Setting up apache2 vhosts is a continuation from setting up a lamp stack on ubuntu 14.04. Assuming you have apache2 installed, setting up vhosts should be relatively straightforward.
By default, apache directory is set to /var/www/html in /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
Copy the default file. We’ll be editing the copy of that file for this purpose:
sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/mysite.conf
Open up the file with vi or nano and edit the items as shown to suit your needs. Here is a sample configuration (without the comments) that should help get started. This sample is meant for a LAMP stack with htaccess and mod_rewrite enabled.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin team@company.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/dir
ServerName 52.33.134.43
ServerAlias www.company.com company.com
<Directory /var/www/dir>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Disable the default site
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
Enable the new site
sudo a2ensite mysite.conf
Create your directory if it doesn’t exist
mkdir -p /var/www/dir
Restart apache to complete it all
sudo service apache2 restart
If apache doesn’t start, you can start troubleshooting by running:
apache2 -t
Visit your page to make sure it works. Issues? Comment below and we’ll update the post with possible solutions.
