mod_vhost_alias and DocumentRoot

[thedaver]

I am using mod_vhost_alias very successfully, but I've not tried to remove the DocumentRoot directive from the httpd.conf (linux). I am considering this since I don't have a "default" webroot on the server. Only virtual domains/hosts.

Curious if someone here has done this... Does Apache "require" a DocumentRoot to be defined even if it's not going to be used? Am I overthinking this?

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[Deleted]

Does Apache "require" a DocumentRoot to be defined"

> It is the _default_ when there are no Virtual Hosts to be found.

"Am I overthinking this?"

> I think so..

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[thedaver]

Fair enough, but the unanswered question is whether Apache *requires* a DocumentRoot to be defined in the config before it will run....

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