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Hi, I was having trouble adding a virutal host. I searched for a couple hours, but couldn't find a clear solution.

So here is what I came up with. I'd apperciate any comments on if this makes any sense.

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1. download xampp

    http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html

2. untar into opt

    sudo tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.8.0.tar.gz -C /opt
   
3. secure xampp

    sudo /opt/lampp/lampp security
   
4. make a vhost directory where you will keep your files

    mkdir ~/vhost1
   
5. add vhost1 to hosts file

    gksudo gedit /etc/hosts
   
    - and add this line:
    127.0.0.1   vhost1.localhost
   

6. restart networking

    /etc/init.d/networking restart
   
7. enable virtual hosts in httpd.conf

    gksudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf
   
    - search for "Include etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf" and remove the #
   
8. add the virtual host to httpd-vhosts.conf

    gksudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
   
    - comment out any dummy virtual hosts and add the following to the bottom
   
    <VirtualHost *:80>
        DocumentRoot "/opt/lampp/htdocs"
        ServerName localhost
        ServerAlias www.localhost
    </VirtualHost>

    <VirtualHost *:80>
        DocumentRoot "/home/username/vhost1"
        ServerName vhost1.localhost
        ServerAlias www.vhost1.localhost
        <Directory "/home/username/vhost1">
           AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Indexes
           Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
           Require method GET POST OPTIONS
        </Directory>
    </VirtualHost>

9. change permissions of vhost1 directory to 755

     sudo chmod -R 755 ~/vhost1


Hi waspinator,

nobody here can help you if you don't tell us, at which point you get problems...

best wishes,
Altrea

Hi Altrea,

Well it's working, but I'm not sure if I'm doing things the right way. Is this the proper way to set up a virtual host?

Thanks