Lyris User's Guide
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How do I use the "Virtual Server" capability?
Table of Contents
· Introduction
· Email Commands
· Web Interface for Users
· Server Administrator
· Site Administrator
· List Administrator
· Other Topics
· Add-On Packages
· Installing and Upgrading
· Appendix
· Frequently Asked Questions
· · DocBots
· · Running Lyris List Manager
· · Email
· · Lyris List Manager Administration
· · Web Browsers
· · · How do I use the "Virtual Server" capability?
· · · What about Lynx and Text Mode Web Users?
· · · How can I customize the Web Interface?
· · Usenet Newsgroups
· · International
· · Other FAQ issues
· · Mailing List Features
· · Perl/LCP Toolkit
· · Unix Administration

How do I use the "Virtual Server" capability?

Lyris List Manager allows you to create multiple sites, each of which has its own organization identity.

When mail comes into Lyris List Manager, it will identify what Site it should represent itself as being, and use a "from" and "reply-to" address appropriate for that Site.

If you are using one web server for multiple sites, your server will need to support "virtual hosts" (also called "Virtual Server"). Many web servers support this, including Apache, Open Market, O'Reilly and Netscape servers.

You will place a copy of the web interface script in the CGI directory for each virtual server. In that directory, you will also make a copy of the configuration file, "lyris.plc". Change the "site=" line in the configuration file to the site you want Lyris List Manager to display.

Alternatively, you can instruct your users to place a "site=" line on their URLs to the web interface. For instance, if you have a Site named "yourcompany" and another named "Acme", the URL "http://www.yourcompany.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?site=yourcompany" will display the "Your Company" page on the web interface.

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