RE: [cobalt-users] Web Sites for multidomains

["Donna" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Rodolfo J. Paiz
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 December 2000 4:30
>
> So I want indahaus.(com|net|org), with or without the "www,"
> all to resolve
> to www.indahaus.com. After a @!$#%$%# lot of reading, it
> appears I may have
> mistakenly stumbled over some Truth. I have this in my
> httpd.conf file...
>
> <VirtualHost www.indahaus.com>
>      ServerName    www.indahaus.com
>      ServerAlias   indahaus.com
>      ServerAdmin   webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>      DocumentRoot  /home/sites/www.indahaus.com/html
>      ErrorLog      /home/sites/www.indahaus.com/logs/error_log
>      TransferLog   /home/sites/www.indahaus.com/logs/access_log
> </VirtualHost>
>
> <VirtualHost www.indahaus.net>
>      ServerName    www.indahaus.net
>      ServerAlias   indahaus.net
>      Redirect      permanent / http://www.indahaus.com
> </VirtualHost>


This will work just as well

 <VirtualHost www.indahaus.com>
      ServerName    www.indahaus.com
      ServerAlias   indahaus.com indahaus.net indahaus.org
      ServerAdmin   webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx
      DocumentRoot  /home/sites/www.indahaus.com/html
      ErrorLog      /home/sites/www.indahaus.com/logs/error_log
      TransferLog   /home/sites/www.indahaus.com/logs/access_log
 </VirtualHost>

I usually just add the .com using the GUI, then add the extra
server aliases to the .conf file when I need them.

>
> ...and (drum roll) oh my God I think it actually works.
> However, I have no
> idea what sendmail will make of this mess. Could someone take
> a look at what
> I've posted here and give me their opinions? Will the mail go
> through? Is
> there perhaps a better way?

It's the apache web server conf file, sendmail won't make
anything of it. You'll need to edit your etc/mail/virtusertable
to include catch-alls for the alaised domains, and also be sure
to add both the www.xyz.net and xyz.net into the mail GUI for
relaying/accepting mail.

>
> I have a full set of DNS records for each domain, pointed at
> the same IP
> address (name-based hosting only for all my sites), and with
> MX records for
> each site all pointing to smtp.indahaus.com.

If the DNS is set up right (and sounds like it is) it should work
fine.

>
> At this point, I'm doing this on a vanilla RedHat 7.0 box, so
> I can ensure
> that whatever gets trashed doesn't kill a production server.
> Once it works,
> then I'll port over to the production machine.

Well, my metioning the GUI won't help on RH7, but the end result
is the same on either machine.

--
Donna Lever
Smart Artist Web Services
http://www.smartartist.com.au/