how to create virtual host on XAMPP

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I am sure this question is being asked many times but I am not encounter with a problem  I am using XAMPP where I configure Zend framework   XAMPP is running on port 8081 as 80 is being occupied by some Windows process I need to use virtual host for that I configure with following code in C  xampp apache config extra httpd-vhosts config  or C  xampp apache conf extra httpd-vhosts conf in newer releases     lt VirtualHost   80 gt  ServerName comm-app local DocumentRoot  C  xampp htdocs CommunicationApp public  SetEnv APPLICATION ENV  development       lt Directory  C  xampp htdocs CommunicationApp public          DirectoryIndex index php         AllowOverride All         Order allow deny         Allow from all      lt  Directory gt   lt  VirtualHost gt        and also update the hosts file with 127 0 0 1 comm-app local and try to re-start apache but it is showing error   15 03 01   Apache   Error  Apache shutdown unexpectedly  15 03 01   Apache   This may be due to a blocked port  missing dependencies   15 03 01   Apache   improper privileges  a crash  or a shutdown by another method  15 03 01   Apache   Press the Logs button to view error logs and check 15 03 01   Apache   the Windows Event Viewer for more clues 15 03 01   Apache   If you need more help  copy and post this 15 03 01   Apache   entire log window on the forums

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Just change the port to 8081 and following virtual host will work    lt VirtualHost   8081 gt  ServerName comm-app local DocumentRoot  C  xampp htdocs CommunicationApp public  SetEnv APPLICATION ENV  development       lt Directory  C  xampp htdocs CommunicationApp public  gt          DirectoryIndex index php         AllowOverride All         Order allow deny         Allow from all      lt  Directory gt    lt  VirtualHost gt

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Problem with xampp in my case is when specifying a different folder other than htdocs are used  especially with multiple domains and dedicated folders  This is because httpd-ssl conf is also referencing  lt VirtualHost gt    To do this rem out the entire  lt VirtualHost gt  entry under httpd-ssl conf  From there  any setting you do in your httpd-vhosts conf will update as expected both http and https references

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I m a little late to the party  but I wrote this little bash script for Mac that creates a VirtualHost through the terminal       bin bash  echo  Welcome to the VirtualHostCreator  Press  lt RETURN gt  to continue    read  echo  Enter the name the VirtualHost you would like to create  No spaces or dashes  please    read hostname  echo  Enter the document root of the VirtualHost    read doc root  echo  Creating VirtualHost    hostname    You may be prompted for your password    hosts file   etc hosts  vhosts file   Applications XAMPP xamppfiles etc extra httpd-vhosts conf  restart command  sudo  Applications XAMPP xamppfiles xampp restart   cat  gt  gt   vhosts file  lt  lt  EndOfMessage  lt VirtualHost   hostname  gt      ServerName   hostname      DocumentRoot   Applications XAMPP xamppfiles htdocs   doc root    lt  VirtualHost gt  EndOfMessage  sudo sh -c  echo   127 0 0 1        hostname    gt  gt   hosts file    restart command   I m sure there are a few improvements that can be made  and it only has the two required options for the vhost  server name and document root   but it does the job much more quickly and efficiently than opening and editing all the files manually  and also automatically restarts XAMPP afterwards   This assumes that you have the default installation location for XAMPP  which can all be changed

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In Your disk drive  xampp apache conf extra httpd-vhosts conf exists an example and you could edit it with your configuration       lt VirtualHost   80 gt     ServerAdmin webmaster dummy-host example com    DocumentRoot  C  xampp htdocs dummy-host example com     ServerName dummy-host example com    ServerAlias www dummy-host example com    ErrorLog  logs dummy-host example com-error log     CustomLog  logs dummy-host example com-access log  common     lt  VirtualHost gt    It would be like this  as example and don t forget to add VirtualHost for localhost itself to have posibility run phpmyadmin and other project at the same time on the port 80  as example I will show with store local project    lt VirtualHost   80 gt  DocumentRoot  C  xampp htdocs  ServerName localhost  lt  VirtualHost gt    lt VirtualHost   80 gt  ServerAdmin webmaster store local DocumentRoot  c  xampp htdocs store local public  ServerName www store local ServerAlias store local  lt Directory C  xampp htdocs store local gt      AllowOverride All     Require all granted  lt  Directory gt   lt  VirtualHost gt    then as mentioned above you must add in  C  windows system32 drivers hosts to the bottom of the file  127 0 0 1    store local 127 0 0 1    www store local   restart Apache and try in the browser   store local or www store local   maybe at the first time you must to add like this    http   store local or http   www store local   to use other ports  you must add follows  before your VirtualHost   Listen 8081 or another which you prefer   then just use the port for your VirtualHost like this    lt VirtualHost   8081 gt  ServerAdmin webmaster store local DocumentRoot  c  xampp htdocs store local public  ServerName store local ServerAlias www store local  lt Directory C  xampp htdocs store local gt      AllowOverride All     Require all granted  lt  Directory gt      then restart Apache and try in the browser  store local 8081 or www store local 8081   and only project for which you add the port will running on this port  for example other projects and phpmyadmin will be still running on port 80

