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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by Neil Freeman <ne...@asa.co.uk> on 2004/01/12 18:55:08 UTC
[users@httpd] Subdomains of a hostname - possible?
I have a site whose pages contain absolute links for items such as
pages, images, stylesheets etc.
e.g.
<img src="/images/title.jpg" />
This works fine if accessed from a proper domain (eg
http://www.asa.co.uk) or from a subdomain (eg http://site1.asa.co.uk)
I have an offline development system setup with LAMP with which I am
attempting to setup subdomains which will work directly off that machine.
What I would like users to be able to do is enter the following into
their browser:
http://mymachine/site1/
and have it access a local subdomain, eg
http://site1.mymachine
The main virtual host I have setup for the machine is as follows:
<VirtualHost 192.168.1.138>
DocumentRoot /www.main/www
ServerName mymachine
</VirtualHost>
<Directory "/www.main/www">
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
This works fine. I thought I could set up another virtual host for this
new subdomain as follows but it doesn't work:
<VirtualHost 192.168.1.138>
DocumentRoot /www.site1/www
ServerName site1.mymachine
</VirtualHost>
<Directory "/www.site1/www">
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
It doesn't matter if I have to setup/change hosts files as long as I can
get the set up to work.
Any suggestions as to how other people manage this would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
Neil
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Re: [users@httpd] Subdomains of a hostname - possible?
Posted by Neil Freeman <ne...@asa.co.uk>.
Ben,
Once again thanks a lot for your help. Using the line you mentioned
(with a little bit of tweaking) I have managed to get my set up to work.
Here's the line I'm now using:
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/(.*) http://$1.%{HTTP_HOST}/$2
Cheers,
Neil
Ben Yau wrote:
> A good guide is at the apache.org site itself. There is a section "URL
> Rewriting Guide"
>
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html
>
>
> Do you want ALL [string1] to be redirected to http://[string1].mymachine ?
> or only if [string1] is a valid username (otherwise just load the actual
> http://mymachine/string1 page ?
>
> If the first is true (redirect everything), you can do something like
> (untested)
>
> RewriteRule ^/([^/]+)/?(.*) http://$1.mymachine/$2
>
> $1 refers to the first set of parentheses (which matches all strings within
> the first two slashes).
>
> $2 refers to the second set of parentheses... so in the case of
>
> http://mymachine/string1/thispath/thatpath
> $1 = string1
> $2 = thispath/thatpath
> redirect wlil go to http://string1.mymachine/thispath/thatpath
> (theoretically) :)
>
> I'm guesing that this is actually not what you want but you want the second
> case. You only want the redirection to occur if string1 = valid username.
> I haven't done this but if you look in the apache link I put at the
> beginning I think you'll find info that'll help. I'm guessing that the
> "Webcluster through Homogeneous URL Layout" section of that documnt may
> contain your answer.
>
>
>
> Ben Yau
>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Neil Freeman [mailto:neil.freeman@asa.co.uk]
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:31 AM
>>To: users@httpd.apache.org
>>Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Subdomains of a hostname - possible?
>>
>>
>>Thanks for the help. In the end I tracked the original problem down to
>>our proxy server which was intercepting the page requests.
>>
>>I haven't touched RewriteRule or regular expressions very much. I don't
>>suppose you know of the RewriteRule for rewriting the following:
>>
>> http://mymachine/[string]
>>
>>into
>>
>> http://[string1].mymachine
>>
>>I will continue googling but mod_rewrite looks pretty complicated!
>>
>>Neil
>>
>>Ben Yau wrote:
>>
>>
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>>>>I have a site whose pages contain absolute links for items such as
>>>>pages, images, stylesheets etc.
>>>>
>>>>e.g.
>>>>
>>>> <img src="/images/title.jpg" />
>>>>
>>>>This works fine if accessed from a proper domain (eg
>>>>http://www.asa.co.uk) or from a subdomain (eg http://site1.asa.co.uk)
>>>>
>>>>I have an offline development system setup with LAMP with which I am
>>>>attempting to setup subdomains which will work directly off
>>
>>that machine.
>>
>>>>What I would like users to be able to do is enter the following into
>>>>their browser:
>>>>
>>>> http://mymachine/site1/
>>>>
>>>>and have it access a local subdomain, eg
>>>>
>>>> http://site1.mymachine
>>>>
>>>>The main virtual host I have setup for the machine is as follows:
>>>>
>>>> <VirtualHost 192.168.1.138>
>>>> DocumentRoot /www.main/www
>>>> ServerName mymachine
>>>> </VirtualHost>
>>>> <Directory "/www.main/www">
>>>> AllowOverride All
>>>> </Directory>
>>>>
>>>>This works fine. I thought I could set up another virtual host for this
>>>>new subdomain as follows but it doesn't work:
>>>>
>>>> <VirtualHost 192.168.1.138>
>>>> DocumentRoot /www.site1/www
>>>> ServerName site1.mymachine
>>>> </VirtualHost>
>>>> <Directory "/www.site1/www">
>>>> AllowOverride All
>>>> </Directory>
>>>>
>>>>It doesn't matter if I have to setup/change hosts files as long as I can
>>>>get the set up to work.
