On 6/28/19 12:44 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote:
Greetings,
I have apache2 installed on my local machine with a bunch of virtual hosts
that I use for test and development of html, wordpress, etc. It works fine to
access the virt hosts locally, but I want to access them from other systems on
my local network; windows/IE of various versions, smart phones, tablets,
laptops, etc.
They all can access my base host name because my DSL modem/router has DHCP and
DNS in it and when it sets up an address with DHCP it puts an entry in its DNS
and everything is fine. (All systems on the local net use the modem/router for
dns.) But nothing like this happens with the virtual hosts!
I was thinking that I could setup a nameserver on my machine with enries in it
for the virtual hosts and have my local network address in the list of
nameservers in my modem/router, and that is where I need the help.
I have installed bind9, running on buster. So how do I set up the name server
and populate it with the info for my virtual hosts? Pointers to forums,
cookbooks, etc. would be appreciated as well as hints and tips!
TIA!
Dennnis
First you will need to read about Apache virtual hosts here:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/vhosts/name-based.html
Basically what happens is the browser sends the name that it is trying to reach
in its header and Apache uses that info to direct that request to the
appropriate directory. All the different names will point to the same address
... the address of your host. To use bind for this then all your hosts on your
network will have to use the bind DNS server as their DNS server. I use a
debian box as my router/firewall so it is easy for me to change DNS entrys for
my home network.
It might be easier if your router would allow you to add entries to its DNS
server. If not then you could use each machines hosts file to put in your
private addresses. You will have to make up your own names. Example:
host1.home
cookbook.home
forum.home
These would all point to the address of host1 but Apache would be able to direct
the requests to different directories under /var/www depending on the name
used. I use this method on a VM at digital ocean to serve 4 or 5 different web
sites from the one address.
Your apache config might look like this:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName host1.home
DocumentRoot "/var/www/host1"
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName cookbook.home
DocumentRoot "/var/www/cookbook"
</VirtualHost>
etc...
Make sure all the files under /var/www are owned by www-data and group www-data
(chown www-data.www-data files).
--
*...Bob*
