[ILUG] Apache virtual hosts & NAT

[Robert Synnott]

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 08:47:05 +0000, Ruairi Newman <ruairi at tech-mad.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> The situation is as follows:-
> 
> I have a Debian Woody box (IP 192.168.1.25) on an eircom DSL line.
> Currently, port 80 (external) on the Netopia Cayman is mapped to port 80
> on the Debian box, which is fine if I want to visit the website at
> www.domain.com .
> 
> However, I have recently set up a webmail interface, and would like to
> use mail.domain.com to point to a different Apache DocumentRoot.
> 
> I should point out (in case it's relevant) that reverse DNS is not set
> up on this as nobody I've spoken to in eircom seemed to understand what
> reverse DNS is.
> 
> The current stanza in Apache does not provide the desired result, I hope
> someone may be able to assist:-
> 
> NameVirtualHost 192.168.1.25:80
> <VirtualHost 192.168.1.25:80>
>     ServerName mail.domain.com
>     ServerAlias mail.*
>     ServerAdmin postmaster at domain.com
>     DocumentRoot /var/www/webmail
> </VirtualHost>
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ruairí
> 
>
Just a guess (I'm not great on this stuff) but the IP address used in
the VirtualHost block should possibly be your external IP, as that's
what's probably in the request.
Rob.