Re: apache2 configuration question

[Angelo Bertolli <angelo@freeshell.org>]

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:

> Today I switched my server from running apache to apache2.  I have been
> wondering about something that I was never able to get working quite
> right in apache and thought there might be a way to do it with apache2.
> The DNS for my domain has an entry for *.familiasanchez.net making it a
> CNAME to santiago.familiasanchez.net (my main server).  I would like for
> apache to take to redirect requests for *.familiasanchez.net to
> familiasanchez.net, unless I have a vhost defined for *.  For example,
> if I have defined a vhost called foo.familiasanchez.net, I want
> foo.familiasanchez.net to serve up the correct pages, but
> bar.familiasanchez.net to redirect to familiasanchez.net.  I know how to
> setup redirects based on what is to the right of the hostname, but I
> don't know how to accomplish what I want.  Any suggestions?
>  
Well I haven't tried the "unless I have a subdomain defined" part but I 
think it would work something like this:
A vhost for your domain
A vhost for each subdomain you want
A vhost for *.domain

But they have to go in that order!  In other words, if you're using 
Debian's (crazy) a2en-site stuff, and you put all these definitions in 
different files, you might not get them in the right order.  So, I would 
make one file for the vhost definitions for this particular domain and 
just list them in the order you want.

Angelo