How to Create An Apache 2 Virtual Host on Debian 9 Stretch Easy Guide

Setting Up

2. 2. Editing Hosts

   Add the Domain to the hosts Config File.

   sudo nano /etc/hosts

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

   127.0.0.1 [myDomainName.com]

   Just 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. 3. Making VHost Folder

   Create the VHost Target Directory.

   sudo mkdir /var/www/html/[myDomainName.com]

   And may be also a Testing index.html:

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

   Then Set the Domain’s Ownership with:

   sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/[myDomainName.com]

4. 4. Making VHost Config File

   Now Create a VHost Config File.

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

   Append at Least:

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

   Possibly substitute the actual Port to 80.
   To get a little More Insight may look:

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

5. 5. Enabling VHost

   Enabling the New Virtual-Host.

   cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled

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

   Finally, Restart Apache2 Web Server

   sudo service apache2 restart

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