Apache virtual Host on Ubuntu 20.04

Based on https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/vhosts/index.html The term Virtual Host refers to the practice of running more than one web site (such as company1.example.com and company2.example.com) on a single machine.

Next i will demonstrate how to make simple virtual host.

1. Install apache on ubuntu

Follow the instruction on this link : https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-the-apache-web-server-on-ubuntu-20-04

2. I prefer to change the default http port

Go to /etc/apache2/sites-available directory then $ sudo gedit 000-default.conf.

Change port 80 to be 8082

3. Create new directory on /var/www/html/. /var/www/html/ is base directory for project location

sudo mkdir telo.com

create new project directory

Create new file index.php

create new index.php

Put the code on index.php

<?php echo “<p>Hello welcome to telo.com</p>”; ?>

4. Create new virtual host configuration for project telo.com

sudo gedit telo.com.conf

cretae new config file

put following code in telo.com.conf file

<VirtualHost *:8082>
 ServerName telo.com
 DocumentRoot /var/www/html/telo.com
 <Directory /var/www/html/telo.com>
   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
   AllowOverride All
   Require all granted
 </Directory>
 ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/telo.com_error.log
 CustomLog /var/log/apache2/telo.com_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

for information detail about telo.com.conf content please refer to https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/vhosts/

5. Activate the configuration

sudo a2ensite telo.com.conf

after activation you will see active sites conf on sites-enabled directory

after activation we will see similar configuration in directory sites-enabled with di rectory sites-available. after using ls -la command we see that file in site-enabled directory has symbolic link to file in site-available directory.

Reload configuration and restart apache

sudo systemctl reload apache2
sudo systemctl restart apache2

6. Configure etc host.

Add configuration to etch host, the syntax is : IP_ADDRESS space HOSTNAME for example

127.0.0.1 testonly.com

Find your ip add by ip a command

ip address in server / laptop

on /etc directory type

sudo gedit hosts

Then add following cod to hosts

192.168.1.6  telo.com

7. Test the result

Access http://telo.com:8082

8. configure another virtual host, example : helloword.web:

create file hello-world.conf on /etc/apache2/sites-available then the contain of the file should be like this :

<VirtualHost *:8082>
    ServerName helloworld.web
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/test
    <Directory /var/www/html/test>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/helloworld.web_error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/helloworld.web_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

activate the config with :

sudo a2ensite hello-world.conf.conf

modify the host :

192.168.1.6  helloword.web

then restart apache :

sudo systemctl reload apache2
sudo systemctl restart apache2

the web is working

source

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/vhosts/

https://musaamin.web.id/cara-install-laravel-8-ubuntu-2004/

https://websiteforstudents.com/change-apache2-http-default-port-on-ubuntu-16-04-17-10-18-04/

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-apache-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-16-04

https://www.techomoro.com/how-to-run-a-php-application-on-ubuntu-18-04-2-lts/