Hi, I just have set up a local test environment for static.opensuse.org. I wanted to test, that new static content is really loaded from static.opensuse.org without having to deploy the new content on static.opensuse.org. It allows working with only one local checkout which simulates both checkouts on www.opensuse.org and static.opensuse.org Since this may be a common task for openSUSE web developers, I wrote this mini-howto: 1. Add static.opensuse.org to /etc/hostnames as a new alias for localhost: 127.0.0.1 localhost static.opensuse.org Ping static.opensuse.org to verify that 127.0.0.1 is returned 2. Create a new Apache vhost that listens on static.opensuse.org: ServerName static.opensuse.org DocumentRoot /srv/www/vhosts/opensuse.org </VirtualHost> Make sure, that the DocumentRoot points to your local website files! 3. Add a RewriteRule if needed. In my case, the images which were available on www.opensuse.org/images now reside under static.opensuse.org/hosts/www.o.o/images Since I wanted to use ONE checkout for both www.opensuse.org AND static.opensuse.org on my machine, I needed to make sure that Apache ignores the deeper path information (/hosts/www.o.o). Therefore, I added a RewriteRule to the vhost: RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/hosts/www.o.o/(.*) /$1 [L] 4. Restart the Apache webserver and you're done! Your local machine now listens on static.opensuse.org and your Apache rewrites all requests for /hosts/www.o.o/any_file directly to /any_file. I thought this setup could be as useful for you as it is for me. Remember to deactivate the vhost when you are currently not developing, since any other content from static.opensuse.org won't load! If you encounter any difficulties, let me know. I see if I can help. Greets, Andreas -- Skype: andreas.demmer ICQ: 103 924 771 http://www.andreas-demmer.de