Apache listening to two different host-addresses

[tkhobbes]

Hi all

Please forgive any dumb question, but I am quite new to Apache and was a little confused by all the docs available, so I thought I'd ask here.

Here's my scenario: I have a Gentoo box acting as a server for my home-lan. It has apache running and is listening to both 10.10.10.10 and some dns name like linux.homenetwork.own - working perfectly from my home-lan.

The box is behind a router which has port 80 forwarded to it; when I type the public IP of my router on any computer not in my home-lan, I come to the default apache page of my Gentoo server.

So far, so good.

What I now want is apache jumping into some other virtual root directory when I access the box via the public IP (which has also some dyndns-domain assigned to it).

Can I do that? How do I do that?

Thanks for any help!

thomas
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[ekutay]

[tkhobbes]

Thanks - but I don't get it. I tried this
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Linux_Virtual_Hosting_Server
But it seems far too complicated for me - what exactly do I need to do?

thomas
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My systems and some screenshots: http://www.hobbes.ch/techie/
My Gentoo client installation page: http://www.hobbes.ch/techie/gentoo-client/
My Gentoo Server installation: http://www.hobbes.ch/category/server

[ekutay]

That's clear. But you don't want to setup a complete server, just a virtual host in apache.

Have a look at the apache docs, but note, that the setup is somehow preconfigured on gentoo. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/

On gentoo running an apache2 for instance, you should have a directory /etc/apache2/vhosts.d and a file called 00default_vhost.conf. Setup one additional file or use the default one and change the parameters suiting your needs. Could be something like:

[tkhobbes]

Hi there

Thanks for the tip - I tried to set up a virtual host (btw, the config files are in /etc/apache2/conf/vhosts, the file's name is vhosts.conf) according to the official apache2-doc.

Now, what works is the same as before - when entering the dyndns-domainname from any client outside my homelan, I end up on apache's default page - as expected.

But I installed squirrelmail, when I now type in myalias.dyndns.org/squirrelmail I get an error message complaining about "linux.homenetwork.own could not be found" - so apparently, somehow my box is not resolving dns names correctly.

I have absolutely no clue what I have to do now - there is no hostname set in the squirrelmail config, do I have to alter the /etc/hosts file somehow?

Help!

EDIT: Here is my vhosts.conf file (x.x.x.x is my public IP):