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[CMI]

http://techdiscussions.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2240&view=findpost&p=25972

When Apache doesn't have a proper name to use to decide what web site to serve, it uses the first VHost as default. I'd like a feature to change that. Yes, I can go in and do this myself (and I will) but I think it would be nice to have an option in NodeWorx to set a "default" account.

[IWorx-Paul]

I agree, this would be great. Unfortunately I don't know how to go about doing this - do you know how to change the default vhost for an IP?

[CMI]

Well, whatever Apache processes first should be the defaut, so I symlinked a domain.conf to 0.conf. Didn't restart Apache yet to see if it works though :)

The other solution is to just stick it in httpd.conf, and that would make sure its first, but then I would have to copy the info twice and I don't like doing that :)

[IWorx-Paul]

I don't think those solutions will work, but let me know if they do. The reason I say that is I believe that Apache chooses the vhost with the servername that comes first alphabetically, regardless of the order the vhost is in the httpd.conf.

Paul

[IWorx-Chris]

Actually it is sequential (at least in the monolithic httpd.conf setup). I would assume this translates to the Include *.conf method as well but CMI let us know if it works.

Chris

[IWorx-Paul]

I stand corrected, the question is just then what's the easiest way to guarantee one vhost comes before all the others.

I suppose this also extends to all the shared IPs on a server as well, each shared IP will need a "default" vhost set up.

[CMI]

Well, the only 2 ways to ensure this are to put it at the end of httpd.conf like Chris says, or make it a seperate include before the others. It seems when you include * in a directory its alphabetical, but that could change...

Going to try it :)

[CMI]

The 0.conf symlink doesn't seem to work. 1.conf doesn't either. So what I'm going to do for now is change
Include conf.d/*.conf
to
Include conf.d/default.conf
Include conf.d/*.conf
and copy instead of symlink a config file to default.conf.