>>>>
>>>>Any suggestions as to how other people manage this would be greatly
>>>>appreciated.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>What exactly is not working?
>>>Is it http://mymachine/site1 or http://site1.mymachin or both?
>>>I'm guessing the first is not working but the second one is.
>>
>>You may have
>>
>>>to add a rewrite rule in to rewrite
>>>http://mymachine/[string] to go to http://[string1].mymachine
>>
>>and then make
>>
>>>sure all your http://[string1].mymachine virtual hosts are set
>>
>>up correctly.
>>
>>>Another way to do it is just do redirects
>>>
>>>create
>>>http://mymachine/[string]/index.html
>>>and in the index.html make a
>>><meta http-equiv="refresh" url="0;http://[string].mymachine">
>>>Again you need to make sure http://[string1].mymachine is a
>>
>>valid virtual
>>
>>>host
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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RE: [users@httpd] Subdomains of a hostname - possible?
Posted by Ben Yau <by...@cardcommerce.com>.
A good guide is at the apache.org site itself. There is a section "URL
Rewriting Guide"
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html
Do you want ALL [string1] to be redirected to http://[string1].mymachine ?
or only if [string1] is a valid username (otherwise just load the actual
http://mymachine/string1 page ?
If the first is true (redirect everything), you can do something like
(untested)
RewriteRule ^/([^/]+)/?(.*) http://$1.mymachine/$2
$1 refers to the first set of parentheses (which matches all strings within
the first two slashes).
$2 refers to the second set of parentheses... so in the case of
http://mymachine/string1/thispath/thatpath
$1 = string1
$2 = thispath/thatpath
redirect wlil go to http://string1.mymachine/thispath/thatpath
(theoretically) :)
I'm guesing that this is actually not what you want but you want the second
case. You only want the redirection to occur if string1 = valid username.
I haven't done this but if you look in the apache link I put at the
beginning I think you'll find info that'll help. I'm guessing that the
"Webcluster through Homogeneous URL Layout" section of that documnt may
contain your answer.
Ben Yau
=================================
310.235.2500 x232
Card Commerce International, Inc.
http://www.cardcommerce.com
=================================
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Freeman [mailto:neil.freeman@asa.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:31 AM
> To: users@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Subdomains of a hostname - possible?
>
>
> Thanks for the help. In the end I tracked the original problem down to
> our proxy server which was intercepting the page requests.
>
> I haven't touched RewriteRule or regular expressions very much. I don't
> suppose you know of the RewriteRule for rewriting the following:
>
> http://mymachine/[string]
>
> into
>
> http://[string1].mymachine
>
> I will continue googling but mod_rewrite looks pretty complicated!
>
> Neil
>
> Ben Yau wrote:
>
> > ***********************************************
> > This Email Has Been Virus Swept
> > ***********************************************
> >
> >
> >>I have a site whose pages contain absolute links for items such as
> >>pages, images, stylesheets etc.
> >>
> >>e.g.
> >>
> >> <img src="/images/title.jpg" />
> >>
> >>This works fine if accessed from a proper domain (eg
> >>http://www.asa.co.uk) or from a subdomain (eg http://site1.asa.co.uk)
> >>
> >>I have an offline development system setup with LAMP with which I am
> >>attempting to setup subdomains which will work directly off
> that machine.
> >>
> >>What I would like users to be able to do is enter the following into
> >>their browser:
> >>
> >> http://mymachine/site1/
> >>
> >>and have it access a local subdomain, eg
> >>
> >> http://site1.mymachine
> >>
> >>The main virtual host I have setup for the machine is as follows:
> >>
> >> <VirtualHost 192.168.1.138>
> >> DocumentRoot /www.main/www
> >> ServerName mymachine
> >> </VirtualHost>
> >> <Directory "/www.main/www">
> >> AllowOverride All
> >> </Directory>
> >>
> >>This works fine. I thought I could set up another virtual host for this
> >>new subdomain as follows but it doesn't work:
> >>
> >> <VirtualHost 192.168.1.138>
> >> DocumentRoot /www.site1/www
> >> ServerName site1.mymachine
> >> </VirtualHost>
> >> <Directory "/www.site1/www">
> >> AllowOverride All
> >> </Directory>
> >>
> >>It doesn't matter if I have to setup/change hosts files as long as I can
> >>get the set up to work.
> >>
> >>Any suggestions as to how other people manage this would be greatly
> >>appreciated.
> >>
> >
> >
> > What exactly is not working?
> > Is it http://mymachine/site1 or http://site1.mymachin or both?
> > I'm guessing the first is not working but the second one is.
> You may have
> > to add a rewrite rule in to rewrite
> > http://mymachine/[string] to go to http://[string1].mymachine
> and then make
> > sure all your http://[string1].mymachine virtual hosts are set
> up correctly.