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I have been looking for the solution for quite a bit  And finally I have the answer  If your virtual host is not working on your Windows 10  or 7 etc  it s because of this new https hype  where all the sites are routed to https   XAMPP follows the same trend  so fixing virtual hosts  hosts file etc is not enough  due to strict https redirection  Here is the full solution   My desired site is located at D  xampp htdocs ikeen   1  Add this to your httpd-vhosts conf    lt VirtualHost   80 gt       ServerName localhost      DocumentRoot  D  xampp htdocs        lt Directory  D  xampp htdocs  gt           DirectoryIndex index php       lt  Directory gt    lt  VirtualHost gt    lt VirtualHost   80 gt       ServerName ikeen localhost      DocumentRoot  D  xampp htdocs ikeen       SetEnv APPLICATION ENV  development        lt Directory  D  xampp htdocs ikeen  gt           DirectoryIndex index php          AllowOverride All          Order allow deny          Allow from all               lt  Directory gt    lt  VirtualHost gt    2  Add this to the end of httpd conf    lt Directory   gt      AllowOverride none     Require all granted  lt  Directory gt    3  Add this line to your hosts file in Windows directory  127 0 0 1      ikeen localhost   4  The final step is to change the VirtualHost section of your httpd-ssl conf file to the following   lt VirtualHost  default  443 gt       General setup for the virtual host DocumentRoot  D  xampp htdocs   ServerName www example com 443 ServerName localhost ServerAdmin admin example com ErrorLog  D  xampp apache logs error log  TransferLog  D  xampp apache logs access log       General setup for the ikeen host DocumentRoot  D  xampp htdocs ikeen   ServerName www example com 443 ServerName ikeen localhost ServerAdmin admin example com ErrorLog  D  xampp apache logs error log  TransferLog  D  xampp apache logs access log    Restart and be happy

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I have added below configuration to the httpd conf and restarted the lampp service and it started working  Thanks to all the above posts  which helped me to resolve issues one by one   Listen 8080  lt VirtualHost   8080 gt      ServerAdmin webmaster dummy-host2 example com     DocumentRoot   opt lampp docs dummy-host2 example com      ServerName localhost 8080     ErrorLog  logs dummy-host2 example com-error log      CustomLog  logs dummy-host2 example com-access log  common      lt Directory   opt lampp docs dummy-host2 example com  gt          Require all granted       lt  Directory gt   lt  VirtualHost gt

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1  C  xampp apache conf https conf Virtual hosts Include conf extra httpd-vhosts conf   2  C  Windows System32 drivers etc hosts 127 0 0 1       localhost 127 0 0 1       helpdesk local   3  C  xampp apache conf extra httpd-vhosts conf  lt VirtualHost   80 gt      DocumentRoot  C  xampp htdocs helpdesk public      ServerName helpdesk local  lt  VirtualHost gt    Now  Restart Apache and go through the link   URL   http   helpdesk local

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Write these codes end of the C  xampp apache conf extra httpd-vhosts conf file   DocumentRoot  D  xampp htdocs foldername  ServerName www siteurl com ServerAlias www siteurl com ErrorLog  logs dummy-host example com-error log  CustomLog  logs dummy-host example com-access log  common   between the virtual host tag   and edit the file System32 Drivers etc hosts use notepad as administrator  add bottom of the file  127 0 0 1    www siteurl com

