Hi. I am running an apache web server on my windows xp machine, just for
development purposes. My computer does not serve pages over the internet.

The machine is running Windows xp professional behind a router with a static
IP address. I also have a domain name and the DNS is run from another
publicly accessible machine on my network.

I would just like to run some virtual hosts on my local machine for
development purposes. I am not interested in anyone accessing these servers
from the public, at all.

I have been reading a lot about Windows loopback, ip aliases, and such. The
apache site tells how to set up IP-based virtual hosts, but I am not sure
how to set up additional IPs on this computer. can anyone supply a simple
answer or more good references I can add to my collection?

Thanks again.

In news:zFYug.68901$Lm5.34971@newssvr12.news.prodigy. com,
sweet_cheex <sweet_cheeks_sf_nofriedspam42@pacbell.net> stated, which I
commented on below:
> Hi. I am running an apache web server on my windows xp machine, just
> for development purposes. My computer does not serve pages over the
> internet.
> The machine is running Windows xp professional behind a router with a
> static IP address. I also have a domain name and the DNS is run from
> another publicly accessible machine on my network.
>
> I would just like to run some virtual hosts on my local machine for
> development purposes. I am not interested in anyone accessing these
> servers from the public, at all.
>
> I have been reading a lot about Windows loopback, ip aliases, and
> such. The apache site tells how to set up IP-based virtual hosts, but
> I am not sure how to set up additional IPs on this computer. can
> anyone supply a simple answer or more good references I can add to my
> collection?
> Thanks again.

Additional IPs can be set in IP properties, Advanced, IP Settings tab.

This is more of an IIS question. Posting to the IIS group could have been
more specific for your question, but I can give you a basic view of it.
Apache and IIS are very similar in what they do and how they work. They are
simply sharing tools to allow sharing resources or apps across a
intranet/internet. You can set multiple virtual websites on one IP, which
wouldn't require multiple IPs. IIS and Apache uses the host header (the
actual URL you connect by) as the uniqueness factor to distinguish each
individual webstite. The only time I would see to have individual IPs per
site is if each site is SSL based. SSL uses the IP address as a uniqueness
factor beyond hostheaders.

I usually do not like to use aliases in DNS. I normally like to use the
direct name to IP reference, especially if host headers are involved. It's a
cleaner setup besides the fact an alias requires addition query steps and
can cause confusion in some cases. Loopbacks are fine, but you can simply
use a straight IP mapped to a name under the zone.

There are many resources for IIS. One of which is www.iisanswers.com. As for
Apache, you can Google for it. Here are some additional reading. Disregard
the OS version, since many steps are similar except for additional features
and apps/.Net configuration in IIS 6 on 2003. But since you're using Apache,
it wouldn't really matter anyway. Keep in mind, IIS runs native .Net, ASP,
ASPX, ISAPI and COM packages more efficiently and securely (especially for
the operating system) than can Apache using other programming languages.
Reason is the app is run within the IIS context (in the actual inetinfo.exe
process) and not the operating system, as you would need to do using CGI,
PHP, etc. IIS runs CGI, PHP and others too, but they must be run in the OS
context.

190008 - HOW TO- Use Host Header Names to Host Multiple Sites from One IP
Address in IIS 5.0:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;190008

315982 - HOW TO Configure DNS Records for Your Web Site in Windows 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315982

IIS Answers - How to create multiple websites with one IP address:
http://www.iisanswers.com/Top10FAQ/t10-hostheaders.htm

187504 - HTTP 1.1 Host Headers Are Not Supported When You Use SSL:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;187504

What Is a Host Header:
http://www.winnetmag.com/Article/Art...7404/7404.html

324260 - HOW TO Configure DNS Records for Your Web Site in Windows Server
2003:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324260

IIS Answers - DNS for IIS Administrators:
http://www.iisanswers.com/articles/dns_for_iis.htm

Web Naming and Addressing Overview (URIs, URLs, ...):
http://www.w3.org/Addressing/

Mapping URLs to Filesystem Locations - Apache HTTP Server:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/urlmapping.html

ITS Web Services Setting up a Redirect Announcement:
http://www.its.caltech.edu/its/servi...redirect.shtml

Redirecting Your Home Page:
http://www.art.net//redirecting.html

Hotlinking - Steps you can take to Prevent it.:
http://websiteowner.info/articles/pages/hotlinking.asp

I hope they .

--
Ace
Innovative IT Concepts, Inc
Willow Grove, PA

This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and
confers no rights.

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Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
Microsoft Certified Trainer

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"sweet_cheex" <sweet_cheeks_sf_nofriedspam42@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> I would just like to run some virtual hosts on my local machine for
> development purposes. I am not interested in anyone accessing these
> servers from the public, at all.

Thanks for your answers everyone. I figured out exactly what to do. This is
for:

OS: Windows XP
Web Server: Apache
Network: Small DHCP network (on larger networks YMMV)

Scenario: I want to run virtual hosts on my machine but I do not care about
them being accessible from the internet.
Caveats: I wouldn't mess with this method on a large internal network where
you don't know what IPs other devices/people are using. I also ONLY
guarantee this will work on a small internal network, and if you port your
machine around to various networks these settings will not work consistently
for you.

