Virtual Host for Linux and Windows

Setting up Virtual host for Windows

Step 1

1. go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\
2. Open the "hosts" file and insert:

• 127.0.0.1       localhost
  127.0.0.1       test.com
  127.0.0.1       example.com

Step 2

1. go to xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf

•   <VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot C:/xampp/htdocs/test/
    ServerName example.com
    </VirtualHost>

Step 3

1. go to C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf
2. find Supplemental configuration section at the end, and locate the following section (around line 500), Remove the # from the beginning of the second line so the section now looks like this:

•   #Virtual hosts
    Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
  

Step 4

1. Restart XAMPP and now run in your browser :

•   example.com
  

  Setting up Virtual host for Linux

  Step 1

  1. go to /etc/
  2. Open the "hosts" file and insert:

  • 127.0.0.1       localhost
    127.0.0.1       test.com
    127.0.0.1       example.com //this is another website
    

  Step 2

  1. go to /opt/lamp/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

  •   <VirtualHost *:80>
        DocumentRoot "/opt/lamp/htdocs/test"
        ServerName test.com
      </VirtualHost>
    

  2. Be sure to have this in the end of the document:

  <VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot "/opt/lamp/htdocs/"

  
  ## Step 3
  
  1. go to /opt/lamp/etc/httpd.conf
  2. find Supplemental configuration section at the end, and locate the following section (around line 500), Remove the # from the beginning of the second line so the section now looks like this:
  
  * ```
    #Virtual hosts
    Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
  

  Step 4

  1. Restart XAMPP and now run in your browser :

  •   www.test.com