Question

Normally, to show my clients work in progress, I create a sub-domain.

Posted July 21, 2014 2.4k views

Normally, to show my clients work in progress, I put their rails app in a sub domain of my website. Is that possible with digitalocean or will the subdomain need to be started in a new droplet ?

Add a comment
eric.felleiter
By:
eric.felleiter
Add a comment

These answers are provided by our Community. If you find them useful, show some love by clicking the heart. If you run into issues leave a comment, or add your own answer to help others.

1 answer
kamaln7 July 21, 2014

It certainly is possible. You can add a new virtualhost that handles the subdomain: How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. If you’re using unicorn, you will need to configure an additional instance that serves the new app.

How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
by Justin Ellingwood
The Apache web server is the most popular way to serve web content on the internet. Apache has the ability to serve multiple domains from a single server by using a mechanism called "virtual hosts". If a virtual host is configured correctly for each domain, the web server can correctly route traffic to the appropriate files based on the domain name requested. In this guide, we'll demonstrate how to configure Apache virtual hosts on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS.
Reply Report
Submit an Answer

Looking for something else?

Ask a new question Search for more help