RE: [cobalt-users] not using "www"

["Kai" <go@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wildcarded DNS is fun and easy.

Step 1: [root@yourbox]pico /etc/named/records
Find the domain you want to be wildcarded. Eg: dave.com

a - dave.com 000.000.000.000

Step2: add a second line below this entry:
a * dave.com 000.000.000.000

Then save and exit records.

Step3: [root@yourbox]pico /etc/named/pri.dave.com
You will see a list of a-record entries. Add this line somewhere in there:

*.dave.com.        in      a       000.000.000.000

Then save and exit pri.dave.com

Step4: [root@yourbox]pico /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Find the dave.com virtual host.
Find the Rewrite lines. Eg:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}                !^000.000.000.000(:80)?$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}                !^www.dave.com(:80)?$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)                      http://www.dave.com/$1 [L,R]
RewriteOptions inherit

Now.

Remove the exclamation mark in front of the two conditions. So you have:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}                ^000.000.000.000(:80)?$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}                ^www.dave.com(:80)?$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)                      http://www.dave.com/$1 [L,R]
RewriteOptions inherit

Save httpd.conf and exit.

Step6:
[root@yourbox] /etc/rc.d/init.d/./named restart

once that completes then:
[root@yourbox] /etc/rc.d/init.d/./httpd restart


THAT'S IT!!!!

Now you might want a subdomain. Just add under the rewrite section:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} [^.]*\subdomain.dave.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$              /home/sites/siteN/web/anydiryouwant$1

Worked on my RaQ4.

Ciao.

Kai.



-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of hexy
Sent: Friday, 22 March 2002 3:35 AM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] not using "www"


What about some wildcards? something like this:

--snip--
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}                !^000.000.000.000(:80)?$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}                !^www.yourdomain.com(:80)?$

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}                !^(.*)yourdomain.com(:80)?$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)                      http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [L,R]
RewriteOptions inherit
--snap--

I don;t know what effect that would have on name based virtual hosts tho,
probably have to specify each severalias that you want...

Rgds
Dave Transom




-----Original Message-----
From: "Kai" <go@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] not using "www"
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 20:24:52 +1000
Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Yep sure is.

[root@yourbox]# pico /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
save it as httpd.conf.backup<date> ( the way i do it ) just in case
scroll down to the virtual site you want.

IE:
<VirtualHost 000.000.000.000>
ServerName www.yourdomain.com
ServerAdmin admin
DocumentRoot /home/sites/siteXX/web
ServerAlias yourdomain.com
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}                !^000.000.000.000(:80)?$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}                !^www.yourdomain.com(:80)?$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)                      http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [L,R]
RewriteOptions inherit
AliasMatch ^/~([^/]+)(/(.*))? /home/sites/siteXX/users/$1/web/$3
AddHandler cgi-wrapper .cgi
AddHandler cgi-wrapper .pl
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
AddType    text/html     .shtml
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php4
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
# AddHandler chiliasp .asp
# AddHandler chiliasp .asa
</VirtualHost>

OK see this bit:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}                !^000.000.000.000(:80)?$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}                !^www.yourdomain.com(:80)?$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)                      http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [L,R]
RewriteOptions inherit

Change this line:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}                !^www.yourdomain.com(:80)?$

To:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}                ^www.yourdomain.com(:80)?$

Save it. And restart httpd by typing: /etc/rc.d/init.d/./httpd restart

This worked for me. RaQ4. Might be different for you.

Kai.



-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Benedict
Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2002 4:55 AM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cobalt-users] not using "www"


Hi

I've been discussing the use of "www" in front of some
of the domain-names I maintain. Is there a way
to make Cobalt machines (RaQ 4 and Qube 3 in my case)
*not* jump to setting a hostname in front of the domain?
So that if I use
http://domain.org
that it doesn't change into
http://www.domain.org
all the time?

I'm not convinced the hosts are of use in my setups,
and I want my domains to enjoy their short names,
without the "www" in front of it.
In a BSD environment which I also maintain, the host
can be anything I want, or nothing at all, and the
DNS-records have no problem dealing with this.
http://domain.org does not need a host in front of it,
http://*.domain.org all goes to the same A-record.

Any tips on this highly appreciated,

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