| Subject: | Re: conditional configuration |
| Posted by: | Jim (jim@nowhere.invalid) |
| Date: | Mon, 26 Jul 2010 |
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:51:38 -0400, in alt.apache.configuration, William
Gill <nospam@domain.invalid> wrote:
>Is there a simple way to have httpd.config skip or include directives
>based on some external condition. Specifically, I have development
>servers on my network and on my notebook. When I am working on
>something new I frequently have to copy things back and forth or to a
>flash drive. To make keeping track easier I want to create a virtual
>host on a flash drive and have httpd.config test for the presence of the
>flash drive to determine whether or not to include the <VirtualHost>
>Directive. Can this be done, and if so can it be done simply?
You can modify your apachectl to check whatever you want and add/remove
-D<name> from your command line to start apache. Then you can use
<IfDefine <name>>
..
..
..
</IfDefine>
in your config files. I've been doing this for years as I have configs
that have to work under various conditions.
Jim
conditional configuration posted by William Gill on Sun, 25 Jul 2010