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authorRich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org>2010-04-06 12:57:41 +0000
committerRich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org>2010-04-06 12:57:41 +0000
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Remove a TODO item: Turns out mod_vhost_alias does not set DocumentRoot
per request. Also several of the 'Apache' -> 'Apache HTTP Server' conversions. git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@931133 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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-rw-r--r--docs/manual/vhosts/mass.html.en14
-rw-r--r--docs/manual/vhosts/mass.xml15
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/vhosts/mass.html.en b/docs/manual/vhosts/mass.html.en
index 16bbe94dc2..1687a211d5 100644
--- a/docs/manual/vhosts/mass.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/vhosts/mass.html.en
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
<p>This document describes how to efficiently serve an
- arbitrary number of virtual hosts with the Apache httpd webserver. A
+ arbitrary number of virtual hosts with the Apache HTTP Server. A
<a href="../rewrite/mass.html">separate document</a> discusses using
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> to create dynamic mass virtual hosts.
</p>
@@ -108,17 +108,17 @@ NameVirtualHost 111.22.33.44
used here is based on automatically inserting this information into the
pathname of the file that is used to satisfy the request. This
can be most easily done by using <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_vhost_alias.html">mod_vhost_alias</a></code>
- with Apache 2.0. Alternatively,
+ with Apache httpd. Alternatively,
<a href="../rewrite/vhosts.html"><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> can
be used</a>.</p>
<p>Both of these modules are disabled by default; you must enable
- one of them when configuring and building Apache if you want to
+ one of them when configuring and building Apache httpd if you want to
use this technique.</p>
<p>A couple of things need to be determined from the request in
order to make the dynamic
virtual host look like a normal one. The most important is the
- server name, which is used by Apache to generate
+ server name, which is used by the server to generate
self-referential URLs etc. It is configured with the
<code>ServerName</code> directive, and it is available to CGIs
via the <code>SERVER_NAME</code> environment variable. The
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ NameVirtualHost 111.22.33.44
request. With <code>UseCanonicalName DNS</code>, it is taken from a
reverse DNS lookup of the virtual host's IP address. The former
setting is used for name-based dynamic virtual hosting, and the
- latter is used for IP-based hosting. If Apache cannot work out
+ latter is used for IP-based hosting. If httpd cannot work out
the server name because there is no <code>Host:</code> header,
or the DNS lookup fails, then the value configured with
<code>ServerName</code> is used instead.</p>
@@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ NameVirtualHost 111.22.33.44
if any CGIs or SSI documents make use of it, they will get a
misleading value.</p>
-
-
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="section">
<h2><a name="simple" id="simple">Dynamic Virtual Hosts with
@@ -211,7 +209,7 @@ ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /www/std-cgi/<br />
<h2><a name="combinations" id="combinations">Using Multiple Virtual
Hosting Systems on the Same Server</a></h2>
- <p>With more complicated setups, you can use Apache's normal
+ <p>With more complicated setups, you can use httpd's normal
<code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code> directives to control the
scope of the various virtual hosting configurations. For
example, you could have one IP address for general customers' homepages,
diff --git a/docs/manual/vhosts/mass.xml b/docs/manual/vhosts/mass.xml
index 85767f164c..41984cfa23 100644
--- a/docs/manual/vhosts/mass.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/vhosts/mass.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
<summary>
<p>This document describes how to efficiently serve an
- arbitrary number of virtual hosts with the Apache httpd webserver. A
+ arbitrary number of virtual hosts with the Apache HTTP Server. A
<a href="../rewrite/mass.html">separate document</a> discusses using
<module>mod_rewrite</module> to create dynamic mass virtual hosts.
</p>
@@ -101,17 +101,17 @@ NameVirtualHost 111.22.33.44
used here is based on automatically inserting this information into the
pathname of the file that is used to satisfy the request. This
can be most easily done by using <module>mod_vhost_alias</module>
- with Apache 2.0. Alternatively,
+ with Apache httpd. Alternatively,
<a href="../rewrite/vhosts.html"><module>mod_rewrite</module> can
be used</a>.</p>
<p>Both of these modules are disabled by default; you must enable
- one of them when configuring and building Apache if you want to
+ one of them when configuring and building Apache httpd if you want to
use this technique.</p>
<p>A couple of things need to be determined from the request in
order to make the dynamic
virtual host look like a normal one. The most important is the
- server name, which is used by Apache to generate
+ server name, which is used by the server to generate
self-referential URLs etc. It is configured with the
<code>ServerName</code> directive, and it is available to CGIs
via the <code>SERVER_NAME</code> environment variable. The
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ NameVirtualHost 111.22.33.44
request. With <code>UseCanonicalName DNS</code>, it is taken from a
reverse DNS lookup of the virtual host's IP address. The former
setting is used for name-based dynamic virtual hosting, and the
- latter is used for IP-based hosting. If Apache cannot work out
+ latter is used for IP-based hosting. If httpd cannot work out
the server name because there is no <code>Host:</code> header,
or the DNS lookup fails, then the value configured with
<code>ServerName</code> is used instead.</p>
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ NameVirtualHost 111.22.33.44
if any CGIs or SSI documents make use of it, they will get a
misleading value.</p>
- <!-- TODO: Is that true? I was pretty sure that mod_vhost_alias did
- in fact set DOCUMENT_ROOT. Need to verify. rcb. -->
-
</section>
<section id="simple"><title>Dynamic Virtual Hosts with
@@ -207,7 +204,7 @@ ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /www/std-cgi/<br />
<section id="combinations"><title>Using Multiple Virtual
Hosting Systems on the Same Server</title>
- <p>With more complicated setups, you can use Apache's normal
+ <p>With more complicated setups, you can use httpd's normal
<code>&lt;VirtualHost&gt;</code> directives to control the
scope of the various virtual hosting configurations. For
example, you could have one IP address for general customers' homepages,