[Koha-devel] apache configuration proposal

[Chris Cormack]

On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 17:42, Alan Millar wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 11:07:14AM -0700, Tonnesen Steve wrote:
> > Right now installer.pl builds apache configuration with two separate ip
> > addresses for virtual hosts.  We'd like to change that to the port based
> > virtual host setup.   By default, it will suggest port 80 for the OPAC and
> > port 8080 for the Intranet interfaces.  It will warn that using port 80
> > for the OPAC will "hide" any existing web content served from that
> > computer, and that a different port should be used if that is the case.
>  
> > Comments?
> 
> I'm not sure I understand why we need two virtual hosts.  What is wrong or
> undesirable about a single host, with an intranet branch that is password
> protected, and an OPAC branch that isn't?   Simply the fact that scripts
> live in cgi-bin/koha and cgi-bin/opac seems to indicate that it was 
> originally designed for a single host.  Is there a good reason to
> perpetuate the virtual dual host setup?  I'm not perceiving one.

It was originally designed to run on 2 virtual hosts.
It still does at HLT.
Im not sure where cgi-bin/opac/ came from :) I think when Roger was
refactoring to get it running under a single host this came about.

The way it works on HLT, the host the intranet runs on, is not visible
to the outside world.
IE its a true intranet. Whereas the opac is live out on the web.

Thats the reason it was done, just an added security level, im assuming
other organisations might like to have the same kind of set up. Ie the
intranet running on some internal ipnumbers. 

Basically I think it should be easy for ppl to do either.

Chris
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