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i do not want to map the web server to a unique ip.
the ip of my machine changes regularly, as this is get through the dhcp server.
so is there any other way to give the general term there.

My virtual host looks like following

VirtualHost{
Hostname = 10.112.79.145
WebsiteRoot = /var/www/MyWebSite
StartFile = index.html
ExecuteCGI = yes
TimeForCGI = 5
}

the host name here i have to change everytime, my IP changes.!!
this is the problem i am facing.
can you help me in this regard

thanks in advance.

What you can do is use a hostname instead of an IP address for the Hostname setting. But what you should do is make sure your DHCP server gives the same IP address to the webserver everytime.

thats tough in my case as our is a network device.
As we have macro INADDR_ANY to bind socket to all IPs exist on device, is there a method to configure httpd.conf in similar way ?

Thanks

To bind all interfaces, use the following configuration:

Binding {
    Interface = 0.0.0.0
    ...
}

Thanks.!!
wil that affect my VirtualHost
beacause the problem still remains with the Hostname ??

A VirtualHost always needs a hostname. Otherwise the webserver doesn't know which VirtualHost to use if a page is requested. If no matching hostname is found, the default host is used. The default host is the host configuration which is not inside a VirtualHost block. So, you can use that.

# This is the default host
Hostname = ...
WebsiteRoot = ...
...

# This is a virtual host
VirtualHost {
  Hostname = ...
  ...
}

# And this is another virtual host
VirtualHost {
  Hostname = ...
  ...
}

that means i dont have a choice
but should have a unique IP or the hostname assigned to the machine
in which the webserver is running.
That seems a problem or a ver unlikely case in my situation.
can u suggest any workaround for the same?

i mean to say that
i did following steps

changed the
Binding {
Port = 80
Interface = 0.0.0.0
}

then
VirtualHost{
Hostname = 0.0.0.0
WebsiteRoot = /var/www/MyWebSite
StartFile = index.html
ExecuteCGI = yes
TimeForCGI = 5
}

and
Hostname = 127.0.0.1
WebsiteRoot = /var/www/MyWebSite


Please let me know what thing i missed or did wrong
because still the problem persists..
i am getting the error
403 - Forbidden

Please, try this configuration:

Binding {
    Port = 80
}

CGIextension = cgi

Hostname = 127.0.0.1
WebsiteRoot = /var/www/MyWebSite
StartFile = index.html
ExecuteCGI = yes
TimeForCGI = 5

What kind of CGI programs do you want to use? PHP, Perl, compiled C?

thanks a lot for the help.
it works fine now..
i am using compiled c.