Setting up Apache as a Web server under Linux via GUI
Here you can see I have already entered the text for the new virtual host.
The information necessary is pretty obvious. But you will want to determine how the virtual host will be determined. I opted to determine requests by IP address. Click the appropriate check box and then click the Change VirtualHost ID button. The VirtualHost ID window will allow you to chose one of the IP addresses configured on your machine. If you have only one network attached device you will be given two addresses: the address of the configured device and the loopback address 127.0.0.1. Obviously the loopback address is only going to be good for that machine. That's not such a bad thing if you are using the virtual host for testing purposes. The one problem you might face is if your firewall will not allow traffic on the loopback device. So we'll configure ours on the 192.168.1.25 address to avoid the issue.
The next screen contains site-specific details such as CGI Options, SSL support, directory options, and enable public html. Chose the options your virtual site will need and then click Next. You are finally ready to finish the setup. Click finish to apply the changes and restart Apache. Voila! Virtual hosting made GUI.
The last thing you want to do is make sure you actually have an index.html (or some referencing file) in the directory you are hosting your virtual site. Without the index.html file your browser will not find the virtual site.
Final Thoughts
Until recently setting up an Apache server was left for those who knew how to edit .conf files. Fortunately, the gang at Novell (and SuSE of course) have helped the newer Linux fans to set up that web site with as much ease as pointing and clicking. And with a user-friendly GUI in front of the action, things just keep getting easier.
The next screen contains site-specific details such as CGI Options, SSL support, directory options, and enable public html. Chose the options your virtual site will need and then click Next. You are finally ready to finish the setup. Click finish to apply the changes and restart Apache. Voila! Virtual hosting made GUI.
The last thing you want to do is make sure you actually have an index.html (or some referencing file) in the directory you are hosting your virtual site. Without the index.html file your browser will not find the virtual site.
Final Thoughts
Until recently setting up an Apache server was left for those who knew how to edit .conf files. Fortunately, the gang at Novell (and SuSE of course) have helped the newer Linux fans to set up that web site with as much ease as pointing and clicking. And with a user-friendly GUI in front of the action, things just keep getting easier.
