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Asked: 2012-07-26 14:56:58 +0800 CST

does a <directory> directive need to be inside <virtualhost>?

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I have a bunch of URLs which all point to the same directory on the server in apache's conf files. The basic structure is like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName mysite.com
  ServerAlias www.mysite.com
  DocumentRoot /var/www/thesite

  <Directory /var/www/thesite>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Now, each one is essentially identical, just changing the SeverName and ServerAlias directives.

Is it permissible to move the <Directory> directive to the top, outside of the <VirtualHost>? And, while I'm at is, is there any reason I can't list a dozen sites as SeverAlias even if they're completely different?

apache-2.2

1 Answers

  1. Is it permissible to move the directive to the top, outside of the <VirtualHost>

    Yes, but it'd be more logical to leave it where it is.

    is there any reason I can't list a dozen sites as SeverAlias

    ServerAlias www.mysite.com anotherdomain.com yetanotherdomain.com

    is valid, but the site returned will be the one at /var/www/thesite.

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