ACE Manual

Using the Virtual Hosts Manager

The Virtual Hosts Manager, pictured at right, is used for managing the virtual hosts configured on a Virtual Server. This manager allows you to view, add, modify, and remove virtual hosts.

When the Virtual Hosts Manager first appears, it displays a table listing every virtual host on your Virtual Server. Each row in the table represents a different virtual host. Moving from left to right, the columns display the virtual host's hostname, corresponding user, and home directory.

Adding a virtual host

To add a virtual host simply click on the button, "Add". This action brings up the Virtual Host Wizard pictured to the right. You will be able to add a list of domain names, a new virtual user, set the directory for a virtual user (if a virtual user has been specified), the administrator notification e-mail address, a catch-all virtmap, set (or move) the user's home directory, set a web subdirectory, assign the transfer and error log file names, and assign a CGI directory.

After this information is entered into the Virtual Host Wizard, the virtual host is actually added to the Virtual Server by clicking on the "Finish" button. Clicking on the "Cancel" button will dismiss the window without propogating any changes to your Virtual Server.

Modifying a virtual host

To modify a virtual host either double-click on a user's row in the table or select a virtual host and then click on the "Modify" button. This action causes the Virtual Host Wizard, shown at right, to appear. This wizard requires similar information as the Add User dialog as described above. Changes are made by editing the information in the dialog and then clicking on the "Next" and "Finish" buttons. As with adding a virtual host, changes are ignored and the dialog is dismissed by clicking on the "Cancel" button.

Removing a virtual host

To remove a virtual host, select the virtual host and click on the "Remove" button. The dialog shown below appears asking you if you want to remove the selected virtual host and files associated with the virtual host. Clicking on the "OK" button causes ACE to remove the virtual host. Clicking on the "Cancel" button causes ACE to abandon this action, and leaves the virtual host on your Virtual Server.

Removal of a virtual host is not a reversible operation. Be careful because if you make a mistake, you will have to use the add virtual host functionality to start over from scratch.

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