Default Apache Named VirtualHost when Visiting by IP

Steven Lutz

7/10/23, 1:40 AM

I originally had the following httpd.conf setup:

<VirualHost *:80>
  ServerName MainDomain.com
  ServerAlias Alternate1.com Alternate2.com etc...
  DocumentRoot /var/www/MainSite
...
...
</VirtualHost>

<VirualHost *:443>
  ServerName MainDomain.com
  ServerAlias Alternate1.com Alternate2.com etc...
  DocumentRoot /var/www/MainSite
  SSLEngine on
  ...
  ...
  ...
</VirtualHost>

I also had ssl.conf as follows

...
...    
<VirtualHost _default_:443>
  DocumentRoot "/var/www/DefaultSite"

  SSLEngine on
  ...
  ...
  ...
  
</VirtualHost>

In the above configuration, Visiting both http and https versions of MyDomain.com and any aliases, it worked as expected. If I visited the server by https://IPADDRESS, MainSite was returned, while http://IPADDRESS retunred "The requested URL / was not found on this server."

I need both http://IPADDRESS & https://IPADDRESS to return DefaultSite instead.

so in ssl.conf VirtualHost I added:

ServerName IPADDRESS:443

and added a new section to httd.conf

<VirtualHost _default_:80>
  ServerName IPADDRESS
  DocumentRoot /var/www/DefaultSite/
</VirtualHost>

Now MainDomain.com and all aliases are working as before with the new added functionality of http://IPADDRESS & https://IPADDRESS both resolve to the DefaultSite

I have 2 questions regarding this jounrney.

Why was visiting https://IPADDRESS resolving to MainDomain.com with the original configuration?
Is my current solution the proper / generally accepted way to make this work as I need?

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I sit in a Tesla and translated this thread with Ai:

EN: Default Apache Named VirtualHost when Visiting by IP

TH: Apache เริ่มต้นชื่อ VirtualHost เมื่อเยี่ยมชมโดย IP

RO: Apache implicit numit VirtualHost atunci când vizitați prin IP

RU: Apache Named VirtualHost по умолчанию при посещении по IP

VI: Apache mặc định được đặt tên là Virtualhost khi truy cập bằng IP

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