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Enabling the Virtual Hosts

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	*<code>sudo systemctl restart apache2</code>		*<code>sudo systemctl restart apache2</code>

			<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">'''[[Now Do A Backup!{{!}}Now Do A Backup!]]'''</span>

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	*<code>sudo systemctl restart apache2</code>		*<code>sudo systemctl restart apache2</code>

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	This also makes life easier if you're using it to proxy for other machines internal to your network.		This also makes life easier if you're using it to proxy for other machines internal to your network.

	In these notes, we'll be setting up 3 names for the server. '''foo.bar''' & '''www.foo.bar''' which will be the default web site. '''Wiki.foo.bar''' which will be served up by the same install of Apache, but still independant of the default web site. '''Proxy.foo.bar''' which is on another machine completely & wouldn't otherwise be reachable.		In these notes, we'll be setting up 4 names for the server. '''foo.bar''' & '''www.foo.bar''' which will be the default web site. '''Wiki.foo.bar''' which will be served up by the same install of Apache, but still independant of the default web site. '''Proxy.foo.bar''' which is on another machine completely & wouldn't otherwise be reachable.

	You will need to set up external DNS for '''Wiki.foo.bar''' & '''Proxy.foo.bar''' (which are NOT the same as your normal webserver name as far as the outside world is concerned)		You will need to set up external DNS for '''Wiki.foo.bar''' & '''Proxy.foo.bar''' (which are NOT the same as your normal webserver name as far as the outside world is concerned)

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Enabling the Virtual Hosts

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	and restart Apache:		and restart Apache:

	*<code>sudo ~~service~~ apache2 ~~restart~~</code>		*<code>sudo systemctl restart apache2</code>

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A sample set of files for /etc/apache2/sites-available:

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	=A sample set of files for <code>/etc/apache2/sites-available</code>:=		=A sample set of files for <code>/etc/apache2/sites-available</code>:=

			Note the <code>SSLCertificateFile</code> & <code>SSLCertificateKeyFile</code> lines... In these examples, they are based on the self-signed certs built into Apache. If you have proper certs, these will reflect that.

	==www.foo.bar.conf==		==www.foo.bar.conf==

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proxy.foo.bar.conf

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wiki.foo.bar.conf

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www.foo.bar.conf

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	=A sample set of files for <code>/etc/apache2/sites-available</code>:=		=A sample set of files for <code>/etc/apache2/sites-available</code>:=

	==~~'''~~www.foo.bar.conf~~'''~~==		==www.foo.bar.conf==

	##########################		##########################

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	</VirtualHost>		</VirtualHost>

			=Enabling the Virtual Hosts=

	'''<big>NOTE:</big>''' Whichever '''VirtualHost''' gets configured '''FIRST''' becomes the default host. Any name that successfully resolves to the server but is not among the names explicitly handled will be served this '''VirtualHost'''. (It may help to start the filename with a '0'. eg: '''0-www.foo.bar.conf''')		'''<big>NOTE:</big>''' Whichever '''VirtualHost''' gets configured '''FIRST''' becomes the default host. Any name that successfully resolves to the server but is not among the names explicitly handled will be served this '''VirtualHost'''. (It may help to start the filename with a '0'. eg: '''0-www.foo.bar.conf''')