Apache Name-based Virtual Hosts - configuring httpd.conf file
- by Dave
Hi there. I am running a web app on Tomcat at the following location on my server.
/var/tomcat/webapps/SoccerApp
I am looking to update the Tomcat httpd.conf file with the following virtual host...
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/tomcat/webapps/SoccerApp/MyTeam
ServerName www.mysoccerapp.com
</VirtualHost>
This gives me a 404 error as the directory MyTeam does not exist. However my application behaves in a way that it uses this URL directory as the name of the soccer team for which to display data, so it will never be a physical folder on the server. None the less, I would like www.mysoccerapp.com to resolve to webapps/SoccerApp/MyTeam, even though the directory isnt there.
does this make any sense? Any ideas on how to get this working. At the end of the day, i want to do the following...
www.teamone.com -> runs /webapps/SoccerApp/TeamOne
www.teamone.com -> runs /webapps/SoccerApp/TeamTwo
...where TeamOne and TeamTwo are not physical directories, but merely processed by my SoccerApp application as the current soccer team to display data for.
Many many thanks!
Dave.
