Manage HTTP Host Prefixes

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The Manage HTTP Host Prefixes page enables you to perform the following procedure:

Setting up virtual hosting:

To set up virtual hosting, complete the following steps.

1. Click in the entry window where you want to specify the virtual hosting.

2. Click Insert.
   
   Result: The Create a New Host Prefix dialog box is displayed.

3. In the Prefix field, enter the subdirectory in the HTTP root directory that you want to use as the virtual host root directory.

4. In the Host Names/Addresses field, enter the Web name and the destination IP address to be used to be redirected to the virtual host root directory (Prefix).

5. In the Comment field, enter an optional description about this prefix.

6. Click OK to save the virtual hosting setup.

7. Click Apply.

Example

Assume the following entry exists in the /etc/httpd.hostprefixes file:

/customer www.customer.com 192.225.37.102

If the HTTP server receives an HTTP request that is destined for one of its virtual host IP addresses, in this example, 192.225.37.102, the destination IP address is used to select the virtual host root directory /customer.

Additionally, an HTTP request with an HTTP host header specifying www.customer.com is directed to the /customer directory.

In either of these cases, the requestor cannot access a file outside the /customer directory.