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Apache Virtual Host documentation Setting up a virtual host  vhost  provides several benefits   Virtual Hosts make URLs cleaner     localhost mysite vs mysite local  Virtual Hosts make permissions easier     restrict access for a single vhost on a local network vs permitting access to all sites on your local network  Some applications require a         in the URL  ahem Magento   While you can setup localhost com mysite by editing the Windows hosts file  creating a vhost is a better solution    VirtualHost Directive Contains directives that apply only to a specific hostname or IP address Location Directive Applies the enclosed directives only to matching URLs  Example changes over configuration file - D  xampp apache conf extra httpd-vhosts conf   lt VirtualHost   80 gt      ServerAdmin localhost     DocumentRoot  quot D  xampp htdocs quot      ServerName localhost  lt  VirtualHost gt    lt VirtualHost localhost 80 gt    ServerAdmin webmaster host example com   DocumentRoot  quot  www docs host example com quot     DocumentRoot  quot D  xampp htdocs phpPages quot    ServerName host example com   ErrorLog  quot logs host example com-error log quot    TransferLog  quot logs host example com-access log quot   lt  VirtualHost gt     To get view of PHP application in the Browser   lt VirtualHost   80 gt      ServerAdmin postmaster dummy-host localhost     DocumentRoot  quot D  xampp htdocs app1 quot      ServerName app1 yash com     ServerAlias app1 yash com     ErrorLog  quot logs app1 yash com-error log quot      CustomLog  quot logs app1 yash com-access log quot  combined            App1 communication proxy call to Java War applications from XAMP      lt Location  ServletApp1 gt              ProxyPass  http   app1 yashJava com 8080 ServletApp1             ProxyPassReverse  http   app1 yashJava com 8080 ServletApp1             Order Allow Deny             Allow from all      lt  Location gt   lt  VirtualHost gt    lt VirtualHost   80 gt      ServerAdmin postmaster infotreesolutions com     DocumentRoot  quot D  xampp htdocs app2 quot      ServerName app2 yash com     ErrorLog  quot logs app2 yash com-error log quot      CustomLog  quot logs app2 yash com-access log quot  combined            App1 communication proxy call to Java War applications from XAMP      lt Location  ServletApp2 gt              ProxyPass  http   app1 yashJava com 8080 ServletApp2             ProxyPassReverse  http   app1 yashJava com 8080 ServletApp2             Order Allow Deny             Allow from all      lt  Location gt   lt  VirtualHost gt    Update Your Windows Hosts File    Open your Windows hosts file located in C  Windows System32 drivers etc hosts     localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself      127 0 0 1       localhost       1             localhost  127 0 0 1       test com 127 0 0 1       example com 127 0 0 1       myssl yash com    D  xampp apache conf httpd conf   httpd-ssl conf  http   httpd apache org docs 2 2 mod mod ssl html     Listen  Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and or   ports  instead of the default  See also the  lt VirtualHost gt  directive    Listen 0 0 0 0 80        80 Listen 80  LoadModule proxy http module modules mod proxy http so LoadModule speling module modules mod speling so    ServerAdmin  Your address  where problems with the server should be e-mailed    This address appears on some server-generated pages  such as error documents     e g  admin your-domain com ServerAdmin postmaster localhost ServerName localhost 80 DocumentRoot  quot D  xampp htdocs quot    lt Directory  quot D  xampp htdocs quot  gt      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI     AllowOverride All     Require all granted  lt  Directory gt     Virtual hosts Include  quot conf extra httpd-vhosts conf quot           httpd-ssl conf - SSL Virtual Host Context         Note  Configurations that use IPv6 but not IPv4-mapped addresses need two         Listen directives   quot Listen      443 quot  and  quot Listen 0 0 0 0 443 quot  Listen 443    SSL Virtual Host Context  lt VirtualHost  default  443 gt      DocumentRoot  quot D  xampp htdocs projectFolderSSL quot      ServerName myssl yash com 443     ServerAlias myssl yash com 443              ServerAdmin webmaster localhost     ErrorLog  quot logs error log quot       lt IfModule log config module gt          CustomLog  quot logs access log quot  combined      lt  IfModule gt              Redirecting URL from Web server to Application server over different machine        myssl yash com 443 ServletWebApp      lt Location  path gt          ProxyPass  http   java yash2 com 8444 ServletWebApp         ProxyPassReverse  http   java yash2 com 8444 ServletWebApp         Order Allow Deny         Allow from all      lt  Location gt            SSLCertificateFile  quot conf ssl crt server crt quot      SSLCertificateFile  quot D  SSL Vendor yash crt quot            SSLCertificateKeyFile  quot conf ssl key server key quot      SSLCertificateKeyFile  quot D  SSL Vendor private-key key quot            SSLCertificateChainFile  quot conf ssl crt server-ca crt quot      SSLCertificateChainFile  quot D  SSL Vendor intermediate crt quot   lt  VirtualHost gt          httpd-ssl conf - SSL Virtual Host Context           see  XAMPP security concept - Error 403 404 Apache VirtualHost and localhost

