Fwd: Re: server configuration for local and internet priority

Mon Mar 8 16:12:08 UTC 2004

On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 10:53:39 -0500, Chris Davies <mcd at daviesinc.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 10:28, Ralph E. Kenyon, Jr. wrote:
>> Linux is Redhat shrike (9) with all up2date.
>> Tux is the primary server on port 80
>> Apache is the secondary server on port 8080
>> Apache is setup with a virtual host xenodochy.org pointing to
>> /var/www/html/xenodochy.
> First, if you are using any of the virtual serving options,
>
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/tux/TUX-2.2-Manual/virtual-hosting.html
>
> mentions that you need to have the directory named
>
> /var/www/html/xenodochy.org unless you have strip host tail turned on.
>
> However, I am thinking your problem might be related to the one I
> reported Feb 26 -- with apache 1.3.29 (and a few prior versions), I was
> not able to get tux to pass a virtual hosting request through to the
> backend -- almost as if the host info wasn't being passed in some format
> that apache 1.3 could understand.  However, Apache 2.0.x seems to have
> no issue with it.
>
> what are your tux settings?  how about your apache config -- perhaps
> there is something we're both missing in our apache configs.
>

Thanks! I had found some of that, but the problem is a lack of specific  
how-to instructions.

Further research suggests that I need to turn virtual hosting on in tux,  
but I don't see how to do that. I've found an explatation of the  
configuration variable, but no instruction on how or where to set it.

It seems like I have to sent "virtual_server" to 1, 2, or 3, but I have  
been unable to find out how or where to do that.

The page says:

	Most parameters can only be set when TUX is not active.

	/proc/sys/net/tux Parameters

	The following parameters are set through /proc/sys/net/tux.

But how?  What are the steps? What is the syntax?  I'm a relative newbie  
for linux, and I haven't a clue how to do this.

