[Sheflug] Dynamic IP virtual hosting problem in Apache

["Neil R Porter" <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All

Me again.  Thought I would split up the emails as they are totally
different really.

I would be most grateful to anyone who could get their minds round this
one.

I have a dynamic IP.  I use dyndns.org along with ddclient on my server
(Mandy 8.1) so I always have my domains pointing at my box, even if my
IP changes.  I have virtual hosting setup on Apache.  Simple
configuration.  I have one dir per domain in home.  Everything works
fine!  

domain1.homelinux.net gets directed to /home/neil/webpages/domain1
and 
domain2.homelinux.net gets directed to /home/neil/webpages/domain2
etc.

However, occasionally my connection drops and it comes back after a bit
with a new IP.  That's OK, because ddclient updates dyndns and
domain1.hom...and domain2.hom... now point to the new IP.  However, and
this is the problem, unless I restart Apache, the vhosting stops
working, and everything (domain1, domain2, etc.) all point to Docroot.  

I suspect this problem is because I define vhosts using domain1 and
domain2 and when Apache starts it resolves these and then those (now
old) IPs are fixed.

If I am right, how can I get Apache to check periodically that
domain1.homelinux.net still resolves to the current IP and, if not, then
restart or something?

I've rambled on far too long now, so I won't include vhosts.conf as it
works.

I would be so grateful if I could sort this problem out, because
everything would coast along so nicely without me having to restart
Apache once a week (damn BT).

Neil


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