How can I set up virtualhost for multiple domain name on Windows?
I will use it for my own test projects. I have three projects that I need to set up and at the moment I'm using xampplite for the portable Apache.
www.foo-bar.com --> direct to c:\xampplite\htdocs\foo-bar\
www.abcdef.com --> directo to c:\xampplite\htdocs\abcdef\
www.qwerty.com --> direct to c:\xampplite\htdocs\qwerty\web\
I also need to access on another project, but it just like typing
http://localhost/my-project/
How can I write the vhost configuration for that?
You need to do several steps in order to make this work.
Update the hosts file. On Windows XP, you can find it under c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\. You should already see the first line from below. It takes care of your mentioned other project. Add the additional ones to make any requests to the mentioned virtual hosts routed back to your own machine.
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 foo-bar.com
127.0.0.1 abcdef.com
127.0.0.1 qwerty.com
Update the vhosts file in Apache configuration. Under your XAMPP folder, add the following to apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf and if needed change the ports (i.e., if you use 8080 instead of port 80).
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot C:/xampplite/htdocs/foo-bar/
ServerName www.foo-bar.com
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot C:/xampplite/htdocs/abcdef/
ServerName www.abcdef.com
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot C:/xampplite/htdocs/qwerty/web/
ServerName www.qwerty.com
</VirtualHost>
Do a quick configuration check. Open {XAMPP-folder}\apache\conf\httpd.conf your file and make sure that the following part is not commented out by a preceding # character:
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Restart XAMPP.
... and you should be all setup now. Your other project should be accessible at the URI you mentioned if you just put it under C:/xampplite/htdocs/my-project/.
To get C:/xampp/htdocs/my-project/ working, I had to add the following (default?) VirtualHost to apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf (in step 2 of MicE's tutorial).
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
127.0.0.5 abcd.com
< VirtualHost 127.0.0.5 >
ServerName abcd.com
DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\htdocs\laravel\public"
<Directory "C:\xampp\htdocs\laravel\public">
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride All
Order allow, deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
< / VirtualHost >
Related
On my Windows 7 PC, I'm using XAMPP => Apache to run a testing webserver. But for a certain website I don't want the regular "C:\xampp\htdocs", but a custom path - which when I work on Ubuntu I usually setup in VirtualHost just as a DocumentRoot and it works.
On this PC the target path is similar to: "C:\Users\X\Disk External\DIRWITHDIÁCRÍCÍCS\WEBS\some path\path"
However on this PC when I do
<VirtualHost test2020.test:443>
DocumentRoot "C:\Users\X\Disk External\DIRWITHDIÁCRÍCÍCS\WEBS\some path\path"
ServerName test2020.test
ServerAlias www.test2020.test
</VirtualHost>
The DocumentRoot directive is completely ignored - it still seems to target files in the default C:\xampp\htdocs
I've also tried moving the files around the system and changing forward/backward slashes with no success:
DocumentRoot "C:/Users/X/Disk External/DIRWITHDIÁCRÍCÍCS/WEBS/some path/path"
DocumentRoot C:\xampp\htdocs\testdocumentroot
DocumentRoot "C:\Users\X\www"
Also I've tried swapping order of DocumentRoot and ServerName with no success.
I've checked C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf - the line Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf IS uncommented.
And the file C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf seems to affect apache start-up when set-up wrongly.
EDIT: also I did restart apache between each try :)
What am I missing?
So it's just my idiotism, I've tried to overdomain everything, but the directive attribute inside the VirtualHost tag is for network incoming limitation. For regular cases * is just fine there, also then I had a problem with Directory tag directive because aparently there's a new directive for Apache 2.4+
<VirtualHost test2020.test:443> => <VirtualHost *:443>
Working final code:
# (or *:80 for http:// , 443 is for https://)
<VirtualHost *:443>
DocumentRoot "C:\Users\X\Disk External\DIRWITHDIÁCRÍCÍCS\WEBS\some path\path"
ServerName test2020.test
ServerAlias www.test2020.test
<Directory "C:\Users\X\Disk External\DIRWITHDIÁCRÍCÍCS\WEBS\some path\path">
# NEW&SIMPLE FROM APACHE 2.4+ !
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
I have a new laptop, and am now trying to run a laravel application.
First, am trying to setup a virtual host for the project so that I can access blog.local
I went my hosts file and setup the drivers like the following:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 test.local
127.0.0.1 blog.local
The for the apache configuration I have the following:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:\XAMPP\htdocs"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:\XAMPP\htdocs\blog"
ServerName blog.local
</VirtualHost>
When I try to access my url I do not see the site but the files only:
For this and future projects, how can I create a local url and see the front-end when I visit it?
