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Install Ubuntu

Open terminal using ctrl+alt+T in ubuntu, putty on windows. Connect with ssh if you are going to creating virtual host on ubuntu server.

  • sudo apt-get update (it will update all system libraries)

  • cd /var/www (Move to www path)

  • sudo mkdir -p example1.com/public_html (it will create both directory example1.com and example1.com/public_html)

  • sudo mkdir -p example2.com/public_html (it will create both directory example2.com and example2.com/public_html)

  • cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/

  • sudo cp 000-default.conf example1.com.conf

  • sudo cp 000-default.conf example2.com.conf

  • nano example1.com.conf and put below code in it

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@example1.com
ServerName example1.com
ServerAlias www.example1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/example1.com/public_html
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

  • nano example2.com.conf and put below code in it

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@example1.com
ServerName example2.com
ServerAlias www.example2.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/example2.com/public_html
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

  • sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf

  • sudo a2ensite example1.com.conf

  • sudo a2ensite example2.com.conf

  • sudo systemctl restart apache2

  • cd /var/www

  • nano example1.com/public_html/index.html and put “Welcome to example1.com”

  • nano example2.com/public_html/index.html and put “Welcome to example2.com”

  • now you need to make host entries to your local machines.

  • on ubuntu you need to open /etc/hosts file and make host entry like, Use C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts if you are on windows

  • xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx example1.com xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx www.example1.com xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx example2.com xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx www.example2.com Now your subdomains/virtual host are ready.