apache config help from behind router 1

[natbrazil]

hi all,
setup: small network running winxp behind a linksys router with perm ip #

apache, php and mysql sucessfully installed

info on configuring router to forward tc/pip '80' requests to the particular machine has been found and seems correctly done by me, info here:

http://kb.linksys.com/cgi-bin/om_is...rev.nfo&record={1F}&softpage=IKW_ENU_JDocView

goal: run local host as my main server and

http://www.mydomain.com

as a virtual server

i've tried many configs, some with erros some without, but none of them work

can anyone please give me an example on how to do this

ps: i manage a small hosting network of similar setup but without the router, with no problems, so i suspect my config doesn't account for the router somehow

thanks!!!!!!

 

[RhythmAce]

Apache doesn't know and doesn't care about your router. As long as you have http traffic forwarded to your server's lan ip, that is all you need. (note: If you use dhcp on the lan side, assign an ip address outside of the addreess range the router uses for dhcp or the ip for the server will keep changing and that is not good.) I am not sure what you mean by this:

goal: run local host as my main server and

http://www.mydomain.com

as a virtual server

If you do NOT plan on hosting more than one domain, you don't need to use virtual hosts. If you use vhosts, then "Main" will never be served. The first vhost defined becomes the default. All directives in the main section are globally defined. That means they all apply to each of the vhosts unless your redefine them inside your vhost containers. To use name based vhost addressing, you just need to check a few things:

NameVirtualHost * (you need this for name based addressing)
UseCanonicalName Off (some distros need this inside each vhost container)

ServerName

http://www.yourdomain.com

(you MUST have this inside each vhost container)
DocumentRoot path/to/your/html/pages (iside each vhost container)

You can use just about any directive in the main section in your vhost containers and/or directory containers but if you use the sample virtual host in httpd.conf, you should be fine.