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diff --git a/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.html.en b/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.html.en index afc8b25b..5bca26c7 100644 --- a/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.html.en +++ b/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.html.en @@ -111,6 +111,18 @@ virtual hosts.</p> </div> + <div class="note"><h3>ServerName inheritance</h3> + <p> It is best to always explicitly list a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#servername">ServerName</a></code> in every name-based virtual host.</p> + <p>If a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#virtualhost">VirtualHost</a></code> doesn't specify + a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#servername">ServerName</a></code>, a server name will be + inherited from the base server configuration. If no server name was + specified globally, one is detected at startup through reverse DNS resolution + of the first listening address. In either case, this inherited server name + will influenced name-based virtual host resolution, so it is best to always + explicitly list a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#servername">ServerName</a></code> in every + name-based virtual host.</p> + </div> + <p>For example, suppose that you are serving the domain <code>www.example.com</code> and you wish to add the virtual host <code>other.example.com</code>, which points at the same IP address. |