Subject: Re: [vserver] A loop back interface for each virtual context
From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:53:37 +0200

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