From 0ee969e985e1969204090526d0292dc2fedfd602 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Slive <slive@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 18:21:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Make it even more clear that EVERY host must have a
 <virtualhost> section with name-virtual-hosts.

This is already clearly documented a few paragraphs below, but
judging by questions on the newsgroup/mailing list, people
don't read past the example.


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@96416 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
---
 docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.html.en | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.html.en b/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.html.en
index f77b3b5960f..effd7f78f24 100644
--- a/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.html.en
@@ -105,10 +105,18 @@ designate which host is served and a <a
 href="../mod/core.html#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a> directive to
 show where in the filesystem the content for that host lives.</p>
 
-<p>For example, suppose that both <samp>www.domain.tld</samp> and
-<samp>www.otherdomain.tld</samp> point at an IP address
-that the server is listening to.  Then you simply add the following
-to <code>httpd.conf</code>:</p>
+<p>If you are adding virtual hosts to an existing web server, you
+must also create a &lt;VirtualHost&gt; block for the existing host.
+The <code>ServerName</code> and <code>DocumentRoot</code> included in
+this virtual host should be the same as the global
+<code>ServerName</code> and <code>DocumentRoot</code>.  List this
+virtual host first in the configuration file so that it will act as
+the default host.</p>
+
+<p>For example, suppose that you are serving the domain
+<samp>www.domain.tld</samp> and you wish to add the virtual host
+<samp>www.otherdomain.tld</samp>, which points at the same IP address.
+Then you simply add the following to <code>httpd.conf</code>:</p>
 
 <pre>
     NameVirtualHost *
-- 
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