That hits the spot!!  Thank you James!!   ------------------------ Keith Smith On Sunday, March 16, 2014 12:05 AM, James Dugger wrote: 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 --------------------------------------------------- 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