title: do i need an apache servername setup?
body: <p>I'm no really sure if SO is the place to ask this question - let me know if not. I thought about superuser, but it didn't seem to fit into their faq specs much.</p>
  
  <p>Anyway - the question! Do i need to put in the ServerName value in my apache2.conf file if i'm just using the server to service a single website? If so, what should i set it to?</p>
  
  <p>I'm following this guide:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://meppum.com/2009/jan/17/installing-django-ubuntu-intrepid/" rel="nofollow">http://meppum.com/2009/jan/17/installing-django-ubuntu-intrepid/</a></p>
  
  <p>and it suggests i set the "SeverName" setting in my apache2.conf file. I checked about and found this article, that discusses "ServerName"</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_%3a_Ch20_%3a_The_Apache_Web_Server" rel="nofollow">http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:<em>Ch20</em>:_The_Apache_Web_Server</a></p>
  
  <p>Which is interesting and all, but it doesn't really tell me <em>when</em> i need to set the ServerName. 'Far as i can judge, i only need it when i'm doing some sort of something.domainname.com, like, say, answers.yahoo.com</p>
  
  <p>Is this the case? If not, what is servername (for, say, a domain called www.yahoo.com at, say, 192.0.0.1) meant to be?</p>