[Xitami] Multi server issue

[Magus1011]

R O wrote:
> 
> I have two instances of Xitami running, one for production and the other 
> for testing.  Both servers are running on the same system but on 
> different IP addresses (on the same NIC).   However, the test server 
> refuses to start on port 80...any other port it works OR if I comment 
> out the "Portbase=0" the service will start up without an error but I am 
> not able to get to the base page.
> 
> Each server is assigned to its own IP address, but both IP addresses 
> reside on the same NIC of the server.  I don't recall having this 
> problem in the past as I have done production and test versions of 
> Xitami at the same time, each using different IP addresses that were on 
> the same NIC.
> 
> In this case though, I actually need to turn the test server into a 
> second production server and need it to run on port 80.
> 
> Heres the base config of each
> 
> /xitamiproduction/xiwinnt.exe
>      defaults.cfg
>           ip address: 192.168.1.10
>           portbase=0
>           service-name=Xitami Prodcution
> 
> /xitamitest/xiwinnt.exe
>      defaults.cfg
>           ip address: 192.168.1.11
>           portbase=0
>           service-name=Xitami Test
> 
> If I comment out portbase=0 on the test server the service will start up 
> but nothing will respond to port 80 at http://192.168.1.11.  However, if 
> I don't comment out portbase=0 the service won't even start up.  If I 
> change the portbase to "portbase=2" then the service will start up and 
> the pages are accessible on http://192.168.1.11:82 .  But I need this 
> test server to be up and running on port 80.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas as to what is going on?
> 
> Russel P. Olinger
> rolinger1 at hotmail.com
> 
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For the moment addresses don't matter. You have one NIC. It has one Port 
80. If one Xitami server is listening on it then the other Xitami server 
can't listen on it. Simple?

So how do you get past this? Just run one Xitami server. But that leaves 
you with the problem of only being able to serve one web site and you 
want to serve two web sites, a live system and a test system. What to 
do, what to do?

Enter our saviour Virtual Hosts! How to do this is detailed in the 
configuration section of the documentation which can be reached at 
http://<your IP address or domain name here>/xitami or, if your Xitami 
is correctly set up at http://127.0.0.1/

I hope this helps. 8=))

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Best regards,
Magus1011.

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trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.
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