualHost>

After adding the above code I can type

http://mydomain.com

and it displays what should be

http://sub1.mydomain.com.

I want

http://mydomain

to show the main site and

http://sub1.mydomain.com

to show what is in that directory. Am I on the right track?

Randy

 

[smah]

You're getting close...

Once you create a virtual host, your 'main' server goes away. You now need 2 virtual hosts:

<VirtualHost *>
  DocumentRoot /var/[URL unfurl="true"]www/html[/URL]
  ServerName mydomain.com
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *>
  DocumentRoot /var/[URL unfurl="true"]www/html/sub1[/URL]
  ServerName sub1.mydomain.com
</VirtualHost>

If apache can't figure out the servername that is being requested, it serves up the first virutal host; which is the behavior that you're seeing. Also, be sure to read the VirtualHost FAQ's in this forum for more info.

 

[RandyRiegel]

Thanks alot, I just put my main domain and a vhost and it works great now. Thanks

Randy