Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual page 768

mod_*.conf
Configuration files for the modules that are installed by default. Refer to Sec-
tion 40.4, "Installing, Activating, and Configuring Modules" (page 763) for details.
Note that configuration files for optional modules reside in the directory conf.d.
server-tuning.conf
Contains configuration directives for the different MPMs (see Section 40.4.4,
"Multiprocessing Modules" (page 768)) as well as general configuration options
that control Apache's performance. Properly test your Web server when making
changes here.
ssl-global.conf and ssl.*
Global SSL configuration and SSL certificate data. Refer to Section 40.6, "Setting
Up a Secure Web Server with SSL" (page 773) for details.
sysconfig.d/*.conf
Configuration files automatically generated from /etc/sysconfig/apache2.
Do not change any of these files—edit /etc/sysconfig/apache2 instead.
Put no other configuration files in this directory.
uid.conf
Specifies under which user and group ID Apache runs. Do not change.
vhosts.d/*.conf
Your virtual host configuration should go here.The directory contains template
files for virtual hosts with and without SSL. Every file in this directory ending in
.conf is automatically included in the Apache configuration. Refer to Section
"Virtual Host Configuration" (page 750) for details.
Virtual Host Configuration
The term virtual host refers to Apache's ability to serve multiple URIs (universal resource
identifiers) from the same physical machine. This means that several domains, such as
www.example.com and www.example.net, are run by a single Web server on one
physical machine.
It is common practice to use virtual hosts to save administrative effort (only a single
Web server needs to be maintained) and hardware expenses (each domain does not re-
quire a dedicated server). Virtual hosts can be name based, IP based, or port based.
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