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href="#name">name-based</a> example, setup 2) should get its own IP
address. To avoid problems with name servers or proxies who cached the
old IP address for the name-based vhost we want to provide both
- variants during a migration phase.<br />
+ variants during a migration phase.</p>
+
+ <p>
The solution is easy, because we can simply add the new IP address
(<code>172.20.30.50</code>) to the <code>VirtualHost</code>
directive.</p>
<code>http://www.sub1.domain.tld/</code> is only
served from the sub1-vhost if the client sent a correct
<code>Host:</code> header. If no <code>Host:</code> header is sent the
- client gets the information page from the primary host.<br />
- Please note that there is one oddity: A request to
+ client gets the information page from the primary host.</p>
+
+ <p>Please note that there is one oddity: A request to
<code>http://www.sub2.domain.tld/sub1/</code> is also served from the
- sub1-vhost if the client sent no <code>Host:</code> header.<br />
- The <directive module="mod_rewrite">RewriteRule</directive> directives
+ sub1-vhost if the client sent no <code>Host:</code> header.</p>
+
+ <p>The <directive module="mod_rewrite">RewriteRule</directive> directives
are used to make sure that a client which sent a correct
<code>Host:</code> header can use both URL variants, <em>i.e.</em>,
with or without URL prefix.</p>