Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:58:01 -0400 From: "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca> To: freebsd-questions@harte-lyne.ca Subject: Apache-2.4 and <VirtualHost _default_:443> Message-ID: <231b1d16e9ebd8156c386ca3d3d89e88.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca>
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The Apache documentation (https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/vhosts/details.html) states: "The main server is only used to serve a request if the IP address and port number to which the client connected does not match any vhost (including a * vhost). In other words, the main server only catches a request for an unspecified address/port combination (unless there is a _default_ vhost which matches that port)." In extra/httpd-ssl.conf the following is found: <VirtualHost _default_:443> # General setup for the virtual host DocumentRoot "/usr/local/www/apache24/data" . . . When extra/httpd-ssl.conf contains this statement and is included from httpd.conf then none of my virtual host ssl configurations work. Everything ssl goes to the host server document root. My question is: Does the parenthetical comment "(unless there is a _default_ vhost which matches that port)" really mean that the magic wildcard _default_ overrides every ip address defined virtual host; as the evidence seems to indicate? If so then why? What is he use case for this feature and why is that the default configuration instead of <VirtualHost *:443> -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3
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