Addendum: the symlinks can be easily created/removed using the commands a2ensite and a2dissite, respectively.
I usually forget they exist and do it by hand though =) From:Cassiel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 10:51 AM To: Debian User List Subject: Re: apache2 in Debian - adding vhost - which file to edit? 2008/9/9 Zach Uram < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I am trying to add a name based virtual host to apache2-mpm-prefork version 2.2.9-7 on Debian lenny/sid. First I read to edit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf but this file it seems is empty and not used in Debian. Then I read to edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf but it seems that is also not the right place for adding it so then I found the file /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default This is the correct file to edit? I was told to add my section to it such as: <VirtualHost *:80> ..... </VirtualHost> yes, but 000-default file should be left alone with standard directives for your DocRoot /var/www/ then you should put directives for any other web site you are going to add in a separate file in /etc/apache2/sites-available/ and then create a symlink to it in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ so you can simply remove the symlink if you ever want to put sites offline instead of commenting out lines on a single, maybe huge, conf file, moreover you gain better control on per site directives (before going online) http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ regards
