automatic temporary URL for new sites

This is not heavly tested, but, it's an hack to have an temporary URL for a new site/domain.

Please, ready this:

1) Tested on multi domain setup
2) server hosting sites have the name - in this example: isp01-ww1.myhost.com
3) You need to alter the DNS provider for myhost.com
4) Don't blame me for problens
5) All temporary site URL will become yoursite.vsite.isp01-ww1.myhost.com in this example

Let's go:

1) add in you master site (or hosting site) DNS an entry like this:

Code:

*.vsite.isp01-ww1.myhost      Alias (CNAME)     Default       isp01-ww1.myhost.

or

Code:

*.vsite.isp01-ww1.myhost      A     Default       1.2.3.4

2) edit "/usr/local/ispconfig/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php" - in the server where the apache server hosting is running

3) Find in the above script:

PHP:

// begin a new ServerAlias line after 30 alias domains
foreach($server_alias as $tmp_alias) {
   if($n % 30 == 0) $server_alias_str .= "\n    ServerAlias ";
   $server_alias_str .= $tmp_alias;
}


4) Change to:

PHP:

foreach($server_alias as $tmp_alias) {
    if($n % 30 == 0) $server_alias_str .= "\n    ServerAlias ";
    $daliases = explode(" ", trim($tmp_alias));
    foreach($daliases as $dalias) {
        if (trim($dalias) != "") {
            $server_alias_str .=  trim($dalias) . " " . trim($dalias) . ".vsite." . trim($conf['serverconfig']['server']['hostname']) . " ";
       }
    }
}


5) Save the file

6) Now, every time you add an new site or alias site, ISPCONFIG generate an apache configuration like:

ServerAlias www.newdomain.com www.newdomain.com.vsite.isp01-ww1.myhost.com

and this allow your client to access an new domain/site in ISPCONFIG without need to change the DNS pointing for the new site/domain. This is done using URL www.newdomain.com.vsite.isp01-ww1.myhost.com, as in case of this example.


TODO;

1) Display in cleint area where to access new site using the temporary URL

 

Here is modification from my friend QUIP

Replace:

Code:

foreach($server_alias as $tmp_alias) {
   if($n % 30 == 0) $server_alias_str .= "\n    ServerAlias ";
   $server_alias_str .= $tmp_alias;
}  

with

Code:

foreach($server_alias as $tmp_alias) {
    if($n % 30 == 0) $server_alias_str .= "\n    ServerAlias ";
    $daliases = explode(" ", trim($tmp_alias));
    foreach($daliases as $dalias) {
        if (trim($dalias) != "") {
            $wild_dalias = preg_replace('/^www\./', '*.', trim($dalias)) . '.' . trim($conf['serverconfig']['server']['hostname']);
            $short_dalias = preg_replace('/^www\./', '', trim($dalias)) . '.' . trim($conf['serverconfig']['server']['hostname']);
            $server_alias_str .=  trim($dalias) . " " . $wild_dalias . " " . $short_dalias . " ";
       }
    }
}  

Then every domain will have bit different type of preview:

domain.tld
will have aliases
domain.tld.servername.serverdomain.tld, *domain.tld.servername.serverdomain.tld

but only when in
Web Sites=>Domain =>Auto-Subdomain "www." or "*." is chosen
it will not work with None

 

don't you have any idea how to make that ServerAlias to be in apache config permanently (also with None selected) ?

 

temporary/test URL for any subdomain setting

Here is my solution, it works for any subdomain setting. I suggest adding this feature to svn.

Find in the /usr/local/ispconfig/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php script:

Code:

>$tpl->setVar('alias','');
>	}

after that, add:

Code:

//* Add "temporary URL" Server alias like exampletld.server.mydomain.com
$vhost_domain = $tpl->getVar('domain');
$new_site_temporary_url = "\n    ServerAlias " . preg_replace("/\./","",$vhost_domain) . '.' . trim($conf['serverconfig']['server']['hostname']);
$server_alias_str = $tpl->getVar("alias") . $new_site_temporary_url;
$tpl->setVar('alias',$server_alias_str);

 

Been playing around with this solution but I can't really get it to work, where the solution from Radim_h's friend works fine. I am also wondering if this would be possible to set as a checkbox so we can remove this when not needed anymore?

 

In current svn (upcoming 3.0.5 release) there is a feature for this.
You can configure a server alias for new vhost in the server config for each server.
It will be under system -> server config -> {choose server} -> tab "web" -> auto alias.

 

Wonderful, thanks

 

A little bit more infos about this option in ISPConfig 3.0.5 would be nice.
1. What exactly do i need to entry in this field?
2. Is the alias only create for new website or also for the existing ones?
3. If i use the Placeholder [website_domain] or [website_id] will the alias also be update if the website domain name or website id changes?

