apache config wows

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 07:23 -0700, keith smith wrote:
> 
> Hi Again!
> 
> Ok so it has been a long time since I configured
> Linux, Apache ETC.
> 
> Back to my AMD500 server.  It had 384RAM and it is a
> dev sever for PHP/MySql and hopefully AJAX.
> 
> Fedora Core 5.
> 
> I have a private net 192.168.xxx.xxx and static IP's
> on this box and my Win XP-Home laptop.
> 
> I have one test virtual host netcodeman.dev and am
> trying to get phpMyAdmin working.
> 
> CONFIGURATION
> =============
> XP-Home : /windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts :
> 
> added 2 lines
> 192.168.xxx.xxx netcodeman.dev
> 192.168.xxx.xxx pma.dev
> 
> -----
> AMD500
> ------
> added 2 lines to /etc/hosts
> 
> 192.168.xxx.xxx	netcodeman.dev
> 192.168.xxx.xxx	pma.dev
> 
> 
> In my /etc/httpd/config
> 
> Uncommented  NameVirtualHost *:80
> added:
> 
> ##begin netcodeman.dev
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>     DocumentRoot /var/www/html/netcodeman.dev
>     ServerName netcodeman.dev
> 
> </VirtualHost>
> ##End netcodeman.dev
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>     DocumentRoot
> /usr/share/phpMyAdmin-2.9.0.2-all-languages
>     ServerName pma.dev
> 
> </VirtualHost>
> ---
> restarted httpd - not errors
> ---
> =======
> On the server if I type localhost into the browser I
> get:
> 
> Index of /
> [ICO]	Name	Last modified	Size	Description
> [DIR]	netcodeman.dev/	24-Oct-2006 16:59 	-
> Apache/2.2.0 (Fedora) Server at localhost Port 80
> -----
> If I type : http://netcodeman.dev/
> 
> I get the output of netcodeman.dev/index.php
> 
> If I type:http://pma.dev/
> 
> I get the output of netcodeman.dev/index.php
> 
> ---
> I've read http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/ and
> beleive I'm conforming to named vhosts.
> 
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I don't fully understand name based virtual hosts but seeing as though
you are in private IP space, why not just give the FC-5 system multiple
IP addresses which makes virtual hosting simple?

Craig