Quick and easy virtual host configuration. This is for development on a local machine only, not for use in the wild. You can check out the ubuntu documentation here.
Assuming you have the following all set up, if not check out the link above to get set up.
- Apache
- MySQL
- PHP
I keep all of my projects in my /home folder under /webroot. Its easier to backup and /home lives on its own partition. I’m starting a new project called, ‘example.com’. I like to work locally and use version control to update the live site. My local copy will be called ‘devexample.com’.
When we’re done, if we type in ‘http://devexample.com’ into our browser it will read the local version.
The full path to my new dev site will be:
/home/darren/webroot/example
Lets create our directories:
mkdir webroot
cd webroot
mkdir example
Set up some read/write. Again this is not the way to do it on a live server:
sudo chmod 777 -R webroot
Fire up your text editor with root privileges.
gksude gedit
Enter in your new virtual host information:
<VirtualHost *> ServerName devexample.com ServerAlias www.devexample.com DocumentRoot /home/darren/webroot/example/ DirectoryIndex index.php <Directory /> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride all Order deny,allow Deny from all Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128 </Directory> </VirtualHost>
Again this is not a safe virtual host configuration for a live site.
Save this file under /etc/apache2/sites-available
Now we are going to make this site active in the terminal type:
sudo a2ensite mysite
Almost there, now lets edit the host file on your local machine. Use your text editor with root privileges and open /etc/hosts
Append your new site ‘example.com’ to this list.
Restart apache:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Put a test file in your new root directory and Navigate your browser to nhttp://devexample.com.
That’s it.