POSTSCRIPT: Stoopid me. It's the * that gets replaced in <VirtualHost *> and NameVirtualHost * gets deleted -- right? gawd. how embarrassing
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Setting up LAMP on Ubuntu 8. Hit a little speed bump. Need to know where to put IP in the sites available default file. Maybe I am just tired/brain getting mushy. THANKS for any help!!

Here's where I am in Linode instructions

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INSTRUCTIONS: File excerpt: /etc/apache2/ports.conf. NameVirtualHost 12.34.56.78:80. Be sure to replace "12.34.56.78" with your Linode's public IP address.

WHAT I DID: Used remote file edit in FileZilla/ added entry at end of file.

QUESTION: Assume that's correct? Or does it get placed elsewhere in file?
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INSTRUCTIONS: Now, modify the default site's virtual hosting in the same file so that the <VirtualHost > entry reads: File excerpt: /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

<VirtualHost 12.34.56.78:80>

If there is a <NameVirtualHost> entry in the default site's configuration file, remove it.

WHAT I DID: I'm stuck. I don't understand "modify <snip> in the same file." In the same file? ports.conf???

I figured it was just a grammatical mispeak, so I went to /sites-available/default and opened in my text editor.

But where in that file so I add: <VirtualHost --IP > ???

Here's what the file looks like. I don't see any hash marks indicating something to fill in and no clue where to insert the entry.

NameVirtualHost *
<VirtualHost *>
   ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
   
   DocumentRoot /var/www/
   <Directory />
      Options FollowSymLinks
      AllowOverride None
   </Directory>
   <Directory /var/www/>
      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
      AllowOverride None
      Order allow,deny
      allow from all
   </Directory>

   ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
   <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
      AllowOverride None
      Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all
   </Directory>

   ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

   # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
   # alert, emerg.
   LogLevel warn

   CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
   ServerSignature On

    Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
    <Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
        Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
        Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Yes, that's right. Specific addresses in both places is better than a global asterisk.

Also, I use address:80 and address:443 since I have SSL running on my websites.

So on Ubuntu 10.04 edit /etc/apache2/ports.conf and add a

NameVirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80

and edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/your-domain.com

<VirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80>
     ServerAdmin webmaster@your-domain.com
     ServerName your-domain.com
     ServerAlias www.your-domain.com
     DocumentRoot /srv/www/your-domain.com/httpdocs/
     ErrorLog /srv/www/your-domain.com/logs/error.log
     CustomLog /srv/www/your-domain.com/logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

And duplicate those entries for port 443 with the extra bit added to the VirtualHost:

     SSLEngine On
     SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem
     SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.key