[Mailman-Users] rename mailman hostname

[Mark Sapiro]

mardin at comcast.net wrote:
>
>Since I needed to rename hostname to mailman_server2.admin.net. I added the following lines to mm_cfg.py and run fix_url and arch. The mailman server was working.
>DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'mailman_server2.admin.net'
>DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'mailman_server2.admin.net'
>VIRTUAL_HOSTS.clear()
>add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST)
>DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN = 'https://%s/mailman/'


The above is correct and all you need.


>But when I looked at "FAQ 4.29. Where can I change a list or the default URL used for the web interface?" I found the following message:
>> and some more add_virtualhost(URL_FQDN, EMAIL_FQDN) if you are using virtual hosts.


This only applies if this Mailman is to support lists in more than one
domain.


>My question is:
>Should I add one extra line shch as "add_virtualhost(mailman_server2.admin.net, mailman_server2.admin.net') in the mmcfg_cfg.py:
>DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'mailman_server2.admin.net'
>DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'mailman_server2.admin.net'
>VIRTUAL_HOSTS.clear()
>add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST)
>add_virtualhost(mailman_server2.admin.net, mailman_server2.admin.net')                                          <-new


This would be wrong. If you add additional lines such as the above, the
names have to be quoted as in

add_virtualhost('mailman_server2.admin.net',
'mailman_server2.admin.net')

but this wouldn't be any different from the

add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST)

you already have with the values of DEFAULT_URL_HOST and
DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST that you have assigned.


>DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN = 'https://%s/mailman/'
>
>Our Apache httpd.conf has VirtualHost directory. Does it mean we are using the virtual host of mailman_server2.admin.net?
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>ServerName mailman_server2.admin.net


Yes, but it makes no difference to Mailman. Mailman's virtual hosts are
for supporting lists in more than one domain with a single Mailman
instance, so unless you have Mailman lists in a second domain, you
aren't using Mailman virtual hosts.

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