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virtual host configuration with Apache
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How to set Up a Virtual Host
httpd.conf
in the Apache Configuration file (apache/conf/httpd.conf), uncomment the line “Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf”
Example:
# Virtual hosts
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Syntax
Below is an example of Apache configuration, where a new virtual host is added in the httpd.conf file.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName gerardnico.local
DocumentRoot "c:/www/"
DirectoryIndex index.php
<Directory "c:/www/">
AllowOverride All
Allow from All
</Directory>
Alias /alias /alias_directory
<Directory "/alias_directory">
AllowOverride All
Allow from All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
In the example above, if you want that a call to gerardnico.com respond on your computer, you must change your DNS or you local Network - Hosts File. In this way, a ping will show you computer as responder.
where:
Farm Syntax
<VirtualHost *:8080> # this only works for a specific port
ServerName gerardnico.local
ServerAlias *.gerardnico.local # this works for all subdomains of gerardnico.local
DocumentRoot "f:/www/farmer"
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *> # this works for all ports
ServerName blog.gerardnico.local # this only works for one specific subdomain
DocumentRoot "f:/www/farmer"
</VirtualHost>
Suppress the comments (#) in the configuration file, they are not allowed in the xml node.
Debug
With the httpd cli, you can check the virtual host
Example:
httpd -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS
*:80 is a NameVirtualHost
default server localhost (C:/Apache24/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:33)
port 80 namevhost localhost (C:/Apache24/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:33)
port 80 namevhost doku (C:/Apache24/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:57)
*:443 localhost (C:/Apache24/conf/extra/httpd-ahssl.conf:142)