multiple apache sites with dyndns

Question

Hi all i want to ask how is it possible to serve multiple sites hosted in my computer with apache through dyndns.I am using ubuntu 10.04 and i had setup a dyndns domain as of mydomain.homelinux.org/ .Also i had setup a virtual host with the below configuration

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName  www.drupal-site.com
ServerAlias drupal-site.com

DocumentRoot /home/pavlos/Temp/websites/drupal-site/htdocs
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride all
</Directory>
<Directory /home/pavlos/Temp/websites/drupal-site/htdocs/>
Options FollowSymLinks 
        AllowOverride all
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/pavlos/Temp/websites/drupal-site/cgi-bin/
<Location /cgi-bin>
            Options +ExecCGI
    </Location>


    # Logfiles
    ErrorLog  /home/pavlos/Temp/websites/drupal-site/logs/error.log
    CustomLog /home/pavlos/Temp/websites/drupal-site/logs/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

My /etc/hosts file is:

127.0.0.1 localhost joomla-site.com drupal-site.com
127.0.1.1 medic

Now when i go to mydomain.homelinux.org outside of my lani see the default site of apache.Any suggestions?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 04 '10 at 17:08

You would want to have domains like:

www.joomla-site.com and joomla-site.com set up with a CNAME to mydomain.homelinux.org and the same with www.drupal-site.com and drupal-site.com.

That way, when the person requests www.joomla-site.com, the Host header passed to apache is correct, rather than you seeing mydomain.homelinux.org.

You can do the same with an A record, but, a CNAME would not require you to configure the domains with an IP address, and when your dynamic DNS address is updated, your other two domains wouldn't need any DNS changes.

multiple apache sites with dyndns

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