7 Simple Steps to Create Apache Virtual Host in Ubuntu

Virtual hosting can be useful if you want to host multiple websites and domains from a single physical server or VPS. Follow the following steps for creating the virtual host in Ubuntu.

Step 1: Navigate to Apache folder sudo cp /etc/apache2

Step 2: In sites-available folder create conf file with your host name for eg: myVhost.conf

Step 3: Edit your conf file with below code:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName myVhost.test
    ServerAlias www.myVhost.test
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/Laraval/abcproject
    <Directory /var/www/html/Laraval/abcproject>
        Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/myVhost.test-error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/myVhost.test-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Step 4: Add below line in hosts file

sudo nano /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1   www.myVhost.test

save and close

Step 5: Enable site and the rewrite mode:

$sudo a2enmod rewrite $sudo a2ensite myVhost.conf 

Step 6: Restart the server:

$sudo service apache2 restart

Step 7: Open the browser:

http://www.myVhost.test:8000

or any other specified port.