You need to address your public folder,
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:\XAMPP\htdocs\blog\public"
ServerName blog.local
</VirtualHost>
The document root is a directory (a folder) that is stored on your host's servers and that is designated for holding web pages. When someone else looks at your website, this is the location they will be accessing.
Change the DocumentRoot to according to your PHP project is located.
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/blog/public"
ServerName blog.local
</VirtualHost>
Restart the servers after making any changes! If you don’t reset the server to apply the changes, nothing will work even though you know you’ve done everything right.
I am new to Mac but used Ubuntu for development for a long time. I know how to create virtual hosts in Ubuntu but have no idea about Mac. I have created a hosts entry like below :
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost mysite.loc
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
But what to do next?
While googling, I found these steps to easily create virtual hosts on MAMP:
Open your console in mac and edit your hosts file like this
sudo vim /etc/hosts
This opens a system file that contains the following line:
127.0.0.1 localhost
add your desired host name after local host:
127.0.0.1 localhost mysite.loc
press ESC, then :wq! to overwrite and close the file.
Now go to your MAMP directory and open apache config file located at /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf in any text editor and locate the following lines:
# Virtual Hosts
# Include /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Remove the hash (pound) sign from the beginning of the line that begins with Include
# Virtual Hosts
Include /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Save the file, and then open Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf. This is where you define the virtual hosts.
At the bottom of the page are two examples of how to define virtual hosts in Apache. They look like this:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#dummy-host.example.com
DocumentRoot "/Applications/MAMP/Library/docs/dummy-host.example.com"
ServerName dummy-host.example.com
ServerAlias www.dummy-host.example.com
ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log"
CustomLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster#dummy-host2.example.com
DocumentRoot "/Applications/MAMP/Library/docs/dummy-host2.example.com"
ServerName dummy-host2.example.com
ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host2.example.com-error_log"
CustomLog "logs/dummy-host2.example.com-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>
Edit both examples. Virtual hosts override the existing localhost, so the first one needs to re-establish localhost. Edit the second one for the virtual host you want to add. Only the DocumentRoot and ServerName directives are required. To add a virtual host for mysite, the edited definitions should look like this:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/Users/username/Sites/mysite"
ServerName mysite.loc
</VirtualHost>
This assumes that you want to locate the files for mysite in your Sites folder. Replace "username" in the second definition with your own Mac username. If you want to store the files in a different location, adjust the value of DocumentRoot accordingly.
If you want to create more than one virtual host, copy one of the definitions, and edit it accordingly.
Save all the files you have edited, and restart the servers in the MAMP control panel. You should now be able to access the virtual host with the following URL: http://mysite.loc/.
Enjoy..!!
Allow virtual hosts
Go to Applications > MAMP > conf > apache > httpd.conf
Find this line:
# Virtual hosts
#Include /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Uncomment the code by removing the hash symbol.
# Virtual hosts
Include /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Allow SymLink Override
Find this line in that same httpd.conf file.
<Directory />
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
change None to All.
<Directory />
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
Add the virtual host path
Go to Applications > MAMP > conf > apache > extra > httpd-vhosts.conf
add the virtual host with servname and document root like the below code
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.dev
DocumentRoot "/path/to/directory"
</VirtualHost>
Allow your computer to recognize your local domain
Open terminal and type
sudo pico /etc/hosts
then add your domain
127.0.0.1 example.dev
Restart your server.
If the url is showing error in chrome try safari
In my config in MAMP, only the first virtual host was responding.
After hours of search I founded the instruction for solving the problem (before listing virtual hosts definitions) :
NameVirtualHost *:80
Now, my 3 virtual hosts are working !
I followed this post, as recommended by szatti1489, and it worked for me: https://www.taniarascia.com/setting-up-virtual-hosts/
A couple of points are worth mentioning though:
This line didn't already exist in my httpd.conf file, I had to add it: Include /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
I had to use the .test domain ending, not .dev for my VirtualHost ServerName. The post mentions this, but then continues using.dev. Apparently, Chrome didn't support the .dev domain ending after 2017, although it didn't work in Firefox or Safari for me either.
Recently I changed from XAMP to MAMP on MAC. I tried to set up my last virtual hosts, but MAMP's 8888 port number was avoid the regular work.
