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On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 11:16:15PM +0100, Stuart Herbert wrote: |
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> On Monday 04 August 2003 6:11 pm, Max Kalika wrote: |
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> > Good morning! |
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> Evening, Max. |
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> > See, I don't think that running two (or more) copies of an application is |
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> > supporting virtual hosts. Upgrading all the files is a pain. Why not have |
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> > one installation of the core files and multiple installations of the config |
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> > files? This is, of course, very application specific -- most of them will |
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> > still need database upgrades, but that has to be done by the sysadmin. |
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> Because that won't quite work, unless the app is aware of virtual hosting - |
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> and many (if not most) aren't. Think about it. |
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> Here's an example. Imagine hosting (oh, I don't know) www.iammax.com and |
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> www.maxisgreat.com on the same physical box. Document roots for each are |
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> /var/www/<host>/public_html/ for arguments sake. |
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> Now imagine running phpBB on both domains, to provide separate forums. As far |
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To take this one step further, where I work we host about 300+ domains plus |
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subdomains. We may install an app but expect to be able to customize the |
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interface for each customer - so I have to side with Stu on this one. |
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> * /usr/webapps/<app-name> as the main directory. |
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> * /usr/webapps/<app-name>/public_html/ for files served by the web server |
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> * /usr/webapps/<app-name>/cgi-bin/ for CGI-BIN files |
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> * /etc/webapps/<app-name>/ to hold the box-default config files |
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> * <app-name> is ${PN} for non-slotted packages |
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> * <app-name> is ${P} for slotted packages |
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for what it's worth, i like this break out as well |
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Just wanted to add another voice to the fray - another lurker stepping |
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forward |
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