[NTLUG:Discuss] adding domain without restart the servers

[brad angelcyk]

You shouldn't have to restart networking when you add a new web site. 
Just bind and apache.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/vhosts/name-based.html



On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:24:18 -0600, Kenneth Loafman <ken at lt.com> wrote:
> m m wrote:
> > All:
> >
> > How do I adding a new domain without restart http, dns, network... server?
> >
> > I host my web site on the hosting company, I notice that when I add a
> > domain,
> > they don't need to restart their servers. but if I add a new domain to
> > my linux box, I have to modify the http.conf, dns files, etc/hosts...
> > and restart these services.
> >
> > Can some show/point me out the scripts/sources?
> 
> Take a look into /etc/init.d.  Scripts there have a start, stop, and
> restart command.  Some have reload and other options.  The system uses
> these during init and shutdown.
> 
> /etc/init.d/network restart
> 
> will restart the network, however, if all you change is /etc/hosts, that
> is not at all necessary.  The software will notice the change and reload
> as needed.
> 
> Restarting apache will not cause loss of data, so that's safe.
> 
> Bind can be refreshed without incident with 'rndc'.
> 
> Essentially everything except the kernel can be restarted in Linux
> without having to reboot.  Remember, its not Windows.
> 
> ...Ken
> 
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