subdomains w/o TLD

Question

How do i set up a subdomain w/o a TLD? i have this set under my main config

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName bbs.67.777.777.777 #fake bc my server can easily be hacked ATM :(
    DocumentRoot /var/www/phpBB
</VirtualHost>

when i goto bbs.serveripaddress i get a Address Not Found error. if i put that above my main config it still doesnt work however the entire site is pointing to /var/www/phpBB instead of /var/www (HUH!?!)

the main v host is

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

    DocumentRoot /var/www/
    <Directory />
     Options FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
    </Directory>
    <Directory /var/www/>
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
     AllowOverride None
     Order allow,deny
     allow from all
     # This directive allows us to have apache2's default start page
                # in /apache2-default/, but still have / go to the right place
                RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/
    </Directory>

    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
    <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
     AllowOverride None
     Options ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
     Order allow,deny
     Allow from all
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

    # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
    # alert, emerg.
    LogLevel warn

    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
    ServerSignature On

    Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
    <Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
        Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
        Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

I'm on a debian box using apache2 if that helps.

Answer 1

I don't think that server name (bbs.67.777.777.777 ) will get you anywhere - unless you have it added to your hosts file... Can you ping that address ok?

Why not just make your website the default... if you don't need a default?

Answer 2

You cannot have a subdomain with an IP address. The best way around this is to have a domain or a free subdomain (such as no-ip) to point at your IP address and create a ServerName for that. Remember to add the domain to your server DNS zones.