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Configure Applications for Virtual Hosts

After creating virtual hosts, you will need to configure your network

applications to recognize them. For example, if you are using a Web

server, you may need to edit its configuration files to recognize and

respond to the virtual hosts. By default, FTP responds to any virtual host

request it receives.

You do not need to configure operating system software or files to

respond to the virtual host; Matrix Server does that configuration for you.

For example, do not edit start-up scripts to add virtual host information.

Other Procedures

Enable or Disable a Virtual Host

By default, virtual hosts are enabled. This means that Matrix Server

attempts to locate the virtual host in the matrix in accordance with the

activeness policy for virtual hosts. (See “Virtual Host Activeness Policy”

on page 129.)

Matrix Server does not attempt to locate a disabled virtual host in the

matrix.

If you disable a currently active virtual host, any associated monitors on

the server where the virtual host is active will go through their stopping

activities and the virtual host will become inactive throughout the matrix.

To disable a virtual host, select the virtual host on the Management

Console, right-click, and select Disable. To disable a virtual host from the

command line, use this command:

mx vhost disable <vhost>

To enable a previously disabled virtual host, select the virtual host on the

Management Console, right-click, and select Enable. To enable a virtual

host from the command line, use this command:

mx vhost enable <vhost>