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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/core.html.en index 137f84f1a2..27bd79e7af 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/core.html.en +++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.html.en @@ -3322,7 +3322,6 @@ itself</td></tr> section specifies what hostname must appear in the request's <code>Host:</code> header to match this virtual host.</p> - <p>Sometimes, the server runs behind a device that processes SSL, such as a reverse proxy, load balancer or SSL offload appliance. When this is the case, specify the @@ -3340,6 +3339,17 @@ itself</td></tr> specified port, or to the port number given in the client's request. </p> + <div class="warning"> + <p>Failure to set <code class="directive">ServerName</code> to a name that + your server can resolve to an IP address will result in a startup + warning. <code>httpd</code> will then use whatever hostname it can + determine, using the system's <code>hostname</code> command. This + will almost never be the hostname you actually want.</p> + <div class="example"><p><code> + httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using rocinante.local for ServerName + </code></p></div> + </div> + <h3>See also</h3> <ul> diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml index 85295136c8..f74a47ab06 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml +++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml @@ -3319,7 +3319,6 @@ itself</description> section specifies what hostname must appear in the request's <code>Host:</code> header to match this virtual host.</p> - <p>Sometimes, the server runs behind a device that processes SSL, such as a reverse proxy, load balancer or SSL offload appliance. When this is the case, specify the @@ -3337,6 +3336,17 @@ itself</description> specified port, or to the port number given in the client's request. </p> + <note type="warning"> + <p>Failure to set <directive>ServerName</directive> to a name that + your server can resolve to an IP address will result in a startup + warning. <code>httpd</code> will then use whatever hostname it can + determine, using the system's <code>hostname</code> command. This + will almost never be the hostname you actually want.</p> + <example> + httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using rocinante.local for ServerName + </example> + </note> + </usage> <seealso><a href="../dns-caveats.html">Issues Regarding DNS and |