Where to define vhosts

[Ed]

+1 James - locating config files is best thought of as a variety of
traditions. Apache itself is very flexible as you can locate both the
executable and configuration files almost anywhere.  you could even
put the conf files under version control.....  ;)

have fun Kieth

On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 3:29 PM, James Dugger <james.dugger at gmail.com> wrote:
> Keith, In CentOS /conf.d/ is specifically designated for this purpose with
> "Include /etc/httdf/conf.d/*.conf" added to the end of the httpd.conf file.
> That said it does not HAVE to go there.  I have architect-ed a dev
> environment for an organization where the site developers are not familiar
> with Linux based systems but need access the vhost directives so that they
> can perform mod_rewrites and redirects for simpler static sites.  In order
> to make this possible and to keep individuals out of the /etc/ directory
> altogether I have put the vhosts in /var/httpd-conf/ before.
>
> Another factor is server provisioning.  If you are using a provisioner like
> Vagrant with BASH Shell scripts to build web servers on the fly, It is
> easier to use cat or echo to append the Includes stanza at the end of the
> conf file rather the sed -i to rewrite existing lines.
>
> Just my two cents.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Ed <plug at 0x1b.com> wrote:
>>
>> In Fedora, if you don't want updates to the app (Apache in this case)
>> to overwrite your configurations, you put them in /etc/httpd/conf.d
>> one config file per vhost, and all the other none core config files
>> (php, perl, dav_svn, etc) - you may need to preface them with numbers
>> to have them load in the proper order. Some break out all module
>> invocations into one file and have it be first.
>>
>> Apache reads the primary config file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and
>> appends all of the  *.conf files in /etc/httpd/conf.d to make the
>> complete configuration of your server.
>>
>> That's how Fedora 20 does it, CentOS might do it that way too.
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Michael Torres <matorres124 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > My experience is the config for v hosts is at the bottom of the file.
>> > That
>> > is for apache 2.2.
>> >
>> > On Jun 13, 2014 1:25 PM, <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Thank you everyone for your help!!
>> >>
>> >> I'm running Apache 2.2 on CentOS 6.5.
>> >>
>> >> I was told once to put the vhost file in the config path so that during
>> >> future upgrades I do not lose my configuration.
>> >>
>> >> My main concern is where the config files are included in the
>> >> httpd.conf
>> >> file and how that might effect or be effected by directives that come
>> >> after
>> >> the vhosts.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 2014-06-13 15:03, Michael Torres wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Depends on the version of apache you are using.  I use 2.2 and I add
>> >>> it to the https.conf file..,no issues
>> >>> On Jun 13, 2014 12:53 PM, <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I am wondering what the proper way to add vhosts to the Apache
>> >>>> config.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I've used 3 methods.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 1) add them to the bottom of the httpd.conf file
>> >>>> 2) add an include at the bottom of the httpd.conf file that
>> >>>> includes a file containing all the vhosts
>> >>>> 3) adding a vhost.conf file to /etc/httpd/config.d/ directory
>> >>>>
>> >>>> In the last method, the vhosts are included in the middle of
>> >>>> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file.  Is this a problem?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Is there a better method?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thanks!!
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Keith
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