To install and configure Apache virtual host on Ubuntu 24.04, follow these steps:
Step 1 : First, make sure your package lists are up-to-date by running:
sudo apt update
Step 2 : If Apache is not already installed, you can install it by running:
sudo apt install apache2
Step 3 : Create a directory to store your website files. For example:
sudo mkdir /var/www/example.com
Step 4 : Create a simple HTML file as the main page of your website:
sudo nano /var/www/example.com/index.html
Add some content to this file, such as:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Welcome to Example.com</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello, World!</h1>
<p>This is the default page of example.com.</p>
</body>
</html>
Step 5 : Make sure the directory and files are accessible by Apache:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/example.com
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/example.com
Step 6 : Create a new virtual host configuration file. For example:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf
Add the following content, replacing example.com with your domain name:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Step 7 : Enable the virtual host configuration you just created:
sudo a2ensite example.com.conf
Step 8 : Test the Apache configuration for syntax errors:
sudo apache2ctl configtest
If the test is successful, restart Apache for the changes to take effect:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Step 9 : Open a web browser and navigate to your domain (e.g., http://example.com) to see your website.
Congratulations! You have successfully set up and configured an Apache virtual host on Ubuntu 24.04.
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