[Ecuguru]

hi,

I'm trying to decide between a mac g4 with OSX (Not server) and a cobalt raq.. Obviously I'd like to go with the g4.. but I need to figure out if two things are possible.

1) Can I do virtual domain hosting? So multiple website names go to different web folders?

2) Can it do the above, except for different ips? Can my single g4 handle x amount of ips and host a different web site for each ip?

Are these apache tweaks?
Can I do it in server? I'd rather stick with osx regular, and not need server.. but if needbe fine.. as long as I don't have to get the raq..

Thanks
Tim

[mwolstat]

i build websites at home and host all of them off my OS X machine to my local network by configuring apache's virtual server options. you can map separate ports to diferent root folders. for example:

/Users/myhome/Sites/site1/ => 192.168.1.2:5001
/Users/myhome/Sites/site2/ => 192.168.1.2:5002

I also have to tell apache to listen for incoming requests on those ports, so under where it says:
Listen 80
(the default http port)
i add:
Listen 5001
Listen 5002

i don't know if it's valid to list an IP with a specific port with DNS, but i think apache can be configured to listen for specific domain requests. the port numbers i just picked randomly, and i'd have pasted the actual text fom my httpd.conf file in here, but my mac is currently de-fragging.

i hope this helps

[ppmax]

just wanted to offer a bit more help:

first you'll need to decide such things as:
1. are these publicly available domains?
2. do you have access to a single or multiple static IP's?
3. do you have FQDN's for all virtual hosts?

anyways here's what i have running on my mac os x box: i added these directives to the end of my /etc/httpd/httpd.conf file

NameVirtualHost (ip address of your host here)

<VirtualHost 192.168.0.1>
DocumentRoot "(indsert path to your content here)"
ServerName (insert name of your server here--a fully qualified domain name)
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost (ip address of your host here)>
DocumentRoot "(insert path to 2nd web content here)"
ServerName (insert name of your 2nd server here--a fqdn)
</VirtualHost>


there are also a few tutorials at www.apache.org that you can read. alternatively you can read the apache docs that come with mac os x in /Library/Webserver/Documents/manual

ppmax