 

Hi Outbreaker.

If you go in to Server -> Server Config -> Your server -> WEB, you can see the URL and edit it in Website auto alias. Personally I've set it to [website_domain].testserver.designfyn.dk. That means the URL will be domain.tdl.testserver.designfyn.dk

Hope it helps

 

If i do that, do i have to also add this A record in the "DNS Zone"
Hostname / IP-Address
* / 26.153.48.62
Or should this works without this "DNS Zone" entry?

 

Works without.

 

I've added "[client_username]-[website_id].host.domain.tld" to the settings and saved.

I've created a *.host.domain.tld DNS record.

Say I have a client username called "test" and a website ID of "6", I should be able to see the website at test-6.host.domain.tld. Is that correct?

When I visit that URL, I just get the default apache "It works!" page.

What am I missing?

 

The vhost for host.domain.tld?

or the vhost for the client site?

Noticed that I don't have a vhost for host.domain.tld so I have changed the config to [client_username]-[website_id].domain.tld, saved and waited 10 minutes.

I have taken a look at the domain.ltd.vhost and can't see any reference to "test-6" at all.

 

Also tried creating a new site at "test.domain.com". Checked and working.

Updated settings to "[client_username]-[website_id].test.domain.com"

Created a DNS record for *.test.domain.com

Visited test-6.test.domain.com. Not working.

test.domain.com.vhost

Code:

 #cat test.domain.com.vhost

<Directory /var/www/test.domain.com>
                AllowOverride None
                Order Deny,Allow
                Deny from all
</Directory>

<VirtualHost *:80>
                                        DocumentRoot /var/www/test.domain.com/web

                ServerName test.domain.com
                ServerAlias domainuser-12.domain.com
    ServerAlias www.test.domain.com
                ServerAdmin [email protected]

                ErrorLog /var/log/ispconfig/httpd/test.domain.com/error.log

                Alias /error/ "/var/www/test.domain.com/web/error/"
                ErrorDocument 400 /error/400.html
                ErrorDocument 401 /error/401.html
                ErrorDocument 403 /error/403.html
                ErrorDocument 404 /error/404.html
                ErrorDocument 405 /error/405.html
                ErrorDocument 500 /error/500.html
                ErrorDocument 502 /error/502.html
                ErrorDocument 503 /error/503.html

                <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
                </IfModule>

                <Directory /var/www/test.domain.com/web>
                                Options FollowSymLinks
                                AllowOverride All
                                Order allow,deny
                                Allow from all
                </Directory>
                <Directory /var/www/clients/client1/web12/web>
                                Options FollowSymLinks
                                AllowOverride All
                                Order allow,deny
                                Allow from all
                </Directory>




                # suexec enabled
                <IfModule mod_suexec.c>
                        SuexecUserGroup web12 client1
                </IfModule>
                # Clear PHP settings of this website
                <FilesMatch "\.ph(p3?|tml)$">
                                SetHandler None
                </FilesMatch>
                # php as fast-cgi enabled
        # For config options see: http://httpd.apache.org/mod_fcgid/mod/mod_fcgid.html
                <IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
                                IdleTimeout 300
                                ProcessLifeTime 3600
                                # MaxProcessCount 1000
                                DefaultMinClassProcessCount 0
                                DefaultMaxClassProcessCount 100
                                IPCConnectTimeout 3
                                IPCCommTimeout 360
                                BusyTimeout 300
                </IfModule>
                <Directory /var/www/test.domain.com/web>
                                AddHandler fcgid-script .php .php3 .php4 .php5
                                FCGIWrapper /var/www/php-fcgi-scripts/web12/.php-fcgi-starter .php
                                Options +ExecCGI
                                AllowOverride All
                                Order allow,deny
                                Allow from all
                </Directory>
                <Directory /var/www/clients/client1/web12/web>
                                AddHandler fcgid-script .php .php3 .php4 .php5
                                FCGIWrapper /var/www/php-fcgi-scripts/web12/.php-fcgi-starter .php
                                Options +ExecCGI
                                AllowOverride All
                                Order allow,deny
                                Allow from all
                </Directory>


                # add support for apache mpm_itk
                <IfModule mpm_itk_module>
                        AssignUserId web12 client1
                </IfModule>

                <IfModule mod_dav_fs.c>
                # Do not execute PHP files in webdav directory
                        <Directory /var/www/clients/client1/web12/webdav>
                                <ifModule mod_security2.c>
                                        SecRuleRemoveById 960015
                                        SecRuleRemoveById 960032
                                </ifModule>
                                <FilesMatch "\.ph(p3?|tml)$">
                                        SetHandler None
                                </FilesMatch>
                        </Directory>
                        DavLockDB /var/www/clients/client1/web12/tmp/DavLock
                        # DO NOT REMOVE THE COMMENTS!
                        # IF YOU REMOVE THEM, WEBDAV WILL NOT WORK ANYMORE!
      # WEBDAV BEGIN
                        # WEBDAV END
                </IfModule>


</VirtualHost>

 

Ok, so if the clients site is called clientsite.com it should be in the clientsite.com.vhost file...

