RE: [cobalt-users] Sub Domains

["Tim Skipper" <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>
Can anyone share the steps with me for setting up a subdomain on a
raq3.

Thanks,

Jonathan
<<<<

I've got these instructions, saved from a post made by Gerald Waugh
some time ago. Works a treat.

Tim.

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The above instructions do not create a sub domain, they create a new
virtual
site, maybe a pseudo subdomain, NOT a subdomain

I have repeated the following instructions which I have posted several
times.
I have maybe 30 or 40 subdomains created on RaQ2, RaQ3 and RAQ4
servers,
using these instructions and they all work just fine.

These instructions create a REAL sub domain, if the virtual site is a
front
page site, front page will see the subdomains when the site is edited.

[1] Create a user subdomain in thedomain.
    subdomain is the name for the sub domain in thedomain virtual
site.

[2] Create 'A' records in DNS for thedomain.com
     www.subdomain.thedomain.com
     subdomain.thedomain.com

[3] Create a file in /etc/httpd <anyname> I use thedomain.conf.  Put
the
    following text in the file thedomain.conf.

    <VirtualHost 111.222.333.444>
    ServerName www.subdomain.thedomain.com
    ServerAdmin thedomain-admin
    ServerAlias subdomain.thedomain.com
    DocumentRoot /home/sites/siteX/users/subdomain/web
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}             !^111.222.333.444(:80)?$
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}
!^www.subdomain.thedomain.com(:80)?$
    RewriteRule ^/(.*)     http://www.subdomain.thedomain.com/$1 [L,R]
    RewriteOptions inherit
    AddHandler cgi-wrapper .cgi
    AddHandler cgi-wrapper .pl
    </VirtualHost>

    NOTE: In the above container replace subdomain, thedomain-admin,
    thedomain, and 111.222.333.444 with the actual names (values)
    Add any other AddHandler types you might need.

[4] edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
    add a line that states:
    "include thedomain.conf"  (without quotation marks)

    NOTE: Place this line after the server <VirtualHost> container.
    This allows errors to resolve to the server domain instead of
     one of the sub domains

[5] reload httpd
     RaQ3 - RaQ4 /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd reload
     RaQ2  /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd.init/ reload

DONE

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