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title: Apache 2: A simple virtual host file tags: apache

I'm on 2.4.18.

First create a file in /etc/apache2/sites-available/ Call it whatever.conf.

There's the <VirtualHost> tag that contains the instructions. We listen for all host names, *, on port 80.

We specify the ServerAdmin email address, the ServerName that specifies what hostname to listen for, and an alias if needed.

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin [email protected]
  ServerName  something.example.com
  ServerAlias another.example.com
  ...
</VirtualHost>

We then specify the file to server as the default file to load, index.html usually. And the location of the root directory.

  DirectoryIndex index.html
  DocumentRoot /dir/public

Then specify the logging level and the location of the error log and the CustomLog which logs requests to the server, and takes the param combined allowing you to see request headers if specified in the log format.

  LogLevel warn
  ErrorLog  /dir/log/error.log
  CustomLog /dir/log/access.log combined

In full:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin [email protected]
  ServerName  something.example.com
  ServerAlias another.example.com

  # Index file and Document Root (where the public files are located)
  DirectoryIndex index.html
  DocumentRoot /dir/public

  # Log file locations
  LogLevel warn
  ErrorLog  /dir/log/error.log
  CustomLog /dir/log/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Finally, enable this site via a2ensite whatever. Then service apache2 reload.