About virtual Hosts
Virtual Hosts are used to run more than one domain using a single ip address. This is especially useful to people who need to run several sites with one virtual private server. The sites display different information to the visitors, depending on with which the user accessed the site.There is no limit number of virtual hosts that can be added to a VPS.
Before you proceed, These are basic commands kindly click Commands Link
step 1: Install Apache
# yum install httpd
Step 2: Create new directory
The Second step is create a directory for virtual host, In that directory we will keep the new website’s information
# mkdir -p /var/www/domain.com/public_html
You will need to designate a actual DNS approved domain
You can use unapproved domain name to test the process . It need some changes in local pc and see the optional step 7
Step 3: Grant Permission
We need to grant ownership of the directory to the user
# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/domain.com/public_html
Additionally, it is important to make sure that everyone will be able to read our new files
# chmod 755 /var/www
Now you all done with permission
Step 4: Create the page
We need to create a new file called index.html within our configuration directory.
# nano /var/www/domain.com/public_html/index.html
We can add some text to the file, It will display the content when access the website or ip in browser URL
<html> <head> <title>www.domain.com</title> </head> <body> <h1>Success: You Have Set Up a Virtual Host</h1> </body> </html>
Save and Exit
Step 5: Setting up the Virtual Hosts
The next step is to enter into the apache configuration file
# nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
There are few lines to look for.
Make sure that below text available or not
#Listen 12.34.56.78:80 Listen 80
Scroll down to the very last of the document to the section called Virtual Hosts.
#NameVirtualHost *:80 # # NOTE: NameVirtualHost cannot be used without a port specifier # (e.g. :80) if mod_ssl is being used, due to the nature of the # SSL protocol. # # # VirtualHost example: # Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container. # The first VirtualHost section is used for requests without a known # server name. # #<VirtualHost *:80> #ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com #DocumentRoot /var/www/domain.com/public_html #ServerName www.domain.com #ServerAlias domain.com #ErrorLog /var/www/domain.com/error.log #CustomLog /var/www/domain.com/requests.log </VirtualHosts>
The most important lines to focus on NameVirtualHost, VirtualHost, Document Root, and ServerName.
You need to uncomment the (#) before the line NameVirtualHosts.
It should be,
NameVirtualHosts *:80
And also uncomment (#) before <VirtualHosts *:80> .. . . </VirtualHosts>
It should be,
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@domain.com DocumentRoot /var/www/domain.com/public_html ServerName www.domain.com ServerAlias doamin.com ErrorLog /var/www/domain.com/error.log CustomLog /var/www/domain.com/requests.log </VirtualHost>
Step 6: Restart the Apache
We have made a lot of the changes to the configuration. It will not effect untill Apache is restarted
First stop all apache processes:
# apachectl -k stop
Then start up apache once again.
# service httpd start
Optional step 7: Setting Up the Local Hosts
Its for Windows user only,
a). Press the Windows key.
b).Type Notepad in search field.
c).In search result , right click Notepad and select Run as administrator.
d).From Notepad, open the following file: c:\windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
e).Make the necessary changes to the file
(i.e)
# Host Database # # localhost is used to configure the loopback interface # when the system is booting. Do not change this entry. ## 127.0.0.1 localhost #Virtual Hosts 12.34.56.789 www.domain.com
Save it
Step 8: Results of the Virtual Host
Type your ip address into the browser (ie. http://12.34.56.789)