> >
> > Another way to do it is just do redirects
> >
> > create
> > http://mymachine/[string]/index.html
> > and in the index.html make a
> > <meta http-equiv="refresh" url="0;http://[string].mymachine">
> > Again you need to make sure http://[string1].mymachine is a
> valid virtual
> > host
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [users@httpd] Subdomains of a hostname - possible?
Posted by Neil Freeman <ne...@asa.co.uk>.
Thanks for the help. In the end I tracked the original problem down to
our proxy server which was intercepting the page requests.
I haven't touched RewriteRule or regular expressions very much. I don't
suppose you know of the RewriteRule for rewriting the following:
http://mymachine/[string]
into
http://[string1].mymachine
I will continue googling but mod_rewrite looks pretty complicated!
Neil
Ben Yau wrote:
> ***********************************************
> This Email Has Been Virus Swept
> ***********************************************
>
>
>>I have a site whose pages contain absolute links for items such as
>>pages, images, stylesheets etc.
>>
>>e.g.
>>
>> <img src="/images/title.jpg" />
>>
>>This works fine if accessed from a proper domain (eg
>>http://www.asa.co.uk) or from a subdomain (eg http://site1.asa.co.uk)
>>
>>I have an offline development system setup with LAMP with which I am
>>attempting to setup subdomains which will work directly off that machine.
>>
>>What I would like users to be able to do is enter the following into
>>their browser:
>>
>> http://mymachine/site1/
>>
>>and have it access a local subdomain, eg
>>
>> http://site1.mymachine
>>
>>The main virtual host I have setup for the machine is as follows:
>>
>> <VirtualHost 192.168.1.138>
>> DocumentRoot /www.main/www
>> ServerName mymachine
>> </VirtualHost>
>> <Directory "/www.main/www">
>> AllowOverride All
>> </Directory>
>>
>>This works fine. I thought I could set up another virtual host for this
>>new subdomain as follows but it doesn't work:
>>
>> <VirtualHost 192.168.1.138>
>> DocumentRoot /www.site1/www
>> ServerName site1.mymachine
>> </VirtualHost>
>> <Directory "/www.site1/www">
>> AllowOverride All
>> </Directory>
>>
>>It doesn't matter if I have to setup/change hosts files as long as I can
>>get the set up to work.
>>
>>Any suggestions as to how other people manage this would be greatly
>>appreciated.
>>
>
>
> What exactly is not working?
> Is it http://mymachine/site1 or http://site1.mymachin or both?
> I'm guessing the first is not working but the second one is. You may have
> to add a rewrite rule in to rewrite
> http://mymachine/[string] to go to http://[string1].mymachine and then make
> sure all your http://[string1].mymachine virtual hosts are set up correctly.
>
> Another way to do it is just do redirects
>
> create
> http://mymachine/[string]/index.html
> and in the index.html make a
> <meta http-equiv="refresh" url="0;http://[string].mymachine">
> Again you need to make sure http://[string1].mymachine is a valid virtual
> host
>
>
>
>
>
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RE: [users@httpd] Subdomains of a hostname - possible?
Posted by Ben Yau <by...@cardcommerce.com>.
>
> I have a site whose pages contain absolute links for items such as
> pages, images, stylesheets etc.
>
> e.g.
>
> <img src="/images/title.jpg" />
>
> This works fine if accessed from a proper domain (eg
> http://www.asa.co.uk) or from a subdomain (eg http://site1.asa.co.uk)
>
> I have an offline development system setup with LAMP with which I am
> attempting to setup subdomains which will work directly off that machine.
>
> What I would like users to be able to do is enter the following into
> their browser:
>
> http://mymachine/site1/
>
> and have it access a local subdomain, eg
>
> http://site1.mymachine
>
> The main virtual host I have setup for the machine is as follows:
>
> <VirtualHost 192.168.1.138>
> DocumentRoot /www.main/www
> ServerName mymachine
> </VirtualHost>
> <Directory "/www.main/www">
> AllowOverride All
> </Directory>
>
> This works fine. I thought I could set up another virtual host for this
> new subdomain as follows but it doesn't work:
>
> <VirtualHost 192.168.1.138>
> DocumentRoot /www.site1/www
> ServerName site1.mymachine
> </VirtualHost>
> <Directory "/www.site1/www">
> AllowOverride All
> </Directory>
>
> It doesn't matter if I have to setup/change hosts files as long as I can
> get the set up to work.
>
> Any suggestions as to how other people manage this would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
What exactly is not working?
Is it http://mymachine/site1 or http://site1.mymachin or both?
I'm guessing the first is not working but the second one is. You may have
to add a rewrite rule in to rewrite
http://mymachine/[string] to go to http://[string1].mymachine and then make
sure all your http://[string1].mymachine virtual hosts are set up correctly.
Another way to do it is just do redirects
create
http://mymachine/[string]/index.html
and in the index.html make a
<meta http-equiv="refresh" url="0;http://[string].mymachine">
Again you need to make sure http://[string1].mymachine is a valid virtual
host
>
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