Im trying to understand how apache and drupal work together. Im using Apache2 and Drupal 5. (6 would not install due to a mySQL bug in ubuntu. Unless theres major differences between Drupal 5 and 6, its ok)
Earlier this week I figured out how to install and setup apache locally for multiple sites. The key there was making files in /etc/apache2/sites-available
and then doing a sudo a2ensite [my site]. This worked fine and allowed me to 'host' multiple sites on my local computer having only 1 copy of apache.
Then I installed Drupal. :-)
No longer do my numerous locally hosted sites work. (error 404) :( So I begin digging into Drupal, trying to understand how it all fits together with apache. Heres what I found, and what I think it means.
In etc/apache2/conf.d/drupal.conf, there is an Alias command (?) and a Directory tag. These seem to override virtual.conf (in the same directory). Reason I think so : virtual hosting is broken and drupal works.
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