Xitami and TZO

	Xitami and TZO
	Setting-up multiple domains using TZO and the Xitami server

	This tutorial shows you how to set up Multiple Top Level domains with TZO using the Xitami Webserver. Xitami is a very popular free webserver by the Imatix Corporation, and can be downloaded for free at http://www.imatix.com. Other servers capable of Virtual Domains on a single IP address are Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS 4.0) as well as Website Pro by OReilly. Virtual Domain capable Web Servers can host multiple websites on a single IP, and usually read the HTTP Header info to figure out which website (Directory) to send the HTTP request to. Download and Set up Xitami WebServer. Make sure you place your HTML files in the Webpages directory under the Xitami directory. Webpages is the standard directory where the HTML pages go. Once you get the Xitami Server setup, it will ask you for a Username and Password for the Admin account, so you can remotely set up and administer the Webserver from any browser. Remember this username and password since you will need it later. Let's say that we are running TZO.NET from Xitami, and that's our first domain (Located in the Webpages directory under the Xitami directory). Once we get that all set up and running, we will add a new virtual domain on the same IP - In this example, we will call this domain (DOMAIN2.COM). You will need to create a directory for EACH VIRTUAL DOMAIN under the Xitami directory, and in this case, I created DOMAIN2, DOMAIN3, and DOMAIN4 directories under the Xitami directory as shown in the screenshow below. Your HTML files go in the respective directory for each virtual domain. Once you click on Setup, It will launch your default system browser and it will ask you for a Username and Password. Enter the Administration username and password you selected when you set up Xitami. Once you enter the proper info, you will be sent to the Xitami Admin screen in your browser as shown below. Click on the VIRTUAL HOST WIZARD link below to add a new virtual host.



	Once you click on the Virtual host wizard, It will launch another screen in your browser as seen below. For each virtual domain you want to add, you need to make sure you added the directory for the virtual domain as shown in step 3 (i.e.. DOMAIN2, DOMAIN) before proceeding. You will need to add 2 virtual domains for each Top Level domain you want to add (One for doman2.com and then another for www.domain2.com)



	Shown above is the info for the first Virtual Host wizard for DOMAIN2.COM. You should enter the info as shown above for each virtual domain. For example, since I can create the virtual domain for DOMAIN2.COM, I called my CFG file domain2. The IP address should be set to ANY Address, and you need to enter the DNS Host Name as DOMAIN2.COM. The web page root directory should be set to the HTML directory, in this case DOMAIN2 The other Info is up to you, and that includes which CGI-BIN to use, as well as username and passwords. After you finish entering the info, click CREATE and then restart the Xitami Server. Test the domain2.com and see if it works. The next step is to repeat this step for www.domain2.com as shown in the screenshot below.



	Setting up the other domains are as simple as creating the directory as shown in step 3, then completing the Virtual Host Wizards 2 times for each Domain. In the case above, I am adding the virtual host for www.domain2.com. Make sure you notice the different CFG file and DNS Host Name differences, yet the Web page root directory points to the same DOMAIN2 directory. That's it! Once you are finished adding all the Virtual Domains, Restart the Xitami Server and test your new domains! All from a Single IP address!



	As seen in the screen above, the WEBPAGES directory under the Xitami directory is where you place your HTML files for your main website. Start Xitami, and right-click on the Xitami Icon in the system tray. You will see the screenshot shown below. Click on the Setup Button.



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