Site accessible through IP and domain name -- is this a problem?

November 10, 2013 3.6k views
makkai
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makkai
I have setup a LAMP environment on my droplet. My site is accessible through the IP address as well as the domain name. Is this an indication that I set up Apache incorrectly? I want my site accessible through the domain name only.
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yoavz.z November 10, 2013
You can enable NameVirtualHost and divert all the traffic by hosts.
That way you can add multiple domain names to one Apache server.

Example configuration:

NameVirtualHost *:80

ServerName domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/mywebsite


What's the desired configuration?
How would you like it to act?
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nightflash November 10, 2013
It is default configuration. Read about virtual hosts
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pablo November 11, 2013
"Is this an indication that I set up Apache incorrectly?"

No.

" I want my site accessible through the domain name only."

Check out How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
by Etel Sverdlov
This tutorial shows you how to set up a new directory, how to grant the correct permissions, how to add content to a new page, how to turn on virtual hosting, and how to, if needed, set up local hosts. Virtual Hosts are used to run more than one domain off of a single IP address and allows you to run multiple sites off of a single DigitalOcean droplet. This tutorial describes how to set up virtual hosts with Apache.
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