With this tutorial I assume that you know what Apache web server is and that you have PHP and Apache installed on your machine. Also ensure that you are able to serve web pages.

NOTE: This has been tested on Ubuntu 9.04

 

Answer:

  1. Open your Terminal Window or the command line.

  2. Navigate to the /etc/apache2/sites-available directory with this command: cd /etc/apache2/sites-available

  3. Create a new file in this directory called sitename.conf or anything you would like to call your new VirtualHost. Use the following command: sudo gedit sitename.conf

  4. Add the following code in the sitename.conf file

    _<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin [email protected] ServerName  sitename ServerAlias sitename       **DocumentRoot /var/www/sitename/ <Directory /var/www/sitename/> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Order allow,deny allow from all

    **_

  5. Save file and exit.

  6. Open the /etc/hosts file with command: sudo gedit /etc/hosts 

  7. Add the following code to it 127.0.0.1 localhost sitename

  8. Save file and exit

  9. Enable your new VirtualHost  Use this command: sudo a2ensite sitename.conf

    • Creates a symbolic link to /etc/apache2/sites-enabled
    • In the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file it includes the /etc/apache2/sites-enabled directory to include the virtual host configurations, so all VirtualHosts will be included everytime Apache starts.

  10. Restart Apache with command: sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart or sudo service apache2 restart

  11. Now  your new VirtualHost should be enabled!