[LUAU] mod_rewrite

[Paul]

I am doing web hosting with Apache, and currently using <VirtualHost 
x.x.x.x> directives to setup each user.  This was used because each 
user has a different configuration (for instance, mod_throttle 
settings).  I allow my users access to a control panel that allows 
domains configured as "pointers" to be added, as well as other domains 
they wish to host.  The control panel then in turn executes Perl 
scripts to change the configuration of Apache and restart it.

The <VirtualHost> directive is a pain since I have to restart Apache 
every time there is a change.  I would like an option to do 
reconfiguration dynamically and prevent restarts.  I have also heard 
that too man <VirtualHost> entries begin to really slow Apache down, at 
least in its starts and stops.

Mod_Rewrite seems like a really good option, but I fail to see a way to 
pass unique directives to each virtual host.  In particular, not all 
users have the same mod_throttle and suexec settings.  One option I 
thought of was to use .htaccess files, but again I have run across 
warnings of massive performance hits when using lots of these files.

Has anyone found a way to use the complicated mod_rewrite to not only 
dynamically find the document root, but to also change unique 
directives like ThrottlePolicy?  Perhaps use of multiple vhost.map 
files?

Or has anyone found a different way to dynamically add or delete 
virtual hosts without having to restart Apache?

Thanks,

Paul


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