Apache2 question

[Miles Beck]

On 11/14/05, Alex Dean <alex at crackpot.org> wrote:
> On Nov 14, 2005, at 9:55 AM, Miles Beck wrote:
> > At the end of apache2.conf was the following line.
> >
> > # Include the virtual host configurations:
> > Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/[^.#]*
>
>
> Ooops, that slipped my mind.  (The first thing I did when I set up my
> server was disable the '000-default' domain.)
>
> If you ever want to serve multiple sites from this server, you're
> better off using a subdirectory of /var/www as the document root,
> rather than /var/www itself.  I use a different directory for each
> site, and use the site's name for the directory name.
>
> /var/www/site1.org/
> /var/www/site2.com/
> /var/www/site3.net/
>
> All the files in 'sites-enabled' are really symbolic links to actual
> files in /etc/apache2/sites-available.  You can use 000-default
> config file as a base for your first site configuration.  Name the
> config file after your site to keep track of which is which.  'cp 000-
> default site1.org'.  Now you can set up the configuration for your
> first site in this file.  When you want to make it live, you can run
> the 'a2ensite' script to link your config file into 'sites-enabled'.
> (You can later do 'a2dissite' to take it offline for whatever reason.)
>
> This might seem needlessly complex if you're just doing this for the
> first time, but doing this way will mean you can add an unlimited
> number of sites to your server without having to rearrange what
> you've already set up.  Again, I think the Apache Cookbook is pure
> gold for getting the hang of this stuff.
>
> alex

Thanks for the information above. I'll keep this handy when I want to
add a second site to this server. I also think I'll get the Apache
Cookbook. Thanks for the recommendation.