Niweera
5/25/2019 - 7:48 PM

How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 14.04

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Prereqs:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2

Step One — Create the Directory Structure:
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/example.com/public_html
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/test.com/public_html

Step Two — Grant Permissions:
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/example.com/public_html
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/test.com/public_html

Step Three — Create Demo Pages for Each Virtual Host:
nano /var/www/example.com/public_html/index.html

Step Four — Create New Virtual Host Files:
sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Step Five — Enable the New Virtual Host Files:
sudo a2ensite example.com.conf
sudo a2ensite test.com.conf

sudo service apache2 restart