Subdomains in Apache

[Praetorian]

Hello ladies and gentelmen. Quick question.

How would I setup subdomains in Apache under virtual hosts? I was told I could do it the "slow way" and create VirtualHosts for each domain, or do it the fast way, which the person didn't know. I'd like to do it the "fast way", if there is one. Currently I control DNS (via BIND on local Debian server), so it won't take me long to come back and say if this stuff worked or not. It's 2am, and I hope I'm making a bit of sense to you guys. I think I'm making perfect sense, but who knows, I might be making a complete fool of myself. Thanks in advance.

BTW, here's my config files for BIND and the VirtualHost section for Apache.

http://maverick.mahan.net/bind
http://maverick.mahan.net/httpd.conf

[Praetorian]

*bump*

[gothic]

I don't know about the easy or hard way.. But here's how I do it:


*snip*

NameVirtualHost *

<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin root@killinghand.org
DocumentRoot /home/httpd/htdocs
ServerName 208.137.8.252
ErrorLog logs/error.log
CustomLog logs/access.log refercustom env=!do_not_log
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin root@killinghand.org
DocumentRoot /home/websites/killingass/htdocs
ServerName www.killinghand.org
ServerAlias killinghand.org
ErrorLog logs/error.log
CustomLog logs/access.log refercustom env=!do_not_log
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/websites/killingass/cgi-bin/
Alias /icons/ /home/httpd/icons/
ErrorDocument 404 /404.phtml
ErrorDocument 401 /401.phtml
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin root@badass.org
DocumentRoot /home/websites/killingass/htdocs
ServerName www.badass.org
ServerAlias badass.org
ErrorLog logs/error.log
CustomLog logs/access.log refercustom env=!do_not_log
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/websites/killingass/cgi-bin/
ScriptAlias /mailman/ /var/mailman/cgi-bin/
Alias /pipermail/ /var/mailman/archives/public/
Alias /icons/ /home/httpd/icons/
ErrorDocument 404 /404.phtml
ErrorDocument 401 /401.phtml
</VirtualHost>

*snip*

I have a bunch more in there, but I didn't think you needed 10 pages..

*edit* Posted something I shouldn't of.. :P

[Praetorian]

No, I know how to setup virtual hosts. I want to setup subdomains the "dynamic" way. Subdomain would be like http://maverick.mahan.net

[jkrohn]

Check out this link prae.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/vhosts/examples.html

Also check out this

http://www.cfdev.com/apache/virtualhosts.cfm

Next time RTFM (just kidding folks)

Jkrohn

[gothic]

"Dynamic" way? Can you elaborate a bit on that? I'm not aware of any way of creating virtual hosts in Apache without expressly creating the VirutalHost section.

Side note: Subdomains work the same way as domains do.

[Praetorian]

Hmm...i was told this is it. I don't know though.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/vhosts/mass.html

[gothic]

Sounds interesting. Personally, I prefer the safety of adding in the virt hosts, and having explicit control of each and every setting for each Virt.. =]