Default Settings - Red Hat LINUX 7.2 - OFFICIAL LINUX CUSTOMIZATION GUIDE Manual

Section 14.2:Default Settings
Use the
Available Addresses
quests. This option corresponds to the Listen directive in httpd.conf. By default, Red Hat con-
figures Apache to listen to ports 80 and 8080 for non-secure Web communications. Click the
button to define additional ports on which to accept requests. A window as shown in Figure 14–2,
Available Addresses will appear. Either choose the
IP addresses on the defined port or specify a particular IP address over which the server will accept
connections in the
Address
ify 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
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/dns-caveats.html for more information about Issues Regarding DNS and
Apache. Entering an asterisk (*) in the
Clicking the button shows the same window as the
Edit
for the selected entry. To delete an entry, select it and click the
Figure 14–2 Available Addresses
If you set Apache 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.

14.2 Default Settings

After defining the Server Name, Webmaster email address, and Available Addresses, click the
tab and click the
Hosts
figuration will appear. Configure the default settings for your Web server in this window. If you add
a virtual host, the settings you configure for the virtual host take precedence for that virtual host. For
a directive not defined within the virtual host settings, the default value is used.
area to define the ports on which Apache will accept incoming re-
field. Only specify one IP address per port number. If you want to spec-
Address
Edit Default Settings
Listen to all addresses
field is the same as choosing
button except with the fields populated
Add
Delete
Tip
button. The window shown in Figure 14–3, Site Con-
option to listen to all
Listen to all addresses
button.
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Add
.
Virtual