create_virtual_hos.sh

Bash Script to create new virtual host on macOS

Description

create_virtual_hos is simple script which create virtual host for local web development. The script add your new host to appache virtual host configuration file and the host files.

What is added

httpd-vhost.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>

ServerName example.com

ServerAlias www.example.com

DocumentRoot "/Users/yourUsername/Sites/example"

ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/example_log"

CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/example-access_log" common

hosts

127.0.0.1 example.com www.example.com

Why this script

Well, if your using Apache server that ships with macOS there chance that you manually create virtual host for every local project you create. This script kind of solve that problem by inserting all the necessary info into the required files to have your virtual host up and running.

Requirement

• macOS 10.10 or above
• You have manually setup your webserver

Usage

• Download the script and extract it to folder (example Desktop)
• Make the script executable with

chmod a+x ./create_virtual_hos.sh

• The run it

./create_virtual_hos.sh

You may need to use sudo

Required input

• DocumentRoot = "/path to your project folder" don't forget the double quote, the path should be absolute.
• ServerAlias = www.example.com or .dev, .local, .test anything you want.
• ServerName = example.com

GNU Public License version 3. Please feel free to fork and modify this on GitHub (https://github.com/stoneC0der/create_virtual_host).