[users@httpd] Multiple VirtualDocumentRoot locations

[Joshua Beard <jo...@hewbert.com>]

Hi,
I'm trying to setup a dynamic vhost system that would look in multiple
locations for a DocumentRoot - trying each if the previous fails. For
example,

bah.domain.com

Would first check /usr/local/www/bah/
If it existed, it'd use that. If it didn't, it might check
/home/bah/www/

If none of the paths to check in contain %1, it'd simply 404. Currently,
I just have a path and symlink specific users' www directory into it.
This seems sloppy.

Here's what I have, basically:
<VirtualHost *:80>
    UseCanonicalName Off
    VirtualDocumentRoot /usr/local/www/%1
</VirtualHost>
  
<VirtualHost *:80>
	UseCanonicalName Off
    VirtualDocumentRoot /home/%1/www
</VirtualHost>

It's not checking the second directive, only the first.  Any ideas? Is
this even possible?
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Re: [users@httpd] Multiple VirtualDocumentRoot locations

[Joshua Slive <js...@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 06:41:32 -0700, Joshua Beard <jo...@hewbert.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to setup a dynamic vhost system that would look in multiple
> locations for a DocumentRoot - trying each if the previous fails.

> It's not checking the second directive, only the first.  Any ideas? Is
> this even possible?

Not with mod_vhost_alias.

mod_rewrite can do this, although it will be complicated and somewhat
slower than direct access.  There is an example in the RewriteGuide.

Joshua.

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