How to Create An Apache 2 Virtual Host on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS Easy Guide

Make Apache 2 Virtual Host Ubuntu 16.04

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Create Apache 2 Virtual Host in Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS GNU/Linux Server/Desktop.

And the term Virtual Host refers to the Practice of Running more than One Website (such as company1.example.com and company2.example.com) on a Single Machine.

Virtual Hosts can be:

• “Name-based“, meaning that you have Multiple Names running on each IP address
• “IP-based“, meaning that you have a Different IP Address for Every Website

Because the fact that they are running on the same physical server is not apparent to the end user.

How to Create a Name-based Virtual Host on Ubuntu Linux

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1. Login into Server Shell.

   Or Open a Command Line Terminal Window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
   
   Ctrl+Alt+T

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

2. Add the Domain to the hosts Config File.

   sudo su

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

   nano /etc/hosts

   Append:

   127.0.0.1 [myDomainName.com]
   

   Only Substitute your real Domain Name to “[myDomainName.com]” :)
   Ctrl+Shift+v to Paste Content on nano
   Ctrl+x to Save and Exit from nano Editor

3. Create the VHost Target Directory.

   mkdir /var/www/html/[mySite]

   And may be also a Testing index.html:

   echo "My New WebSite is Working! :)" > /var/www/html/[mySite]/index.html

   Then Set the Domain’s Ownership with:

   chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/[mySite]

4. Create a VHost Config File.

   nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/[myDomainName].conf

   Append at Least:

   <VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName[myDomainName.com]
   ServerAliaswww.[myDomainName.com]
   DocumentRoot /var/www/html/[mySite]
   </VirtualHost>
   

   To get a little More Insight may look:

   cat /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

5. Enabling the New Virtual-Host.

   cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled

   ln -s ../sites-available/[myDomainName].conf .

6. Restart Apache2 Web Server.

   service apache2 restart

   exit

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How to Create a IP-based Virtual Host on Ubuntu Linux

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