Keith, Depends on the Distro. If you are using CentOS or any RHEL alternative, then typically you place the site conf files in: /etc/httpd/conf.d/ The following line should already be in the httpd.conf file provided by Apache it may just need to be un-commented: Include conf.d/*.conf FYI site configuration files placed in the conf.d directory are given run priority by lower numbered files first. For example 10-example.site2.conf would be run before 20-example.site1.conf. If you don't want to use the conf.d/ directory then you could create a directory like /etc/httpd/conf/vhost/ and place your .conf files in there. You would then simply add an includes file like so in httpd.conf: Include conf/vhost/*.conf If you are running Apache in a Debian or Ubuntu based distro than all site conf files go in /etc/apache2/sites-available/. Apache2 in Debian and Ubuntu require that new sites are enabled. to do this after creating your site's .conf file run: sudo a2ensite your-site-name.conf (this is the same name you gave the conf file in /etc/apache2/sites-available) Also in Debian/Ubuntu you need to ensure that the mod_rewrite module is enabled. To do this you type just once. sudo a2enmod rewrite Hope that helps. ​James​ On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 9:24 PM, keith smith wrote: > Cool, thanks!! > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > > On Saturday, March 15, 2014 8:40 PM, Eric Cope > wrote: > Cpanel does it that way too. I couldn't find a quick reference, but here > is one: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6526498/import-include-external-virtualhost-file-to-be-used-inside-apaches-httpd-conf > > Eric > > > On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 5:04 PM, keith smith wrote: > > > > I Hope I do not drive everyone crazy over the next couple days or weeks > as it might be. So let me thank you in advance for your patience and help!! > > A little background... A year ago one of the members of this list helped > me configure a webserver that is in my home office. It has run well for a > year. It is on an old desktop so I bought a new box and it is time to > configure it. This time I hope to go it alone with my safety net of course. > > My first of probably many questions has to do with Apache - I was told a > while ago that the way to add vhosts is by putting them into a seperate > file so they will not get overwritten during an update. > > I've been looking for a standard way to do this, however I am not finding > any standard. Is there a standard or do I just add an include at the end > of the httpd.config. If so should I just add the SSL vhosts in the same > way? > > Thank you so much for your help!! > > Keith > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- James *Linkedin *