svn commit: r1884555 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.xml

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Author: covener
Date: Thu Dec 17 14:41:53 2020
New Revision: 1884555

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1884555&view=rev
Log:
PR64997: clarify hostnames inside <virtualhost> tag

Modified:
    httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.xml

Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.xml?rev=1884555&r1=1884554&r2=1884555&view=diff
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--- httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.xml (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.xml Thu Dec 17 14:41:53 2020
@@ -187,17 +187,23 @@
     first have your DNS server properly configured to map those names to an IP
     address associated with your server.</p>
 
+    <p>Typically, IP addresses of local interfaces or the wildcard '*' are specified within the 
+    <directive type="section" module="core">virtualhost</directive> tag and hostnames are
+    specified only in <directive module="core">ServerName</directive> or <directive module="core"
+    >ServerAlias</directive>.  When a hostname is specified within the virtualhost tag,
+    its addresses are resolved and added for IP based virtual host resolution and the hostname:port
+    combination is also checked prior to ServerName and ServerAlias checks for name-based virtual host
+    resolution.  The use of hostnames within the virtualhost tag is relatively obscure, error prone,
+    and should generally be avoided.
+    </p>
+
     <p>Name-based virtual hosts for the best-matching set of  <directive
     type="section" module="core">virtualhost</directive>s are processed
     in the order they appear in the configuration.  The first matching <directive
     module="core">ServerName</directive> or <directive module="core"
     >ServerAlias</directive> is used, with no different precedence for wildcards
-    (nor for ServerName vs. ServerAlias).  </p>
-
-    <p>The complete list of names in the <directive module="core"
-    >VirtualHost</directive>
-    directive are treated just like a (non wildcard)
-    <directive module="core">ServerAlias</directive>.</p>
+    (nor for ServerName vs. ServerAlias).  
+    </p>
 
     <p>Finally, you can fine-tune the configuration of the virtual hosts
     by placing other directives inside the <directive type="section"