Finally I found the solution. You could change the Listen port and the ServerName in httpd.conf as you could find in the following post:
https://www.taniarascia.com/setting-up-virtual-hosts/
Adding to the answer of Ritesh
You probably also want to add a directory configuration in your httpd.conf similar to the one that is already there, but for your the document root of your new server.
For Example:
<Directory "/Users/username/Sites/mysite">
Options All
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
XSendFilePath "/Users/username/Sites/mysite"
</Directory>
Building off of Srinivasan's answer. This is what I did in order to have 2 virtual hosts set up
myapp-local.local:8888/
myapp-local2.local:8888/
/Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:8888>
DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/my_app
ServerName myapp-local.local
<Directory "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/my_app">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:8888>
DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/instance-2/my_app
ServerName myapp-local2.local
<Directory "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/instance-2/my_app">
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
sudo vi /etc/hosts
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost myapp-local.local
127.0.0.1 localhost myapp-local2.local
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
Drupal specific:
sites/default/settings.php
$settings['trusted_host_patterns'] = [
'^localhost$',
'^myapp-local.local$'
'^myapp-local2.local$'
];
*/
restart MAMP server
Im trying to set up a virtual host using my local xampp stack but after following many tutorials i simply can't work out where im going wrong.
Here is what i added to my httpd-vhost.conf file:
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot E:\Programs\xampp\htdocs
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot E:\Programs\xampp\htdocs\CVCMS
ServerName cvcms.dev
<Directory "E:\Programs\xampp\htdocs\CVCMS">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
And here is my hosts file
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 lmlicenses.wip4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 lm.licenses.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 cvcms.dev
I have restarted apache after every change, i have made sure http.conf is linked to the httpd-vhosts file.
The issue is when i type in the domain cvcms.dev it shows the xampp splash page instead of the index.php in my cvcms folder.
Any ideas why?
Thanks
please remember to add the quotes to your virtual host document root path. At the same time what you need to to do enable them is to find httpd.conf , in this version it should be in your etc folder within your XAMPP's root folder.
Look out for :
# Virtual hosts
#Include etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Since '#' is a comment prefix, you have to uncomment "#Include etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf"
See if this works. Remember to restart your XAMPP's apache server to read the new settings you've just set. Cheers !
You can read more on this here.
What steps are needed to complete adding another website to OS X (Lion) ?
I want to have the 2 websites organized in 2 folders under 'Sites', but not sure how to get there. As can be seen in the image below, the MB currently has the 'default' (first) website spread out in Sites. I am concerned that putting this default site into a folder of Sites, call it 'siteA' will cause it to disappear.
These sites are not hosted on this MB. (OK, well they are, ...) It is being used for the development, viewing and testing within BBEdit.
After the steps below, the URL http://bella, replies Forbidden - You don't have permission to access / on this server. (??)
Suggestions welcomed. Thanks in advance.
So far, I've added or amended:
-- private/etc/hosts (added the following)
127.0.0.1 bella
-- private/etc/apache2/http.conf (uncommented 2nd line)
# Virtual hosts
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
-- /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf (added 2 VirtualHost blocks)
# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for all requests that do not
# match a ServerName or ServerAlias in any <VirtualHost> block.
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/Users/dolan2go/Sites/Bella"
ServerName bella
</VirtualHost>
The directory structure of my Macbook currently looks like:
Have to make a few modifications to get this to work. With the desire to have folders 'FirstSite' & 'Bella' in the 'Sites' folder. (My User directory structure has been altered because of a HD & SSD hardware mod)
Amend the hosts.conf file to: (last 2 lines - see note below)
127.0.0.1 bella.local
127.0.0.1 firstSite.local
Uncomment the line to use the vhosts.conf file (as in original question)
Amend the httpd-vhosts.conf to:
# Localhost first
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/Volumes/HDD 1/<username>/Sites"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
# local test Sites
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/Volumes/HDD 1/<username>/Sites/FirstSite"
ServerName firstSite.local
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/Volumes/HDD 1/<username>/Sites/Bella"
ServerName bella.local
</VirtualHost>
# Allow from localhost only or other directives
<Directory "/Volumes/HDD 1/<username>/Sites/FirstSite">
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from 127.0.0.1
Deny from all
</Directory>
<Directory "/Volumes/HDD 1/<username>/Sites/Bella">
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from 127.0.0.1
Deny from all
</Directory>
Now I can access the local version of both sites with http://bella.local & http://firstSite.local (I decided to add the local to help distinguish between the local and remote versions.)
A reply by twtwtw 3/4 down the page at Local Web Server for Lion really helped clear the issue.