Is it possible to add wildcard serveralias (example: *.somesite.com) in an apache server without modifying httpd.conf manually? I use a DNS different from my hosting server and i have added asterisk A record to my DNS to point all request like (test.somesite.com,test2.somesite.com) to my hosting servers IP, but i don't see anyway of adding asterisk serveraliases to apache httpd.conf file in my cpanel. Pls is there a solution?
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Is there any reason you can't manage this virtual host directly, outside of cpanel? – Shane Madden Oct 28 '12 at 19:00
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yes, i'm on a shared hosting server and i don't have direct access to httpd.conf file – Favourite Chigozie Onwuemene Oct 28 '12 at 21:36
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This question appears to be off-topic because it is about use of shared web hosting by an end-user or reseller. – Michael Hampton Jun 28 '13 at 17:51
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Nope, there is no solution if you do not have access to httpd.conf.
The reason is that is where Apache checks every time it gets a request - it is not delegated elsewhere. If it fails to find a match, it will give up, and return a default page. There is no way to work around this, I'm afraid.
On the other hand, many hosts are more than willing to make such a small change to their httpd.confs for you. If they're not, you should really switch host.
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For the domain names format this will help http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System and this may help you achieve the automation https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11803263/automating-apache-virtual-hosts
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