[Zope] Apache/Zope mass name based virtual hosting

[Oleg Broytmann]

I think you need something like mod_vhost_alias (Apache builtin) or
mod_macro (3rd party module).

On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 08:30:24AM -0600, Mark Langkau wrote:
> Can someone help with an Apache rewrite rule for using
> VirtualHostMonster for mass virtual name based hosting? My corporate
> intranet needs to have several development and testing areas. What I'd
> like to do is have virtual hosts set up for each developer to experiment
> with - on the fly.
> 
> The goal is not to change httpd.conf or restart Apache when a new vhost
> is set up. Apache will not know specific host names in advance. This
> will allow our developers to quickly put together proof-of-concept sites
> and send easy to remember URLs to other internal testers without mucking
> around with Apache configs or restarts.
> 
> I have seen examples of using VHM to map domains to folders inside Zope,
> but I can't seem to understand how to send the correct info from Apache
> to Zope. I'd like to use wildcards in Apache so that as long as a folder
> exists in the right place (and with the right name) in Zope, the user
> will get to the right area.
> 
> Example:
> 
> Assume our domain is example.com. Internal DNS will be set to send
> *.test.example.com to 192.168.1.1 so all hosts matching that pattern go
> to real host "test.example.com."  I would like "mark.test.example.com"
> to map to "/site/mark" and "beta.test.example.com" map to "/site/beta"
> inside Zope.

Oleg.
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