Hosting multiple domains on the same server [DNS questions]

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Hi,

my question is pretty simple actually but haven't found a clear answer yet so...

Do I need a DNS server to host multiple domains on the same box?

I've always used Plesk and now I'm trying to do without it. So I have a bunch of questions but I'm testing everything on a virtual machine at home so this particular DNS stuff is giving me a hard time.

I would say that adding VirtualHost entries on my httpd.conf would be enough to support multiple domains.

VirtualHost myip:80
DocumentRoot /www/mydomain1
ServerName mydomain1.com

VirtualHost same_ip_as_before:80
DocumentRoot /www/mydomain2
ServerName mydomain2.com

VirtualHost same_ip_as_before:80
DocumentRoot /www/mydomain3
ServerName mydomain3.com

ANSWER:
uote:

wminside wrote:

Do I need a DNS server to host multiple domains on the same box?

But I haven't tested it yet on a regular box. Is this right? I so, why would someone need a DNS server?

In your case no, because you wrote Quote:

I mean, most of my domains are on Enom.com so I use their nameservers. I just have to enter my servers' ips on the Host Records tab.

and 
Quote:

I would say that adding VirtualHost entries on my httpd.conf would be enough to support multiple domains.

you're right about this because you use DNS from your Enom provider.

Some quick guide of important things in httpd.conf don't forget to replace 111.222.333.444 with your IP:

Listen 80
ServerName 111.222.333.444

NameVirtualHost 111.222.333.444:80

and then Virtual Host configuration at the bottom:

ServerName www.example.com
DocumentRoot "/var/www/example.com/htdocs"
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/example.com/cgi-bin/
# Alias /phpmyadmin/ /var/www/phpmyadmin/


        Options -Indexes
        AllowOverride All
        Order Deny,Allow
        Deny from all



    Options -Indexes
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all



    Options -Indexes
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all


RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /.*index\.html\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.html$ http://www.example.com$1 [R=301,L]

ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/error_log
#CustomLog /var/log/httpd/www.example.com_access_log combined env=!gif-image
#AddType text/html .shtml
#AddHandler server-parsed .shtml

Simply copy this and change example.com with your domain names.
Should be working if you set DNS for domains to your IP.