>
>
>> The linux root is obtained by entering http://linux.
>>
>> Everything appears to work fine using Opera 7.50P2 on the linux machine
>> (networked to the windows machine).
>> http://www.xenodochy.org takes me to the internet.
>> http://xenodochy.org takes me to the local copy on the linux machine.
>>
>> Using Opera on the windows machine, entering http://xenodochy.org  
>> actually
>> retrieves the content of http://linux, although the address bar shows
>> http://xenodochy.org.
>>
>> The tux log is showing GET /
>> The apache access log is showing GET /
>> followed by
>> GET /icons/blank.gif HTTP/1.1" 304 0 "http://xenodochy.org/"
>> (when it's going for the directory information for / (at /var/www/html)
>>
>> It looks like tux is either not translating the request for  
>> xenodochy.org
>> to directory /var/www/html/xenodochy.
>>
>> How do I get tux to support the VirtualHost setup in apache?
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>>
>> ------- Forwarded message -------
>> From: "Ralph E. Kenyon, Jr." <diogenes at vgernet.net>
>> To: shrike <shrike-list at redhat.com>
>> Subject: Fwd: Re: server configuration for local and internet priority
>> Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 12:47:55 -0500
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks again for your suggestion.  It works on the linux box, but I get
>> something strange that indicates there is still a configuration problem.
>> When I enter http://xenodochy.org on the windows machine, it returns to  
>> me
>> the same directory as when I enter "http://linux", but the address line
>> says "http://xenodochy.org" instead of "http://linux".
>>
>> (/etc/hosts includes "127.0.0.1 linux xenodochy.org")
>>
>> When I look at /var/log/httpd/access_log, it shows that the request is
>> coming from the windows machine at 192.168.0.1 and is asking for
>> "http://xenodochy.org".
>>
>> 192.168.0.1 - - [06/Mar/2004:08:47:27 -0500] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 1504  
>> "-"
>> "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0) Opera 7.50  [en]"
>> 192.168.0.1 - - [06/Mar/2004:08:47:28 -0500] "GET /icons/text.gif
>> HTTP/1.1" 304 0 "http://xenodochy.org/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE
>> 6.0; Windows NT 5.0) Opera 7.50  [en]"
>> 192.168.0.1 - - [06/Mar/2004:08:47:28 -0500] "GET /icons/blank.gif
>> HTTP/1.1" 304 0 "http://xenodochy.org/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE
>> 6.0; Windows NT 5.0) Opera 7.50  [en]"
>> 192.168.0.1 - - [06/Mar/2004:08:47:28 -0500] "GET /icons/folder.gif
>> HTTP/1.1" 304 0 "http://xenodochy.org/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE
>> 6.0; Windows NT 5.0) Opera 7.50  [en]"
>>
>> Apache appears to be reading and displaying the wrong directory.  It's
>> displaying the DocumentRoot directory in the root web site instead of  
>> the
>> DocumentRoot directory in the defined VirtualHost.
>>
>> I've spent a long time searching with google, but I have not found a
>> solution (that I recognize).
>>
>> Any suggestions as to what may be preventing apache from returning the
>> requested virtual host directory or page?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------- Forwarded message -------
>> From: "Ralph E. Kenyon, Jr." <diogenes at vgernet.net>
>> To: lists-redhat-replies at listmail.innovate.net
>> Subject: Re: server configuration for local and internet priority
>> Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:35:01 -0500
>>
>> That did the trick on the Linux machine.
>> Exactly what I wanted.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Now I can start dismantling the kludgy W2K IIS setup.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 14:55:34 -0500,
>> <lists-redhat-replies at listmail.innovate.net> wrote:
>>
>> > i think that your issue is a dns/hostname resolution one.
>> >
>> > both xenodochy.org and www.xenodochy.org resolve to 63.246.192.33, so
>> > that's where your linux box will try to go by default (regardless of  
>> the
>> > hostname you enter).
>> >
>> > if you put xenodochy.org on the "localhost" (127.0.0.1) line in your
>> > /etc/hosts file your machine should then go there (to the local  
>> machine)
>> > when you enter the xenodochy.org name.  it should still go out to the
>> > 63.xxx hosted machine when you enter www.xenodochy.org .
>> >
>> > [this setup will leave it so that if an external user enters either
>> > xenodochy.org or www.xenodochy.org they will (properly) go to yor  
>> 63.xxx
>> > hosted machine.]
>> >
>> > ---------- Original Message ----------
>> >> From: "Ralph E. Kenyon, Jr." <diogenes at vgernet.net>
>> >> To: shrike <shrike-list at redhat.com>
>> >> Date: Thursday, March 04, 2004 02:41:23 PM -0500
>> >> Subject: server configuration for local and internet priority
>> >>
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> I'm new to linux, and I'm looking for some configuration help.
>> >>
>> >> I have copied one of my domain web pages to my shrike box in
>> >> /var/www/html/xenodochy.org, and I have setup a virtual host in
>> >> httpd.conf  as xenodochy.org.
>> >>
>> >> <VirtualHost xenodochy.org>
>> >>      ServerAdmin webmaster at xenodochy.org
>> >>      DocumentRoot /var/www/html/xenodochy.org
>> >>      ServerName xenodochy.org
>> >> </VirtualHost>
>> >>
>> >> When I type the URL in my browser (Opera), I would like
>> >> "http://xenodochy.org" to show me the local copy from my linux box
>> >> and  "http://www.xenodochy.org" to show me the internet copy.
>> >>
>> >> When I run Opera on the Linux box with http://xenodochy.org, it
>> >> takes me  out to the internet rather than to the local copy.
>> >>
>> >> My ISP has two virtual host definitions (with and without the www.)
>> >> in  their httpd.conf file.
>> >>
>> >> One complication is my linux box is not my internet gateway.
>> >> Because my  satellite service is not supported on Linux, my linux
>> >> box has a fixed  local IP and goes through ICS on a W2K machine.
>> >> My previous development  was using IIS, but I want to get off IIS
>> >> and onto Linux.
>> >>
>> >> Can anyone tell me what configurations I might need to do where so
>> >> that my  browser looks for web pages locally before going out to
>> >> the internet?  It  should find http://xenodochy.org on the linux
>> >> box, but not finding  http://www.xenodochy.org there, it should go
>> >> out to the internet.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for any suggestions you can give me.
>> >>
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>> >
>> >

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