RE: [cobalt-users] Subdomains in RaQ 4i - HELP

[aljuhani <aljuhani@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can setup your A records as I mentioned in the previous message and here 
is a message from Gerald Waugh explaining that:

==Message from Gerald==
On Friday 01 February 2002 11:12 pm, alan@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I have checked out the FAQ supplied by Menno at
>
> >Check http://www.uk2raq.com/raqfaq/raqfaqshow.php?faq=62
>

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

-- 
Gerald Waugh
Registered Linux User 255245
Register at http://counter.li.org

==End==

hope this helps.

aljuhani@xxxxxxxxx

>===== Original Message From cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx =====
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dan Kriwitsky" <list1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 1:10 PM
>Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Subdomains in RaQ 4i - HELP
>
>
>> > Anyway, to make a virtual site:
>> >
>> > Create a virtual site and:
>> > enter www in host name
>> > enter subdomain.domain.com in domain name field.
>> > Leave email settings blank
>> > select the other options as required and SAVE.
>> >
>>
>> I think he was looking to create one that points to an existing
>> sub-directory of the main www.sample.com site.
>> --
>> C2003 Dan Kriwitsky
>> 
>> Please reply to the list only. Off list replies are not read.
>
>Exactly i do
>
>i have /home/sites/site*/web/folder
>
>i want the subdomain to go to that folder
>like:
>blabla.domain.com == domain.com/folder (/home/sites/site*/web/folder)
>