Assign new IP to allow SSL while waiting for DNS

[ptimo3]

Hi,

I have the following issue:

I need to assign a free ip to a user / domain but the users domain isn't managed by DA DNS (so this would mean we need to update the dns to point to the right IP but this would cause some downtime due to propagation..

Now i was thinking that the following would work:

Assign new IP edit the httpd.conf via custom httpd.conf for user and add a virtual host entry with the shared (old) ip.

So that the site is available on both shared + assigned ip.

Will this work ?

 

[mr.applesauce]

Why dont you just assign a 2nd ip to the user and then tell them to change the dns and then after dns is changed setup the ssl.