Apache - Virtual Server Setup

By Sergey Skudaev

Here we learn how to configure Apache to set up virtual servers. If you do not install Apache and PHP then first read a tutorial about installation and configuration Apache and PHP under Windows. If you develop several web sites on your local PC, it is convenient to create a separate virtual server for each web site.

On my PC, Apache installed in c:/Apache2.2 directory. On your PC it may be different. Anyway, find conf directory inside the Apache directory and open httpd.conf file in notepad. Scroll down to the end of the file and type a directive for a virtual server. I give you an example of two virtual servers with an IP address of 127.0.0.2 and 127.0.0.3. You can create as many virtual servers as you want using this example as a template.

In my case, on C drive I created directory sitea/htdocs and siteb/htdocs. Place index.html file in each hdocs directory.

For site A, I type in index.html the following line of HTML code: <h1>Site A</h1>
In index.html for site b I typed the following line of HTML code: <h1>Site B</h1>

Restart Apache, open browser and type in URL http://127.0.0.2 and press enter.

The browser displays text: Site A.

Type http://127.0.0.3 and press enter. The browser display text: Site B

You can place a PHP file in each root (htdocs) directory and try to run it. It will be running.

Now you can develop two separate web sites.

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