Re: Config file -- ServerName/ServerAlias -- domain registration

or would it be a circumstance of removing the 'www'  if the subliminal
exists...

On Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 8:11 AM Eric Covener <[email protected]> wrote:

> > but what happens if a user inserted the  "www" at the front?
> > http://www.abc.foo.com  <<<
>
> If there's no matching ServerAlias or ServerName for it, it goes to
> the "default" (first-listed) virtualhost for the IP:PORT.
> apachectl -S shows you a summary including which one is the default.
>
> > Is there something that has to be done at the domain registrar level to
> handle this for the dns resolution?
>
> Anywhere you will use a hostname beyond stuffing it in your own hosts
> file, then in practice yes it needs to exist in DNS.
> The DNS hosting may not necessarily be your registrar.
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