I am configurating my apache2 server and I wonder whats the difference between ServerName and ServerAlias.
Is the ServerName always a name without www as like google.de
and the ServerAlias is www.google.de
Even if it's like this, I don't get it :) sorry.
I am not a professional (now) so thank you for your help! Every help will upvoted immediately.
From the Documentation:
ServerName
:
Hostname and port that the server uses to identify itself
ServerAlias
:
Alternate names for a host used when matching requests to name-virtual hosts
Most people simply use ServerName
to set the 'main' address of the website (eg. 'mywebsite.com') and ServerAlias
to add additional addresses the website will be bound to (eg. 'www.mywebsite.com').
Yet, there are subtle differences between the two:
ServerName
can accept port numbers as well, while ServerAlias
cannot.
ServerAlias
can accept wildcards (eg. *.mywebsite.com), while ServerName
cannot.
Read the documentation to understand why.