Virtual Hosts definition outside of httpd.conf

Hi all,

When I define a VirtualHost in a config file that is included into
httpd.conf with Include, it uses that as the default host. However, when
I put that exact same definition into httpd.conf, it works as expected.

To clarify:

httpd.conf:
Listen x.x.x.x:p
DocumentRoot /the/right/path
Include virthosts.conf

virthosts.conf:
<VirtualHost x.x.x.x>
DocumentRoot /foo/bar
ServerName name.tld
</VirtualHost>

The above definition will use /foo/bar as DocumentRoot, when accessing
the server with its IP address.

This setup:

httpd.conf:
Listen x.x.x.x:p
DocumentRoot /the/right/path

<VirtualHost x.x.x.x>
DocumentRoot /foo/bar
ServerName name.tld
</VirtualHost>

Will use /the/right/path as DocumentRoot when accessing the server with
its IP address.

Can anyone shed some light on this? In my opinion they should *both* use
/the/right/path as DocumentRoot.

TIA
Bart Friederichs

Davide Bianchi wrote:
> On 2005-11-15, Bart Friederichs <bf@tbwb.nl> wrote:
>
>>httpd.conf:
>> Listen x.x.x.x:p
>> DocumentRoot /the/right/path
>>
>> <VirtualHost x.x.x.x>
>
>
> I think that in this case, in your httpd.conf there is a "NameVirtualHost"
> directive missing, hence your vhost is not used at all.

The NameVirtualHost is there. All other virtual hosts work correctly.

The two config files are entirely identical, except for the fact that in
one case everything is in httpd.conf and in the other a part is in
another config file, that is included in httpd.conf.

Bart