Maybe you want to run more then1 domain on the same Server, why buying another server while its possible to run many sites on the same machine.
Let me show you in this small tutorials how to create Apache Virtual hosts on your Ubuntu 20.04 Server or Debian 10.4 .
Let me give an idea about my server :
Server = Debian 10.4
IP = 192.168.0.100
1-Install Apache
Update your server
#apt-get update #apt-get upgrade
So, Install Apache on Debian or Ubuntu just with this command :
root@osradar-debian:~# apt install apache2 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils ca-certificates libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap libbrotli1 libcurl4 libgdbm-compat4 libgdbm6 libjansson4 libldap-2.4-2 libldap-common liblua5.2-0 libnghttp2-14 libperl5.28 libpsl5 librtmp1 libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules libsasl2-modules-db libssh2-1 openssl perl perl-modules-5.28 publicsuffix ssl-cert Suggested packages: apache2-doc apache2-suexec-pristine | apache2-suexec-custom www-browser libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit | libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal libsasl2-modules-ldap libsasl2-modules-otp libsasl2-modules-sql perl-doc libterm-readline-gnu-perl | libterm-readline-perl-perl make libb-debug-perl liblocale-codes-perl openssl-blacklist The following NEW packages will be installed: apache2 apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils ca-certificates libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap libbrotli1 libcurl4 libgdbm-compat4 libgdbm6 libjansson4 libldap-2.4-2 libldap-common liblua5.2-0 libnghttp2-14 libperl5.28 libpsl5 librtmp1 libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules libsasl2-modules-db libssh2-1 openssl perl perl-modules-5.28 publicsuffix ssl-cert 0 upgraded, 30 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 12.1 MB of archives. After this operation, 60.8 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Now, you have to enable and start Apache. To do it, run the following commands.
root@osradar-debian:~# systemctl enable apache2
Synchronizing state of apache2.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable apache2
root@osradar-debian:~# systemctl start apache2
So, Open your web browser and go to http://localhost or http://your-server
This is the standard home page of Apache. So, Apache is installed..
Now the change is we have to configure to sites on the same servers
www.fbi.gov www.cia.gov
So, Let us create and define the folders to the new virtualhosts:
root@osradar-debian:~# mkdir /var/www/html/fbi root@osradar-debian:~# mkdir /var/www/html/cia
Then, create a new index.html file for the FBI site:
vi /var/www/html/fbi/index.html
And add the following:
<html> <head> <title>www.fbi.gov</title> </head> <body> <h1>Hello, Welcome to www.fbi.com website</h1> </body> </html>
Now, do the same with the the CIA site:
vi /var/www/html/cia/index.html
Again, add this content.
<html> <head> <title>www.cia.gov</title> </head> <body> <h1>Hello, Welcome to www.cia.com website</h1> </body> </html>
Create site configurations
The next step is create the new configurations file to the new Virtualhosts:
vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/cia.conf
So, add the following:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName cia.gov
ServerAlias www.cia.gov
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/cia
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Now, it is the FBI’s turn:
vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/fbi.conf
Add the following:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName fbi.gov
ServerAlias www.fbi.gov
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/fbi
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save the changes and close the file.
To enable newly created virtual hosts run the following commands as the root user:
a2ensite fbi a2ensite cia
Restart or Reload Apache
systemctl reload apache2
Lets make an test from another server / machine
add this to the hosts file
From linux
add to the /etc/hosts file
192.168.0.100 cia.gov fbi.gov
For windows add the same to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Are y ready ?
For LEMP full install please visit How to install LEMP on Ubuntu 20.04