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I fixed it using following configuration    Listen 85   lt VirtualHost   85 gt             DocumentRoot  C  xampp htdocs LaraBlog public              lt Directory  C  xampp htdocs CommunicationApp public  gt             DirectoryIndex index php            AllowOverride All            Order allow deny            Allow from all             lt  Directory gt    lt  VirtualHost gt

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Step 1  Open Host File Under  C  Windows System32 drivers etc   Add   127 0 0 1  vipsnum mk   Step 2  Open httpd-vhosts conf File Under  C  xampp apache conf extra   Add    lt VirtualHost vipsnum mk 80 gt      ServerName vipsnum mk     DocumentRoot  C  xampp htdocs vipnum       SetEnv APPLICATION ENV  development       lt Directory  C  xampp htdocs vipnum   gt          DirectoryIndex index php         AllowOverride All         Order allow deny         Allow from all      lt  Directory gt   lt  VirtualHost gt

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Add this Code in C  xampp apache conf extra httpd-vhosts conf   lt VirtualHost   80 gt  DocumentRoot  C  xampp htdocs  ServerName qa-staging com ServerAlias www qa-staging com  lt Directory  c  xampp htdocs  gt  Order allow deny Allow from all  lt  Directory gt   lt  VirtualHost gt    Now Add your virtual host name in bellow file   C  Windows System32 drivers etc hosts   127 0 0 1       qa-staging com  If you are not able to save this code in host file then right click on notpad select Run as administrator and then you can able to save your custom code now restart your XAMP

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Simple  You can see the below template and use it accordingly  Its very common to create a virtual host and very simple  Surely below template will work     lt VirtualHost   8081 gt  DocumentRoot  C  xampp htdocs testsite  ServerName testsite loc ServerAlias www testsite loc  lt Directory  c  xampp htdocs testsite  gt  Order allow deny Allow from all  lt  Directory gt   lt  VirtualHost gt    Also for more reference about virtual host please visit this site   http   www thegeekstuff com 2011 07 apache-virtual-host  Thanks

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lt VirtualHost   80 gt      DocumentRoot  D  projects yourdirectry name      ServerName local yourdomain com      lt Directory  D  projects yourdirectry name  gt          Require all granted       lt  Directory gt   lt  VirtualHost gt    Save the Apache configuration file   for detailed info refer to this

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Step 1  C  WINDOWS system32 drivers etc  Open the  hosts  file    127 0 0 1       localhost 127 0 0 1       test com 127 0 0 1       example com   Step 2  xampp apache conf extra httpd-vhosts conf   lt VirtualHost   80 gt      DocumentRoot C  xampp htdocs test      ServerName www test com  lt  VirtualHost gt   lt VirtualHost   80 gt      DocumentRoot C  xampp htdocs example      ServerName www example com  lt  VirtualHost gt    Step 3  C  xampp apache conf httpd conf  Scroll down to the 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  Restart XAMPP and now run in your browser     www example com or www test com

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I see two errors    lt VirtualHost   80 gt  - gt  Fix to  8081  your POrt the server runs on     ServerName comm-app local     DocumentRoot  C  xampp htdocs CommunicationApp public      SetEnv APPLICATION ENV  development       lt Directory  C  xampp htdocs CommunicationApp public  - gt  This is probably why it crashes  missing  gt          DirectoryIndex index php         AllowOverride All         Order allow deny         Allow from all      lt  Directory gt   - gt  MIssing close container   lt  VirtualHost gt     Fixed version    lt VirtualHost   8081 gt      ServerName comm-app local     DocumentRoot  C  xampp htdocs CommunicationApp public      SetEnv APPLICATION ENV  development       lt Directory  C  xampp htdocs CommunicationApp public  gt          DirectoryIndex index php         AllowOverride All         Order allow deny         Allow from all      lt  Directory gt   lt  VirtualHost gt    One thing to mention   You can always try and run command   service apache2 configtest   This will tell you when you got a malformed configuration and maybe even can tell you where the problem is   Furthermore it helps avoid unavailability in a LIVE system   service apache2 restart   will shutdown and then fail to start  this configtest you know beforehand  oops I did something wrong  I should fix this first  but the apache itself is still running with old configuration

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