Re: [cobalt-users] Multiple IP Addresses

[John Shireley <jshirele@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You really don't need to do it that way, the GUI provides you the
interface to do what you want to do when setting up a new site.

Regards,

- John

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On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Matthew Bowman wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I want to have a SSL Certificate for each of the virtual sites on a RaQ 4
> Miva Commerce machine. In order to do that I understand that each site must
> have its own IP Address. Trawling through the website I came across the
> following and wondered if the same applies to Cobalt???
> 
> Question:
> How do I configure a network card to have multiple IP addresses?
> 
> 
> Answer:
> [Note, this assumes you already have the network card working with one IP
> address.  If not, do that before you continue.]
> 
> The easiest way to configure a network card for IP "aliasing" is to login as
> root and cd to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
> 
> if you do an 'ls' you see one or more files that start with:
> 
> ifcfg-
> 
> Let's say you have an existing ethernet card (eth0) with an IP of
> 192.168.1.1
> and you want to alias 192.168.1.111 to it as well.
> 
> First copy the ifcfg-eth0 file to ifcfg-eth0:0
> 
> Next edit ifcfg-eth0:0 with your favorite editor.  Edit the fields as
> appropriate.
> 
> DEVICE=eth0  --> DEVICE=eth0:0
> USRCTL=???  (Allow regular users to control this interface?? yes/no)
> ONBOOT=???  (Turn this interface on at boot time?? yes/no)
> BOOTPROTO=none
> BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 (the brodcast of the new network)
> NETWORk=192.168.1.0 (the network the new IP address lives on)
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0 (the network mask of the network)
> IPADDR=192.168.1.1 --> IPADDR=192.168.1.111 (the 2nd IP address of the
> interface)
> 
> Save the file, and test your work:
> 
> ifup eth0:0
> ifconfig
> 
> You should now see the interface eth0:0 "UP"
> 
> You can do this as many times as you wish, by incrementing the second
> number.
> For example a second alias would be interface eth0:1 and so on.
> 
> 
> References:
> man ifconfig
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Any ideas - how have you been able to do it?
> 
> Matthew Bowman
> 
> 
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