Topic: Can you host multiple websites?

[Eric]

Hello all,

Does anyone know if it is possible to host more then one website on the same IP address using E-Smith 4.1.2?

If so, please enlighten me

Regards,

Eric

[steve]

RTFM

'Virtual Domains'

in the server manager

-sEric wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> Does anyone know if it is possible to host more then one
> website on the same IP address using E-Smith 4.1.2?
>
> If so, please enlighten me
>
> Regards,
>
> Eric

[little bark, BIG BYTE!!]

I have more than thirty on one machine right now.

[Eric]

Ok,
but how do you set that up?  I'm a Linux newbie still

Thanks

Eric

[Eric]

How do you set that up though?

Thanks

Eric

[Dan Brown]

You do as Steve suggested and read the f*** manual, which explains the very simple steps in the server manager.  You don't have to know anything about Linux; you just have to be able to read.

[Greg Zartman]

Boy, I'd hate to work in the same office as you Dan.   Ask a question, get your head bit off...

[Dan Brown]

Nope, not just for asking the question.  Repeating the question, with no sign of having made the slightest effort to find the answer, is what set me off.  It is all spelled out in the manual in black and white, and the manual itself is linked from this very page.  But just in case there's continuing confusion:

http://www.e-smith.org/docs/manual/4.1/admin-virtdom.html

That said, I guess I went a little overboard; I could just as well have left out the last phrase of my post.  Unfortunately, I can't go back and edit it to remove that part.

[Eric]

Dan,

Doesn't work.  I'm looking to host more then one website on the Internet.  And adding a virtual domain just links my primary website to the virtual domain.  

By the way, I DID make an effort to do this.  So don't assume I didn't read or make an effort when you don't know.  Took me hours of reading to set up this server.  I'm still learning everyday, and I just wanted some help.  I work full time and go to college full leaving very little time for me to pick up manuals and spend hours reading them.

Thanks,

Eric

[Dan Brown]

No, adding a virtual domain does _not_ just link the primary website to the virtual domain (it can, but it doesn't have to).  I suggest you take a closer look at the manual--particularly where it says, "You then tell the server where to find the content for that domain - it can be the same as your primary web site, or you can create a new set of web pages and store them in one of your i-bays."

[Eric]

Dan,

Thanks a lot for your time.  Maybe I should have read that better, but after my birthday party last night , I'm just glad I can think at all.

Thanks a lot for your help...
 
Regards,

Eric

[Zriem]

i m from argentina, i have installed E-SMITH since a month, and i would like to host more than one site on my server, but sincerly Dan i did not find anything on my manuals, if u may please, send me you manuals.


Thank you very much.
zriem.
Arg.
Bs. As.

[Dan Brown]

If you're running 4.1.2, take a look at the link I posted a few messages ago.  If you're running a later version, look in the manual (it's on this site, linked near the top of this page) for the section on Virtual Domains.

[little bark, BIG BYTE!!]

http://www.e-smith.org/docs/manual/5.1/admin-virtdom.html

[Zriem]

thanks for the link little bark,

[little bark, BIG BYTE!!]

Just trying to pick up the slack , I see Dan's frustration and agree whole heartedly that we all need to look in the manual first, then search the forums and then ask our questions of the community . . .  A lesson I still have problems with myself at times.

Garret

[Tom Carroll]

Dan Brown wrote:
>
> No, adding a virtual domain does _not_ just link the primary
> website to the virtual domain (it can, but it doesn't have
> to).  I suggest you take a closer look at the
> manual--particularly where it says, "You then tell the server
> where to find the content for that domain - it can be the
> same as your primary web site, or you can create a new set of
> web pages and store them in one of your i-bays."

Technically speaking, your primary web site is always linked to any ibay, including those that are virtual domains.

For example:

http://mydomain.com/ points to the primary web site.
http://myvirtual.com/ points to an ibay called virtual.

I can further access this virtual domain indirectly via http://mydomain.com/virtual/

So, I would say that the primary site is somewhat connected to all virtual domains and their web sites by virtue of the ibay system.

Is there a way to prevent this from happening?  Would there ever be a need to prevent this from happening?  I don't know...


Tom Carroll
Dataware Computers