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Enter a fully qualified domain name that you have the right to use in the Server Name text area.
This option corresponds to the
sets the hostname of the Web server. It is used when creating redirection URLs. If you do not
define a server name, the Web server attempts to resolve it from the IP address of the system. The
server name does not have to be the domain name resolved from the IP address of the server. For
example, you might set the server name to www.example.com while the server's real DNS name is
foo.example.com.
Enter the email address of the person who maintains the Web server in the Webmaster email
address text area. This option corresponds to the
configure the server's error pages to contain an email address, this email address is used so that
users can report a problem to the server's administrator. The default value is root@localhost.
Use the Available Addresses area to define the ports on which the server accepts incoming
requests. This option corresponds to the
configures the Apache HTTP Server to listen to port 80 for non-secure Web communications.
Click the Add button to define additional ports on which to accept requests. A window as shown in
Figure 22.2, "Available Addresses"
listen to all IP addresses on the defined port or specify a particular IP address over which the server
accepts connections in the Address field. Only specify one IP address per port number. To specify
more than one IP address with the same port number, create an entry for each IP address. If at all
possible, use an IP address instead of a domain name to prevent a DNS lookup failure. Refer to
httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/dns-caveats.html
Apache.
Entering an asterisk (*) in the Address field is the same as choosing Listen to all addresses.
Clicking the Edit button in the Available Addresses frame shows the same window as the Add
button except with the fields populated for the selected entry. To delete an entry, select it and click the
Delete button.
Tip
If you set the server to listen to a port under 1024, you must be root to start it. For port
1024 and above, httpd can be started as a regular user.
Figure 22.2. Available Addresses
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http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#servername
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http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#serveradmin
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http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mpm_common.html#listen
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directive in httpd.conf. The ServerName directive
ServerName
ServerAdmin
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directive in httpd.conf. By default, Red Hat
Listen
appears. Either choose the Listen to all addresses option to
for more information about Issues Regarding DNS and
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directive in httpd.conf. If you
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