virtualhost - Apache ip-based hosting setup and httpd.conf directives

In apache, I would like to setup "ip-based" hosting for 2 sites and enable SSL for them. However, I'm not clear on how to configure httpd.conf file.

Questions:

1) Do I need a NameVirtualHost directive for ip-based setup? On Apache's site, it say it's required for name-based but there's no mention of ip-based.

2) If NameVirtualHost required, must the number of description and quantity match the number of VirtualHost directives? Example, can I say "NameVirtualHost *:80" and later use and ? Or, will I need "NameVirtualHost IP_ADDRESS_1:80" and "NameVirtualHost IP_ADDRESS_2:80"

3) If ServerName were example1.com (without "www"), would it make a difference??

4) In VirtualHost, do I need to set a value for ServerAlias, such as the IP itself?

One thing I'll to share is if you have (and likely including) ssl.conf, you should not add "Listen 443" to your httpd.conf, otherwise upon reload, apache will throw a "Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:443" error.

#see above questions about below directive
#NameVirtualHost *:80
#NameVirtualHost *:443  
...

  DocumentRoot /www/example1

  ServerName www.example1.com



  DocumentRoot /www/example2
  ServerName www.example2.org



  DocumentRoot /www/example1

  ServerName www.example1.com

  SSLEngine on
  SSLProtocol all
  SSLCertificateFile /home/web/example1_certs/public.crt
  SSLCertificateKeyFile /home/web/example1_certs/private.key
  SSLCACertificateFile /home/web/example1_certs/intermediate.crt




  DocumentRoot /www/example2
  ServerName www.example2.org

  #yes, in below, I'm using example1.com's certificate, which will throw a browser warning.. that's intentional
  SSLEngine on
  SSLProtocol all
  SSLCertificateFile /home/web/example1_certs/public.crt
  SSLCertificateKeyFile /home/web/example1_certs/private.key
  SSLCACertificateFile /home/web/example1_certs/intermediate.crt
 

Answer

1. No you just need the vhost with the IP as in your example


2. N/A


3. No it wouldn't matter


4. It depends if you want to host multiple domains on that IP.