December 2018
Beginner
826 pages
22h 54m
English
Virtual hosts only really come into their own when you have multiple domain names pointing at a server. In practice, you can have hundreds of different domain names pointing to one box, but because Apache is aware of the domain you're using to connect, it will only serve the exact site you've requested.
In multi-tenant situations, it's not uncommon for multiple clients to coexist on one server, only manipulating and updating their own files, oblivious to the fact they're sharing a box with other companies and users.
If it costs a hosting company a few pounds a month to set up a web server and they can charge customers of theirs to host sites with them, the company could make their money back in no time.
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