Hosts and virtual hosts

Setting up a virtual host through XAMPP

• Hosts file in Windows XP Pro & Windows 7

  • C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

• Virtual hosts file in Apache in XAMPP

  • C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf

• Hosts file in Mac

  • /private/etc/hosts

• Apache config file in Mac

  • /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

• Uncomment the Virtual Hosts line

Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

• Apache virtual hosts file in Mac
  • /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

Ubuntu

Some tips

Hosts file /etc/hosts

turn on virtual hosts in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

NameVirtualHost *:80

now create individual sites for storage in: /etc/apache2/sites-available/...

activate them in: /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

If you get the error:

client denied by server configuration:

Make sure to include a "Directory" entry:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin bob@bobertson.com
    DocumentRoot "/Users/bob/rad-app"
    ServerName paperwoven
    ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/rad-app.error.log"
    CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/rad-app.access.log" common
    <Directory "/Users/bob/rad-app">
		Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks
		AllowOverride AuthConfig FileInfo
		Order allow,deny
		Allow from all
	</Directory>		
</VirtualHost

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Apache on Mac
Apache
Windows