Apache Vhost

1. First create a directory where all the vhost will be stored (mine will be in /etc/httpd/sites

mkdir /etc/httpd/sites

2. Create a new file with servername.conf using:

vim /etc/httpd/sites/servername.conf

3. Usually it should have following content:

1. <VirtualHost *:80>
2.             ServerName example.com
3.             ServerAlias www.example.com
4.             DocumentRoot /path/to/website/directory
5.             ErrorLog /path/to/error/log
6.             CustomLog /path/to/access/log
8.             <Directory /path/to/website/directory>
9.               AllowOverride None
10.              DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
11.              Require all granted
12.             </Directory>
13. </VirtualHost>

1. It is the opening block for the vhost and it listens on port 80 (can also be 443 or 8080 depending on the application)
2. It will be the servername which is usually the domain name of the website
3. Another name which will point to the same website and same documentroot. Common examples is www.example.com
4. Where your website files is stored
5. Where error log will be stored
6. Where access log will be stored
8. Start of directory block where information about the directory is found
9. Option to either allow all access to website or allow access to only authenticated users using .htpasswd and .htaccess
10. Specifies which file will be displayed on eterring the website (usually index.html or index.php)
11. Access control
12. Closing of directory block
13. Closing of Vhost block

4. The following line should then be addeed so that Apache can load the vhosts:

IncludeOptional relative/path/to/file/*.conf
It will load all files with extension .conf found int the directory specified.