Create Virtual Host Apache Ubuntu

Virtual host make a server can handle many domain on it. To make virtual host on apache, follow steps below. This tutorial needs prerequisite an apache installed.

1. Create directory structure. You can make like this

mkdir -p /var/www/example.com/public_html

2. Grant permission to user that become administrator of that web

chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/example.com/public_html chmod -R 755 /var/www

3. Create virtual host file

 nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf

4. Fill example.com.conf with text below 

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin admin@example.com ServerName example.com ServerAlias www.example.com DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com/public_html ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined </VirtualHost>

5. Enable the new virtual host file

a2ensite example.com.conf

6. Restart Apache

service apache2 restart

For another virtual host, you can repeat steps above with a change in example.com with your domain.

For further reading, visit:

• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-apache-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-14-04-lts
• http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/examples.html