how to create virtual host on XAMPP

Question

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).

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName comm-app.local
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/CommunicationApp/public"
SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV "development"
    <Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/CommunicationApp/public"
        DirectoryIndex index.php
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>    

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

Answer 1

I fixed it using following configuration.

 Listen 85
 <VirtualHost *:85>
           DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/LaraBlog/public"
           <Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/CommunicationApp/public">
           DirectoryIndex index.php
           AllowOverride All
           Order allow,deny
           Allow from all
           </Directory>
 </VirtualHost>

Answer 2

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 <RETURN> 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 >> $vhosts_file << EndOfMessage
<VirtualHost ${hostname}>
    ServerName ${hostname}
    DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/${doc_root}"
</VirtualHost>
EndOfMessage

sudo sh -c "echo \"127.0.0.1       $hostname\" >> $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.

Answer 3

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

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

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

Answer 4

Just change the port to 8081 and following virtual host will work:

<VirtualHost *:8081>
ServerName comm-app.local
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/CommunicationApp/public"
SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV "development"
    <Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/CommunicationApp/public">
        DirectoryIndex index.php
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory> 
</VirtualHost>

Answer 5

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
<VirtualHost *:8080>
    ServerAdmin [e-mail]
    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
    <Directory "/opt/lampp/docs/dummy-host2.example.com">
        Require all granted 
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Answer 6

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.

<VirtualHost *:8081>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/testsite"
ServerName testsite.loc
ServerAlias www.testsite.loc
<Directory "c:/xampp/htdocs/testsite">
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Also for more reference about virtual host please visit this site. http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/07/apache-virtual-host

Thanks,