How to Create An Apache Virtual Host on Debian Bullseye

August 31, 2021 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Name Based VHost

1. Accessing Shell

Login into Server Shell.
Or Open a Command Line Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
2. Adding Domain

Add Domain to the hosts Config File
Crating it with the nano Editor:
```
sudo nano /etc/hosts
```
And append:
```
127.0.0.1 [myDomainName.com]
```
Just Replace 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. Making Directory

Create the VHost Target Directory
Running:
```
sudo mkdir /var/www/html/[mySite]
```
Again Replace [mySite] in the above!
And may be also a Testing index.html:
```
su -c 'echo "My New WebSite is Working! :)" > /var/www/html/[mySite]/index.html'
```
The above is just a siple Testing Content.
Last, Set the Folder’s Ownership with:
```
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/[mySite]
```

Now Create a VHost Config File
Again with nano:

sudo 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

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