XAMPP Virtual Hosts in Ubuntu

Submitted by khairie on Sat, 08/15/2009 - 16:16
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Quick HOWTO to enable Virtual Hosts with XAMPP on Ubuntu (or any *nix distribution).

shell> sudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf

Uncomment the line below (it should be towards the end of the file):
Include etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

Save & Close the httpd.conf file.

shell> sudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

Make sure the line below is uncommented:
NameVirtualHost *:80

Add/Edit the following piece of code:
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@localhost
    DocumentRoot /path/to/vhosts/folder/site.local
    ServerName site.local
    ErrorLog /path/to/vhosts/logs/site.local-error_log
    CustomLog /path/to/vhosts/logs/site.local-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

Save & Close the httpd-vhosts.conf file.

shell> sudo gedit /etc/hosts

Add the following line to the hosts file:
127.0.0.1	site.local

Save & Close the hosts file.

shell> sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart

Open up web browser, and go to http://site.local to see if it's working.

Cheers.

References:
http://www.dimitritaghon.be/2008/07/xampp-and-virtual-hosts/
http://mintarticles.com/read/articles_about_software/multiple_virtual_ho...

Detailed Guide

Submitted by Stranger on Sun, 09/06/2009 - 03:13.

Here is a detailed guide if anyone needs help setting this up in a Windows environment...

http://renownedmedia.com/blog/setting-up-vhosts-using-xampp-or-apache-in...

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