How to Create Multiple Virtual Hosts in Ubuntu

Assuming you already have installed LAMP on your Ubuntu machine, here are the steps in creating multiple virtual hosts.

If Apache mod_rewrite module is not yet enabled, you can do so by typing the following command in the terminal:

$ sudo a2enmod rewrite

Following the step below, in your terminal:

$ mkdir /var/www/brymayor.com.local

Add your site to the hosts file:

$ sudo nano /etc/hosts

Edit the file by adding the local domain you want to use, in this case, brymayor.com.local:

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.1       brymayor.com.local

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback

Configure Apache

Navigate to /etc/apache2/sites-available/:

$ cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
$ sudo cp default brymayor.com.local
$ sudo nano brymayor.com.local

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@brymayor.com.local
        ServerAlias brymayor.com.local
        DocumentRoot /var/www/brymayor.com.local
        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
        </Directory>
        <Directory /var/www/brymayor.com.local/>
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>

Please also note this line to allow .htaccess on your local site:

AllowOverride All

Enable the sites in Apache and restart Apache

$ sudo a2ensite brymayor.com.local
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

or

$ sudo service apache2 reload

or

$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

You can now navigate your browser to http://brymayor.com.local/

If you need to remove any site on your local machine, the easiest way is to reverse through the steps.

1. Disable it using the a2dissite command:

$ sudo a2dissite brymayor.com.local

2. Delete brymayor.com.local file from /etc/apache2/sites-available folder;

3. Remove brymayor.com.local from /etc/hosts;

4. Restart apache:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

or

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

or

$ sudo service apache2 reload

Always think twice before hitting the Enter key…

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