multiple domains on one IP question

[capaci]

hi, i need to know if there is a way to do this. i have a few domain names (not just mine, one's mine and a couple other of friends and family) and i want to set it up so that they are all served from the same machine. first of all, i don't know how to even set up one to be mapped to my machine, so if that can be explained i'd appreciate it. and then, how would i set up each domain being mapped to a specific user of the machine, so that each users web page can be stored in their home folder's "public_html"? i appreciate any help towards getting to this solution . thanks.

[OTP]

yes i know you can. But im not sure how. I think it has something to do with hierarchy? Doesn't it. Just wait for someone with the response unless i can remember how.

[j79zlr]

setup virtual hosts on apache, just set the path to the base directory to the public_html in each user's directory

[capaci]

ok, so for each user i can set up a virtual host. and for each virtual host have a different domain name pointing to it? i've never used virtual hosts, but i'm sure it's not too difficult. thanks. now, can someone explain how i can get my domain names so when i type in the URL, it goes to the documents on my machine?

[j79zlr]

http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/vhosts/name-based.html

Pretty easy to do. :)

[capaci]

ok, that seems simple enough. but it says i have to set up a DNS server to point the domains to an IP. can you explain how that is done? do i have to set that up on my machine too? or is there some kind of service that does can do it for me like registering domain names? i'm pretty new to this domain and webserver stuff, sorry for all the questions :)

[j79zlr]

Well whoever you pruchased the domain name from can usually change the dns to point to the IP address, is this a static IP that you are running the server from? You can use Dyndns.org to point to a dynamic IP.

[capaci]

cool, thanks a lot...i'll check that site out.