Creating virtual host in different locations in Apache 2

[Bengal313]

I am trying to do something in Apache 2 that IIS made it easy as point and click.

I have a xp machine that has Apache to installed. I my default webserver document root is,

C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs

I have two websites "desktop.com" and "storix.com"

desktop.com files are stored in the default webserver location, but the storix.com is located on an external drive S:\My Webs.

How do I create virtual hosts that can have onsite located on the default location and the other on the external drive. Reason for the external drive is because I am able to work at home and work without having to sync.


I tried this but didn't work. Do I need th add/tweak something in the config file?

I am trying to use name-based with the same ip setup.






# Use name-based virtual hosting.
NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *>

ServerName lc.desktop.com
DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/xampp/htdocs"

CustomLog logs/lc.desktop.com.access.log combined
ErrorLog logs/lc.storix.com.error.log

</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost *>

ServerName lc.storix.com
DocumentRoot "S:/My Webs"

CustomLog logs/lc.storix.com.access.log combined
ErrorLog logs/lc.storix.com.error.log

</VirtualHost>

 

[smah]

You will probably also need a <Directory> directive for S:\My Webs because it is outside the main document root.

 

[Bengal313]

Okay, What would be the syntax and where would I insert it? Thanx. Also will this allow me to execute php scripts of that external directory?

 

[Bengal313]

Also I was reading about

Alias, AliasMatch and ScriptAliasMatch, should I use them if which one and how (Syntax)?

 

[smah]

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#directory

It should be in your httpd.conf file.

You might need to add a handler for the php scripts. Try it without, but if you do need it, it would be something like:
Addhandler php-script .php

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler