CentOS docs - Aug 2009 - document proposal: TipsAndTricks/ApacheVHostDir

I use named virtual hosts on my web servers, as I'm sure many others do.

  I'm used to the method of using a vhost directory for the container files.
I didn't find documentation for it in the CentOS docs or the Apache docs. 
I'm not sure if I should take it as a hint that it is depreciated...  If 
I've missed something, please point me to it.

  I've written a quick little article detailing how to create a vhost 
directory under CentOS.
  It is at http://wiki.centos.org/EdHeron/ApacheVhostDir

  Please, consider this a request to create the page 
TipsAndTricks/ApacheVhostDir with access given to wiki user EdHeron.

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Ed Heron

On 08/21/2009 10:41 PM, Ed Heron wrote:
>   I use named virtual hosts on my web servers, as I'm sure many others
do.
>
>   I'm used to the method of using a vhost directory for the container
files.
> I didn't find documentation for it in the CentOS docs or the Apache
docs.
> I'm not sure if I should take it as a hint that it is depreciated... 
If
> I've missed something, please point me to it.
>
>   I've written a quick little article detailing how to create a vhost 
> directory under CentOS.
>   It is at http://wiki.centos.org/EdHeron/ApacheVhostDir
>
>   
I fail to see why is another directory needed, since the default config 
already includes every .conf file below /etc/httpd/conf.d/. Care to 
explain, please ?

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Ed Heron<Ed at heron-ent.com>
wrote:
> ?I use named virtual hosts on my web servers, as I'm sure many others
do.
>
> ?I'm used to the method of using a vhost directory for the container
files.
> I didn't find documentation for it in the CentOS docs or the Apache
docs.
> I'm not sure if I should take it as a hint that it is depreciated...
?If
> I've missed something, please point me to it.
>
> ?I've written a quick little article detailing how to create a vhost
> directory under CentOS.
> ?It is at http://wiki.centos.org/EdHeron/ApacheVhostDir
>
> ?Please, consider this a request to create the page
> TipsAndTricks/ApacheVhostDir with access given to wiki user EdHeron.
>
> --------------------
> Ed Heron
>
I always figured that the "CentOS way" to handle that was to put them
into the conf.d folder.  Is there an advantage to using this method?
One thing I can think of is that the conf.d is included in the middle
of the httpd.conf file, while this would be at the bottom.

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Ed Heron<Ed at heron-ent.com>
wrote:
> ?I use named virtual hosts on my web servers, as I'm sure many others
do.
>
> ?I'm used to the method of using a vhost directory for the container
files.
> I didn't find documentation for it in the CentOS docs or the Apache
docs.
> I'm not sure if I should take it as a hint that it is depreciated...
?If
> I've missed something, please point me to it.
>
> ?I've written a quick little article detailing how to create a vhost
> directory under CentOS.
> ?It is at http://wiki.centos.org/EdHeron/ApacheVhostDir
>
> ?Please, consider this a request to create the page
> TipsAndTricks/ApacheVhostDir with access given to wiki user EdHeron.
>
> --------------------
> Ed Heron

PS. You could also "service reload" instead of restart for a more
graceful reconfiguration.

Am Freitag, den 21.08.2009, 21:41 +0200 schrieb Ed
Heron:
> I use named virtual hosts on my web servers, as I'm sure many others
do.
>
>   I'm used to the method of using a vhost directory for the container
files.
> I didn't find documentation for it in the CentOS docs or the Apache
docs.
> I'm not sure if I should take it as a hint that it is depreciated... 
If
> I've missed something, please point me to it.
>
>   I've written a quick little article detailing how to create a vhost
> directory under CentOS.
>   It is at http://wiki.centos.org/EdHeron/ApacheVhostDir
>
>   Please, consider this a request to create the page
> TipsAndTricks/ApacheVhostDir with access given to wiki user EdHeron.
>
> --------------------
> Ed Heron
>
I prefer one file per vhost instead of one directory per vhost. But what
i really expect from a TipsAndTricks/ApacheVhost is to explain how to
make sure which vhost will be the default vhost when using includes.

Chris


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