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Asked: 2026-05-10T23:14:12+00:00

How do i set up a subdomain w/o a TLD? i have this set

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How do i set up a subdomain w/o a TLD? i have this set under my main config

<VirtualHost *:80>     ServerName bbs.67.777.777.777 #fake bc my server can easily be hacked ATM :(     DocumentRoot /var/www/phpBB </VirtualHost>

when i goto bbs.serveripaddress i get a Address Not Found error. if i put that above my main config it still doesnt work however the entire site is pointing to /var/www/phpBB instead of /var/www (HUH!?!)

the main v host is

<VirtualHost *:80>     ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost      DocumentRoot /var/www/     <Directory />         Options FollowSymLinks         AllowOverride None     </Directory>     <Directory /var/www/>         Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews         AllowOverride None         Order allow,deny         allow from all         # This directive allows us to have apache2's default start page                 # in /apache2-default/, but still have / go to the right place                 RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/     </Directory>      ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/     <Directory '/usr/lib/cgi-bin'>         AllowOverride None         Options ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch         Order allow,deny         Allow from all     </Directory>      ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log      # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,     # alert, emerg.     LogLevel warn      CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined     ServerSignature On      Alias /doc/ '/usr/share/doc/'     <Directory '/usr/share/doc/'>         Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks         AllowOverride None         Order deny,allow         Deny from all         Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128     </Directory>  </VirtualHost>

I’m on a debian box using apache2 if that helps.

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  1. You cannot have a subdomain with an IP address. The best way around this is to have a domain or a free subdomain (such as no-ip) to point at your IP address and create a ServerName for that. Remember to add the domain to your server DNS zones.

    or make a domain in your host files and use that.

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