Re: [vserver] A loop back interface for each virtual context

From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert_at_13thfloor.at>
Date: Tue 31 Jul 2007 - 14:53:37 BST
Message-ID: <20070731135336.GF25110@MAIL.13thfloor.at>

On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 12:23:36PM +0200, Tomas Fasth wrote:
> Hello list,

> The current lack of a private loop back interface for each virtual
> server context is the only real obstacle I have experienced when
> deploying virtual hosts.

> One reason for this to be a regular annoyance is that certain
> self-contained software distributions contain hard coded references to
> '127.0.0.1' which, by the way, usually is reinstalled as part of an
> upgrade.

only broken software has 127.0.0.1 hardcoded, basically
all proper services and apps use localhost for that,
which is quite easy to set up properly in /etc/hosts

> Is anybody currently working on, or have plans to, modifying the loop
> back interface to become private for each vserver context?

this is already available in the devel releases

best,
Herbert

> Thanks, Tomas
Received on Tue Jul 31 14:53:45 2007

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