setup apache virtualhost (windows)

Question

Hi,

How to setup virtualhost for multiple domain name on windows ? I will use it for my own test projects. I have 3 projects that I need to setup and at the moment I'm using xampplite for the portable apache.

1. www.foo-bar.com --> direct to c:\xampplite\htdocs\foo-bar\
2. www.abcdef.com --> directo to c:\xampplite\htdocs\abcdef\
3. www.qwerty.com --> direct to c:\xampplite\htdocs\qwerty\web\

I also need to access on another project but it just like typing http://localhost/my-project/

how to write the vhost configuration for that ?

Answer 1

Maybe take a look at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/ first - the docs are good and extensive.

Answer 2

You need to do several steps in order to make this work.

1.) Update the hosts file. On Windows XP, you can find it under c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\. You should already see the first line from below, it takes care of your mentioned other project. - add the additional ones to make any requests to the mentioned virtual hosts routed back to your own machine.

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.1       foo-bar.com
127.0.0.1       abcdef.com
127.0.0.1       qwerty.com

2.) Update the vhosts file in Apache configuration. Under your XAMPP folder, add the following to apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf and if needed change the ports (i.e. if you use 8080 instead of port 80).

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot C:/xampplite/htdocs/foo-bar/
    ServerName www.foo-bar.com
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot C:/xampplite/htdocs/abcdef/
    ServerName www.abcdef.com
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot C:/xampplite/htdocs/qwerty/web/
    ServerName www.qwerty.com
</VirtualHost>

3.) Do a quick configuration check. Open {XAMPP-folder}\apache\conf\httpd.conf your file and make sure that the following part is not commented out by a preceeding # character:

Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

4.) Restart XAMPP.

... and you should be all setup now. Your other project should be accessible at the URI you mentioned if you just put it under C:/xampplite/htdocs/my-project/.