Code:

#cat clientsite.com.vhost
<Directory /var/www/clientsite.com>
                AllowOverride None
                Order Deny,Allow
                Deny from all
</Directory>

<VirtualHost *:80>
                                        DocumentRoot /var/www/clientsite.com/web

                ServerName clientsite.com
                ServerAlias www.clientsite.com
                ServerAdmin [email protected]

                ErrorLog /var/log/ispconfig/httpd/clientsite.com/error.log


                <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
                </IfModule>

                <Directory /var/www/clientsite.com/web>
                                Options FollowSymLinks
                                AllowOverride All
                                Order allow,deny
                                Allow from all
                </Directory>
                <Directory /var/www/clients/client7/web6/web>
                                Options FollowSymLinks
                                AllowOverride All
                                Order allow,deny
                                Allow from all
                </Directory>




                # suexec enabled
                <IfModule mod_suexec.c>
                        SuexecUserGroup web6 client7
                </IfModule>
                # Clear PHP settings of this website
                <FilesMatch "\.ph(p3?|tml)$">
                                SetHandler None
                </FilesMatch>
                # php as fast-cgi enabled
        # For config options see: http://httpd.apache.org/mod_fcgid/mod/mod_fcgid.html
                <IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
                                IdleTimeout 300
                                ProcessLifeTime 3600
                                # MaxProcessCount 1000
                                DefaultMinClassProcessCount 0
                                DefaultMaxClassProcessCount 100
                                IPCConnectTimeout 3
                                IPCCommTimeout 360
                                BusyTimeout 300
                </IfModule>
                <Directory /var/www/clientsite.com/web>
                                AddHandler fcgid-script .php .php3 .php4 .php5
                                FCGIWrapper /var/www/php-fcgi-scripts/web6/.php-fcgi-starter .php
                                Options +ExecCGI
                                AllowOverride All
                                Order allow,deny
                                Allow from all
                </Directory>
                <Directory /var/www/clients/client7/web6/web>
                                AddHandler fcgid-script .php .php3 .php4 .php5
                                FCGIWrapper /var/www/php-fcgi-scripts/web6/.php-fcgi-starter .php
                                Options +ExecCGI
                                AllowOverride All
                                Order allow,deny
                                Allow from all
                </Directory>


                # add support for apache mpm_itk
                <IfModule mpm_itk_module>
                        AssignUserId web6 client7
                </IfModule>

                <IfModule mod_dav_fs.c>
                # Do not execute PHP files in webdav directory
                        <Directory /var/www/clients/client7/web6/webdav>
                                <ifModule mod_security2.c>
                                        SecRuleRemoveById 960015
                                        SecRuleRemoveById 960032
                                </ifModule>
                                <FilesMatch "\.ph(p3?|tml)$">
                                        SetHandler None
                                </FilesMatch>
                        </Directory>
                        DavLockDB /var/www/clients/client7/web6/tmp/DavLock
                        # DO NOT REMOVE THE COMMENTS!
                        # IF YOU REMOVE THEM, WEBDAV WILL NOT WORK ANYMORE!
      # WEBDAV BEGIN
                        # WEBDAV END
                </IfModule>


</VirtualHost>

 

Odd that it seems to work for test.domain.com but not for any of the other client sites.

Oh, do I need to rebuild the client sites once I have enable this feature?

 

Ok, put this one down to Stupid User Syndrome (as most of my problems are!).

I went into an existing site, changed the Auto-Subdomain to None, saved, changed the Auto-Subdomain back to www, saved and now there is a test-6.test.domain.com alias in the vhost.

I guess doing that regenerated the vhost file?

 

Hii...

i dont know how relevant it is now, but i recently installed ISPConfig 3.1.4 on Debian and started using. Shifted many clients and wanted to test before names propagate. So visited this page and tried various things..

I have noticed that while creating website, in ipv4-address, you have minimum 2 options : * and your default IP. If you select * (which generally one selects for future compatibility or whatever) then your "100-yourdom.tld.vhost" file inside /etc/apache2/sites-available gets created with line "<VirtualHost *:80>" ... and in this case ServerAlias does not work, whatsoever..

if u change "<VirtualHost yourip:80>", and restart apache viola! Is it expected or some bug?
I wasted 3-4hours just reading and trying, hope this might help someone..