TITLE:		Apache with a Dynamic IP
LFS VERSION:	any
AUTHOR:		Ian Chilton <ian@ichilton.co.uk>

SYNOPSIS:
	How to get Apache working when you have a dynamic IP, ie. a PPP connection.

HINT:
I have worked out how to do Virutual domains in Apache, with a dynamic IP, a
nd i'm so proud of this one, i'm going to share it with you  :)

** (Note, this requires Apache doc the latest version of Apache (1.3.12) to
work **

I copied /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf to /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.c
onf.template and added this to the bottom:

(Do NOT replace the "----REPLACE_THIS_WITH_DYNIP----" bits, they are suppose
d to be typed in like that :)

------------ [SNIP httpd.conf.template ] ------------

NameVirtualHost ----REPLACE_THIS_WITH_DYNIP----

<VirtualHost ----REPLACE_THIS_WITH_DYNIP---->
   ServerName www.domain1.com
   DocumentRoot "/wwwroot/domain1"
   ErrorLog /var/log/http-domain1-error_log
   CustomLog /var/log/http-domain1-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost ----REPLACE_THIS_WITH_DYNIP---->
   ServerName www.domain2.com
   DocumentRoot "/wwwroot/domain2"
   ErrorLog /var/log/http-domain2-error_log
   CustomLog /var/log/http-domain2-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

------------ [SNIP httpd.conf.template ] ------------


Then, the clever bit..

If you running from /etc/ppp/ip-up, use:

cat /usr/apache/conf/httpd.conf.template | sed -e "s/----REPLACE_THIS_WITH_D
YNIP----/$4/g" > /usr/apache/conf/httpd.conf
/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart


If not, use:

MYIP=$(/sbin/ifconfig|grep -1 ppp0|cut -s -d ' ' -f12|grep addr|cut -d ':' -
f2)

cat /usr/apache/conf/httpd.conf.template | sed -e "s/----REPLACE_THIS_WITH_D
YNIP----/$MYIP/g" > /usr/apache/conf/httpd.conf
/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart


And that should be it !!