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eggyal
eggyal

Reputation: 125835

Promote particular user's Apache VirtualHost to default

As documented by Apache under Using Name-based Virtual Hosts:

If no matching virtual host is found, then the first listed virtual host that matches the IP address will be used.

As a consequence, the first listed virtual host is the default virtual host.

Currently, the template at /var/cpanel/templates/apache2_4/main.default generates such a default VirtualHost (per IP address) with DocumentRoot [% serverroot %]/htdocs.

We would instead like the VirtualHost that is generated for a particular user to be that default. What is the best/recommended way of accomplishing this?

My current thinking is to place the user's (compiled) VirtualHost directive in /usr/local/apache/conf/includes/pre_virtualhost_2.conf, but this obviously won't be managed by WHM should the user's configuration change.

Is there a better way?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 804

Answers (6)

François Breton
François Breton

Reputation: 1388

Answer of the cPanel/WHM support of 2022 :

Bref, there is a feature in the management interface at :

WHM / Service Configuration / Apache Configuration / Include Editor / Pre VirtualHost Include

where you can put your <VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:80 and 443

Upvotes: 0

eggyal
eggyal

Reputation: 125835

Okay, so this is what I ended up doing:

  1. Copied /var/cpanel/templates/apache2_4/main.default to /var/cpanel/templates/apache2_4/main.local.

  2. Edited the newly created copy to remove the default VirtualHost directives (I inserted [%- IF 0 %] before line 344 and [% END -%] before line 385).

  3. Edited /var/cpanel/conf/apache/primary_virtual_hosts.conf so that the name of the desired default host was specified for the desired IP address(es).

  4. Ran /scripts/rebuildhttpdconf.

  5. Manually verified /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf.

  6. Gracefully restarted Apache.

Upvotes: 0

Droopy4096
Droopy4096

Reputation: 311

We currently use scheme where we first include specific default VHost config file, like so (that is before any VHost definitions):

Include conf.d/vhost.d/default.conf.first
Include conf.d/vhost.d/*.conf

This way VHost defined in conf.d/vhost.d/default.conf.first is always first.

Upvotes: 0

Alex Figliolia
Alex Figliolia

Reputation: 471

Create an .htaccess that proxies all requests back to localhost but on an internal port. Then add a Listen directive for the new port and a VirtualHost for that port that is the default you want.

I should mention that this is ugly, but I think it satisfies your needs.

Upvotes: 0

TechnicalChaos
TechnicalChaos

Reputation: 452

A bit old school I know, but url masking using a frame on your default page could be the easiest thing to do here?

Upvotes: 0

JohnKiller
JohnKiller

Reputation: 2008

In general VirtualHosts matches the DNS entries, including wildcards.

Your situation seems to me like you are activating a new site and while the DNS is ready, the hosting isn't available yet, so you want to temporary display a specific VirtualHost.

I've had a similar problem in the past, and solved it by creating an .htaccess inside the default VirtualHost that redirects to the site I want.

This also has the benefit that the user is clearly viewing the real hostname in his browser.

I know that this isn't the solution you wanted, however I don't think there is any other way to accomplish this, because this has limited applications in normal usage (unusual behaviour).

Upvotes: 1

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