Ubuntu How-To Make Apache Virtual Host Survival Guide

The Guide shows you Step-by-Step How to Create a Virtual Host in Ubuntu Apache Web-Server Step-by-Step.

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1. Login as SuperUser

   sudo su

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

2. Installing Apache Server

   apt-get update

   apt-get install apache2

3. Edit /etc/hosts

   nano /etc/hosts

   Append:

   127.0.0.1 domainname.ext

   Ctrl+x to Save and Exit.

4. Make a Virtual Host File in /etc/apache2/sites-available

   cd /etc/apache2/sites-available

   nano domainname.ext

   Insert something like:

   
   
   
   
   ServerName domainname.ext
   
   ServerAlias www.domainname.ext
   
   ServerAdmin email@domainname.ext
   
   DocumentRoot /var/www/domainname.ext
   
   
   
   

   Ctrl+x to Save and Exit.

5. Make a Symlink of File in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled

   cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled

   ln -s ../sites-available/domainname.ext .

6. Restart Apache

   service apache2 restart