[Xitami] Multi server issue

[Magus1011]

R O wrote:
> Yea yeah...I know.  And thanks for the sarcasm.  I have a very specific
> instance where I can't use the Virtual Server feature.  So Xitami binds to
> port 80 for all IPs on the NIC then even though the server is only
> responding to requests on one IP?  Technically, you don't bind to port 
> 80 on
> a NIC, you bind to port 80 on an IP address.  So a second IP address should
> have its own available port 80.  I know Apache and others can have servers
> running on port 80 of each IP on the NIC.  I could have sworn Xitami was
> only binding to one IPs port 80.
> 
> Hmmm..I do have multiple NICs.  But that means I need a second uplink port
> at my ISP - that will cost extra.  Crap!
> 
> 
> Russel P. Olinger
>  rolinger1 at hotmail.com
> 
>  > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:49:23 -0500
>  > To: xitami at lists.xitami.org
>  > From: magus1011 at gmail.com
>  > Subject: Re: [Xitami] Multi server issue
>  >
>  > 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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>  > Magus1011.
>  >
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I'm sorry, but no sarcasm was intended. I just explained it in the 
simplest way I could assuming nothing about your level of knowledge. 
Sorry if I offended.

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Magus1011.

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