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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by Forrest Aldrich <fo...@forrie.com> on 2003/06/03 22:57:22 UTC
[users@httpd] VirtualHost _default_:* not working?
I'm trying to set a catch-all page that will be displayed, should something
be pointed to my server (which hosts a few pages) for which it has no
content. For example, there might be a valid dns record that points here,
but the page isn't hosted any longer, thus I want a 404 to come up (and
will add more detail later, once I get this working).
So, in the Apache Server Unleashed book, it explains the use of the
_default_:* directive. I set this to:
<VirtualHost _default_:*>
DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/htdocs/default
</VirtualHost>
But, the default page that comes up is the page for the primary system root
page /usr/local/apache/htdocs, not what I specified above.
Does this directive have to be after the rest of the VirtualHost
directives, or am I doing this incorrectly?
All of the VirtualHost entries I have are via NameVirtualHost, ie: they
have the same IP, but different ServerName entries.
Thanks,
Forrest
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Re: [users@httpd] VirtualHost _default_:* not working?
Posted by Joshua Slive <jo...@slive.ca>.
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Forrest Aldrich wrote:
>
> I'm trying to set a catch-all page that will be displayed, should something
> be pointed to my server (which hosts a few pages) for which it has no
> content. For example, there might be a valid dns record that points here,
> but the page isn't hosted any longer, thus I want a 404 to come up (and
> will add more detail later, once I get this working).
>
> So, in the Apache Server Unleashed book, it explains the use of the
> _default_:* directive. I set this to:
> All of the VirtualHost entries I have are via NameVirtualHost, ie: they
> have the same IP, but different ServerName entries.
The _default_ virtual host catches requests only for hosts that have no
matching IP address. If you want a default name-based virtual host (one
that catches unrecognized hostnames) then simply create a new
<VirtualHost> block with the same IP as your NameVirtualHost directive,
give it a random ServerName, and list it first in your config file.
Joshua.
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Re: [users@httpd] VirtualHost _default_:* not working?
Posted by Forrest Aldrich <fo...@forrie.com>.
Follow-up to my own posting. I noted that I can go to:
http://our.hostedsite.com/
and get the default page that points to my own site (as mentioned)
OR
http://our.hostedsite.com/anything.html
and get the proper 404 page specified for
/usr/local/apache/htdocs/default/index.php.
So I guess I'm not understanding how to catch that invalid (no longer
hosted) URL. I want to avoid having to keep stale VirtualHost entries
just to satisfy the requirement if possible.
Forrest
At 04:57 PM 6/3/2003, you wrote:
>I'm trying to set a catch-all page that will be displayed, should
>something be pointed to my server (which hosts a few pages) for which it
>has no content. For example, there might be a valid dns record that
>points here, but the page isn't hosted any longer, thus I want a 404 to
>come up (and will add more detail later, once I get this working).
>
>So, in the Apache Server Unleashed book, it explains the use of the
>_default_:* directive. I set this to:
>
><VirtualHost _default_:*>
> DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/htdocs/default
></VirtualHost>
>
>But, the default page that comes up is the page for the primary system
>root page /usr/local/apache/htdocs, not what I specified above.
>
>Does this directive have to be after the rest of the VirtualHost
>directives, or am I doing this incorrectly?
>
>All of the VirtualHost entries I have are via NameVirtualHost, ie: they
>have the same IP, but different ServerName entries.
>
>
>
>Thanks,
>Forrest
>
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