Virtual hosting in Apache

There are 2 types of VirtualHosting:
1. Name Based Virtual Hosting
2. IP Based Virtual Hosting

1. Name Based Virtual Hosting:
In this we host multiple websites on Single IP.
Here is the basic configuration for name based virtual hosting in httpd.conf:

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NameVirtualHost  ganesh.com <———–
<VirtualHost ganesh.com>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@ganesh.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html
    ServerName ganesh.com
    ServerAlias www.ganesh.com
    ErrorLog logs/ganesh.com-error_log
    CustomLog logs/ganesh.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost ganesh1.com>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@ganesh1.com
    DocumentRoot /web/www.ganesh1.com
    ServerName ganesh1.com
    ServerAlias www.ganesh11.com
    ErrorLog logs/ganesh1.com-error_log
    CustomLog logs/ganesh1.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost ganesh2.com>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com
    DocumentRoot /web/www.ganesh2.com
    ServerName ganesh2.com
    ServerAlias www.ganesh2.com
    ErrorLog logs/ganesh2.com-error_log
    CustomLog logs/ganesh2.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

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2. IP Based Virtual Hosting:
For this OS must support IP Multiplexing. In this one IP for one site.

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<VirtualHost 192.168.0.1>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@ganesh.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html
    ServerName ganesh.com
    ServerAlias www.ganesh.com
    ErrorLog logs/ganesh.com-error_log
    CustomLog logs/ganesh.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 192.168.0.2>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@ganesh1.com
    DocumentRoot /web/www.ganesh1.com
    ServerName ganesh1.com
    ServerAlias www.ganesh1.com
    ErrorLog logs/ganesh1.com-error_log
    CustomLog logs/ganesh1.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 192.168.0.3>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@ganesh2.com
    DocumentRoot /web/www.ganesh2.com
    ServerName ganesh2.com
    ServerAlias www.ganesh2.com
    ErrorLog logs/ganesh2.com-error_log
    CustomLog logs/ganesh2.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

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