Re: [cobalt-users] Possible subdomain?

[Jay Summers <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I've been searching the archives to find an answer to a problem I have, but
> it's left me confused. I'm not sure if what I need is a subdomain or not.
> 
> My problem is that I need to set up a secure server (RaQ4) which is reached
> by using:
> 
> https://secure.mydomain.com

Will the secure.mydomain.com still have the same document root as
www.mydomain.com? If so, you don't have to create the subdomain user.
 
> I've found one way (posted by Gerald Waugh), which involves setting up a
> user with name "secure", then creating an additional config file for apache,
> included in httpd.conf with rewrite rules.
> 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg38183.html
> 
> However, I suspect this won't work when using HTTPS.

Correct. This only sets up a regular website running on port 80. If you want
it to be SSL you'll have to copy the a virtual host container from a SSL
enabled site and use that as your base.

> Has anybody done this and is the above method the correct way to achieve it
> or will it involve configuring DNS?

As noted in the instructions, you'll have to create a couple of A records
for the subdomain.

HTH,
j
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