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How to create a virtual host

Mar 02, 2016 Janaki Mahapatra, Laravel

There are two ways you can create your virtual hosts easily.

Through command prompt using ssh
- If you have already installed the vagrant box, then open your bash command window or putty type
```
vagrant up 
```
  this will start the virtual machine
```
vagrant ssh 
```
  To ssh to the vm and finally
```
sudo nano /etc/httpd/con/httpd.conf
```
  to edit the Apache config file Check the image here.
- scroll down to end of the file and type
```
DocumentRoot /home/vagrant/public_html/sampleproject
ServerName sampleproject.local
<Directory  /home/vagrant/public_html/test>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
ErrorLog /home/vagrant/public_html/logs/sampleproject_error_log
CustomLog /home/vagrant/public_html/logs/sampleproject_access_log common
```
- Now press CTRL+O to save the file
- now restart the apache by typing sudo service httpd restart
- Time to configure our sampleproject.local domain in our OS. To do that open your hosts file and add 127.0.0.1 sampleproject.local
- Save the hosts file and open a browser and browse sampleproject.local:8000
Through webmin/virtualmin (it is a gui interface)
- Log in to webmin by browsing https://localhost:10080/
- Use username as root and password as vagrant
- After login you will see the home page of webmin
- Under left navigation open Server->Apache Webserver
- Now create a virtual host. Check the image below
- Select "Any Adress" for Handel Connetions to address
- Use Port:80
- Select DocumentRoot
- Write ServerName (in our case it is sampleproject.local
- Click the "Create Now" button to create your virtual hosts
- Now configure our sampleproject.local domain in our OS. To do that open your hosts file and add 127.0.0.1 sampleproject.local
- Save the hosts file and open a browser and browse sampleproject.local:8000

That's it. Let me know if you have any problem.