1. Open your command console and do "ipconfig." Note the IP address, subnet
mask, dns, and gateway.
2. Go into control panels>network settings>TCP/IP>properties. Click the
radio button "Use the following IP Address."
3. Add the IP address you noted above, the subnet mask, and DNS. In the same
panel, click "Advanced." This opens a panel which enables you to add more IP
addresses. Since you're on a NAT, you have a certain number of addresses
allocated by your router. Just increment the IPs. ***Again, I can't take
responsibility for how this would act on a larger DHCP network where someone
or some other device might already have been assigned the IP your are
using.*** Add however many more IP addresses you need for each apache
virtual host you want to run.
4. Click OK and close.
5. Add the IPs and names of hosts to your hosts file. In XP it's
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
6: The convention in the hosts file is as follows:

IP host

127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.123.101 myServer
192.168.123.102 myOtherServer
192.168.123.103 mySpecialServer

7. Restart
8. Configure your apache httpd.conf file with IP virtual hosts using the IPs
and hostnames you just created.

Done.

Sorry, I cancelled my last message saying how I eventually did this. It is
possible to do virtual hosts without having extra IP addresses on windows -
I just forgot.

"sweet_cheex" <sweet_cheeks_sf_nofriedspam42@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:zFYug.68901$Lm5.34971@newssvr12.news.prodigy. com...
> Hi. I am running an apache web server on my windows xp machine, just for
> development purposes. My computer does not serve pages over the internet.
>
> The machine is running Windows xp professional behind a router with a
> static IP address. I also have a domain name and the DNS is run from
> another publicly accessible machine on my network.
>
> I would just like to run some virtual hosts on my local machine for
> development purposes. I am not interested in anyone accessing these
> servers from the public, at all.
>
> I have been reading a lot about Windows loopback, ip aliases, and such.
> The apache site tells how to set up IP-based virtual hosts, but I am not
> sure how to set up additional IPs on this computer. can anyone supply a
> simple answer or more good references I can add to my collection?
>
> Thanks again.
>

sweet_cheex wrote:
> Sorry, I cancelled my last message saying how I eventually did this. It is
> possible to do virtual hosts without having extra IP addresses on windows -
> I just forgot.

I don't know where to reply anymore, you have two topics at the same
place and both of them are not related to windows,IIS, DNS or even
microsoft :-)

use the following link for creating virtual hosts on XP
http://johnbokma.com/windows/apache-...-hosts-xp.html

regards

"Broadcast" <wael.shaheen@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1153295541.099003.143710@m79g2000cwm.googlegr oups.com...
>
> sweet_cheex wrote:
>> Sorry, I cancelled my last message saying how I eventually did this. It
>> is
>> possible to do virtual hosts without having extra IP addresses on
>> windows -
>> I just forgot.
>
> I don't know where to reply anymore, you have two topics at the same
> place and both of them are not related to windows,IIS, DNS or even
> microsoft :-)

Actually if you read more closely yes they do. I clearly stated that

a) I am running windows xp
b) I am trying to set up virtual hosts in apache, which is also a popular
web server which runs on windows
c) I want to do it without a domain name
d) In that light I want to figure out how to do IP-based virtual hosts

If this is totally outside the purview of this group I do apologize, but
based on some of the items above I would submit it isn't.

Thanks again

sweet_cheex wrote:
> "Broadcast" <wael.shaheen@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1153295541.099003.143710@m79g2000cwm.googlegr oups.com...
>>
>> sweet_cheex wrote:
>>> Sorry, I cancelled my last message saying how I eventually did
>>> this. It is
>>> possible to do virtual hosts without having extra IP addresses on
>>> windows -
>>> I just forgot.
>>
>> I don't know where to reply anymore, you have two topics at the same
>> place and both of them are not related to windows,IIS, DNS or even
>> microsoft :-)
>
> Actually if you read more closely yes they do. I clearly stated that
>
> a) I am running windows xp
> b) I am trying to set up virtual hosts in apache, which is also a
> popular web server which runs on windows
> c) I want to do it without a domain name
> d) In that light I want to figure out how to do IP-based virtual hosts
>
> If this is totally outside the purview of this group I do apologize,
> but based on some of the items above I would submit it isn't.

Regardless of what the web server software is, you can host only one web
site per IP and port unless you use host headers, which requires a matching
name.

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In news:znFvg.174647$F_3.79955@newssvr29.news.prodigy .net,
sweet_cheex <sweet_cheeks_sf_nofriedspam42@pacbell.net> stated, which I
commented on below:
> Actually if you read more closely yes they do. I clearly stated that
>
> a) I am running windows xp
> b) I am trying to set up virtual hosts in apache, which is also a
> popular web server which runs on windows
> c) I want to do it without a domain name
> d) In that light I want to figure out how to do IP-based virtual hosts
>
> If this is totally outside the purview of this group I do apologize,
> but based on some of the items above I would submit it isn't.
>
> Thanks again

This is more of an IIS group question, as I mentioned in my original
response. But I did respond to almost all of what you are asking in the list
in this last post.

Yes, Apache is a very popular web server, but keep in mind where did you
post your question? You posted a question about Apache in a Microsoft DNS
newsgroup. But I tried to to relate to you that IIS and Apache are very
similar and probably posting it in the IIS group would have been closer.
Actually there are Apache newsgroups out there that would have been more
specific.

As far as web servers, they all do the same job and have pretty much similar
features.

Besides the step by step on how to add an IP address, you mentioned the
steps to add entries into the HOSTS file, then configure them in the
httpd.conf file. DNS is a (central) dynamic database of names for everyone
to use that replaces the hosts file. Hosts files are local machine only. If
you want just IPs, don't bother adding names in the httpd.config (IIRC
that's how it works).

As for your question #c, you don;t have to have a domain name, you can just
connect by IP address,or name, whichever you like. You have the how-to to
create multiple IPs under XP (which the steps are the same for 2000 and
2003). Once the IPs are in the OS, then they become available under IIS OR
Apache. Apache and IIS recognize the operating system and it's IP
configuration to allow you to use them.

One IP is easier, especially if you are not using SSL (https). Just create
names, such as website1, website2, etc. Create the name website

Ace