Ok, there are two clients in this thread, 1 is the client on the server console and is my personal linux system which is on the Internet. The /etc/hosts file on the server has an entry so that the alias in the vhost block resolves when testing on the server. Are you saying I need to edit the /etc/hosts file on my linux pc?
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Eric Covener <cove...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Kirk Woellert <kdwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It's a good point but I need to able to access this site from one public > IP > > in particular. I thought an entry in /etc/hosts currently as: > > > > 127.0.0.1 [redacted alias for 3rd vhost] > > > > would be sufficient but maybe not? If not, how can I get Apache to > 'route' > > to that 3rd vhost? What would people typically do in this case? BTW, I'm > not > > the DNS manager and won't get a FQDN for this stage of development. > > > > You can use an IP as a ServerName or ServerAlias. Otherwise, You need > the /etc/hosts entry on the client, and you need to actually use the > name in the browser -- otherwise the client cannot telegraph to Apache > which name-based virtual host it's accessing. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > >
