How can I tell Apache to listen ONLY on VirtualHosts?

I'd like to tell Apache to ONLY listen on IP's that have VirtualHosts,
but not on any default IP's. Also, I'd like it to be that there is not
default site, only virtual sites.

How can I do this?

On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 19:18:12 -0800, listrecv sent:

> I'd like to tell Apache to ONLY listen on IP's that have VirtualHosts, but
> not on any default IP's. Also, I'd like it to be that there is not
> default site, only virtual sites.

It "listens" to the IP addresses that it's configured for. How it
"responds" is also configurable. With a server on a fixed IP, it probably
is possible to play carefully with listen and virtual host directives.

But do you really not want Apache to respond to non-specified virtual
hosts, at all, or just respond in some other manner? You could have some
sort of error page as the response for the default server.

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Yes, I would like it to not respond at all on the default host - only
respond on virtual hosts.

listrecv@gmail.com wrote in news:1134098061.051204.89970
@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

> Yes, I would like it to not respond at all on the default host - only
> respond on virtual hosts.

Here's how I do it:

NameVirtualHost *:80

# default virtual host catches all requests by IP or default host name
# point DocumentRoot to an empty directory to always return a 404 error
# deny access to return a 403 error
# load this before any other virtual host files
# after this is loaded, include files in virtual host directory
<VirtualHost _default_:80>
ServerName servername.example.net
ServerAdmin admin@example.net
DocumentRoot /var/www/hosts/default
<Directory /var/www/hosts/default>
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Directory>
# inaccurate error message, but intended for human users
ErrorDocument 403 "Host header is required
</VirtualHost>

# directory containing virtual host config files
# always place after declaring default virtual host
# be sure to define a default virtual host before loading these files
Include conf/hosts/*.conf


Each file in conf/hosts/ specifies a virtual host.

conf/hosts/www.example.com.conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.example.com
ServerAdmin admin@example.net
DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/www.example.com/site
</VirtualHost>