Multiple Apache websites on Ubuntu

To set up multiple local websites on Apache, follow this process.

• 1. Install Apache 2 via synaptic or apt-get (package: apache2).
• 2. Create the following folders (change the location to your liking) and copy your website files to the “root” folder:

/home/user/www/website1/
/home/user/www/website1/root/
/home/user/www/website1/logs/

• 3. Create new site configuration file (e.g. “website1″) in /etc/apache2/sites-available/ with the following contents:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin website1@localhost
    ServerName website1.dev
    DocumentRoot "/home/user/www/website1/root/"
    ErrorLog /home/user/www/website1/logs/error.log
    CustomLog /home/user/www/website1/logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

• 4. Add the following line to your /etc/hosts file:

127.0.0.1    website1.dev

• 5. Set permissions so that Apache can access the website by running the following on the command line:

sudo chgrp -R www-data /home/user/www/website1/
sudo chmod -R g+w /home/user/www/website1/

• 6. Enable the new website by running the following on the command line:

sudo a2ensite website1

• 7. Restart Apache by running the following on the command line:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart