Linux CLI - Webserver Apache - Virtual host

Okay, I'd make one extra suggestion:

Use a named host in a seperate config file. Thay way you don't get burned next time apache is upgraded.

First off make sure that the last line in /etc/httpd/httpd.conf is:

Include /private/etc/httpd/users/*.conf

It should be there by default. Then create a file in /private/etc/httpd/users called "customconfig.conf" (really whatever you want to call it). Add the following to that file:

>NameVirtualHostServer< Name myservername <- choose a severname you want here DocumentRoot "/Users/newmedia/websites" >NameVirtualHost<

Now, you're almost done. If you only want these sites accessible from your computer, add the following to /etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1 myservername

If other people need to access it, you need myservername added to the DNS for the area.

Now, from a webbrowser if you go to http://myservname apache will automatically use /Users/newmedia/websites. You can also put any server customizations in there, and test them out without affecting your main server, and if the main httpd.conf gets blown away your customization is unaffected.


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