<Directory>

I am having a problem setting up a virtual directory so that when I type
'blah' into a webbrowser it comes up with the site that is hosted on the
local machine

Could anybody point me in the right direction please. I have read through as
much documentation as I can but still can't find out how to do it.

Any help would be much appreciated

-Mike

On 2004-08-26, Mike Morley <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> I am having a problem setting up a virtual directory so that when I type
> 'blah' into a webbrowser it comes up with the site that is hosted on the
> local machine

If you want to have a VIRTUAL HOST, configure it in Apache and
instruct the local machine that 'blah' refer to himself, overriding
the DNS. Otherwise, explain better what you want to do.

Davide

--
It will be advantageous to cross the great stream ... the Dragon is on
the wing in the Sky ... the Great Man rouses himself to his Work.

Thanks for the quick reply.

My server name is 'planet-x'. When this is typed in the address bar of a
webbrowser the server default site comes up (Not apache installed). I have
added a directory to this called 'kick-fit'. When I type 'kick-fit' into an
address bar I want the site to appear as
http://kick-fit/. The code in the httpd.conf file I am attempting to use to
make this work is as follows.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Alias /kick-fit "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\http_docs\kick-fit"

<Directory "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\http_docs\kick-fit">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride none
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

I guess my question is ... Am I doing this correctly? If so why isn't it
working? Am I being and idiot and missing something really basic?

Sorry about this question. I know it is most likley a very simple one but I
have only been configuring apache for 24hr. Before that all I did was use
it.

Thanks again.

-Mike

"Davide Bianchi" <davideyeahsure@onlyforfun.net> wrote in message
news:slrncirp0i.2f7.davideyeahsure@fogg.onlyforfun .net...
> On 2004-08-26, Mike Morley <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> > I am having a problem setting up a virtual directory so that when I type
> > 'blah' into a webbrowser it comes up with the site that is hosted on the
> > local machine
>
> If you want to have a VIRTUAL HOST, configure it in Apache and
> instruct the local machine that 'blah' refer to himself, overriding
> the DNS. Otherwise, explain better what you want to do.
>
> Davide
>
> --
> It will be advantageous to cross the great stream ... the Dragon is on
> the wing in the Sky ... the Great Man rouses himself to his Work.

On 2004-08-26, Mike Morley <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> http://kick-fit/

This is not a directory, this is a virtual host. For this to work
you need two things: 1. a way for your machine to know that
'kick-fit' is the same server in your network, this is done by
setting up a DNS or overriding it using the hosts file. 2. a
VirtualHost configured in your server.

Davide

--
Money is the root of all evil, and man needs roots

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:50:47 +0100, "Mike Morley" <nobody@nowhere.com>
wrote:

>I am having a problem setting up a virtual directory so that when I type
>'blah' into a webbrowser it comes up with the site that is hosted on the
>local machine
>
>Could anybody point me in the right direction please. I have read through as
>much documentation as I can but still can't find out how to do it.
>
>Any help would be much appreciated
>
>-Mike
>

make two directories in eg. /var/www or wherever your apache2 site
root is (not necessarily the ServerRoot or sytem root).
one called planet-x and one called kick-fit.

then in httpd.conf you type:

VirtualDocumentRoot /var/www/%0
<Directory /var/www/planet-x >
#all the settings for your planet site
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/kick-fit >
#all the settings for your kick-fit site
</Directory>

easy (If you know how)

frgr
Erik