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The configuration directives for your secure server are contained within virtual host tags in the

/etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf

file. If you need to change anything about the configuration of

your secure server, you will need to change the configuration directives inside the virtual host tags.

By default, both the secure and the non secure Web servers share the same

DocumentRoot

. To change

the

DocumentRoot

so that it is no longer shared by both the secure server and the non secure server,

change one of the

DocumentRoot

directives. The

DocumentRoot

either inside or outside of the

virtual host tags in

httpd.conf

defines the

DocumentRoot

for the non secure Web server. The

DocumentRoot

within the virtual host tags in

conf.d/ssl.conf

define the document root for the

secure server.

The secure the Apache HTTP Server server listens on port 443, while your non secure Web server

listens on port 80. To stop the non secure Web server from accepting connections find the line which

reads:

Then comment out any line in

httpd.conf

which reads

Listen 80

.

14.8.2. Setting Up Virtual Hosts

To create a virtual host, you will need to alter the virtual host lines, provided as an example in

httpd.conf

or create your own virtual host section.

The virtual host example lines read as follows:

# VirtualHost

*

#

ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy host.example.com

#

DocumentRoot /www/docs/dummy host.example.com

#

ServerName dummy host.example.com

#

ErrorLog logs/dummy host.example.com error_log

#

CustomLog logs/dummy host.example.com access_log common

# /VirtualHost

Uncomment all of the lines, and add the correct information for the virtual host.

In the first line, change

*

to your server's IP address. Change the

ServerName

to a valid DNS name

to use for the virtual host.

You will also need to uncomment one of the

NameVirtualHost

lines below:

NameVirtualHost *

Next change the IP address to the IP address, and port if necessary, for the virtual host. When finished

it will look similar to the following example:

NameVirtualHost 192.168.1.1:80

If you set up a virtual host and want it to listen on a non default port, you will need to set up a virtual

host for that port and add a

Listen

directive for corresponding to that port.

Then add the port number to the first line of the virtual host configuration as in the following example:

VirtualHost ip_address_of_your_server:12331

This line would create a virtual host that listens on port 12331.

You must restart

httpd

to start a new virtual host. See Section 14.4 for instructions on how to start

and stop

httpd

.

Comprehensive information about creating and configuring both name based and IP address based

virtual hosts is provided on the Web at http://httpd.apache.org/docs 2.0/vhosts/.