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Re: [PLUG] Firewall & Virtual Web Servers
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Why ?
Just have all requests come into a single Apache server, and let it do
what it is
designed for.
Apache virtual hosting ( using proxy ) doesn't restrict the destination
server
to be the same box (VM)
So you don't really need to change anything in virtual hosting other than
the re-write rules if you move one domain to a separate VM. This works
with Tomcat and Plone servers as well using connectors.
I have used this setup as I migrated from physical severs to VM's and as
I move VM's around. Works well.
Lee
Casey Bralla wrote:
> So I'm planning on virtualizing my servers, and I thought I'd also like to
> virtualize my individual web domains. I'd appreciate advice and comments on
> my (goof-ball) plan.
>
>
> I currently host several web domains on a single web server (with a single
> static IP) by utilizing Apache's virtual web server system. So far this
> system works very well, except that it gets kinda complicated if some of the
> web sites want to do forums, or blogs, etc. if each web page was running in
> it's own virtual machine, then this would be much easier.
>
> Unfortunately, if each gets it's own virtual machine, how will I route traffic
> to the correct virtual machine?
>
> Right now, my firewall forwards all port 80 traffic to a unique machine on my DMZ
> which runs Apache, and then Apache determines which web domain has been
> requested and automagically serves up the correct page(s).
>
> I'd like to do almost the same thing, but have the firewall determine which web
> domain has been requested, and then forward it to the correct virtual machine.
>
> Is this even possible? Anybody have any suggestions how the firewall might
> detect which domain has been requested?
>
> TIA!
>
>
--
"Between subtle shading and the absence of light lies the nuance of iqlusion..." - Kryptos
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