Apache 2.2.15-5 virtual host configuration on linux machine

Step 1 : create the following  directories
 
 mkdir -p /www/docs
 mkdir -p /www/docs/site
 mkdir -p /www/docs/vhost

Step 2: add the virtual host name into the host file 

vi /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost     localdomain
127.0.0.1 vhost     vdomain


Step 3: Enable the port listening  /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file


Listen 80 // default server port
Listen 8080 //another port




Step 4: Enable the Name based virtual port

NameVirtualHost *:80      // Default port for  vitual host
NameVirtualHost *:8080   //  Additional port for virtual Host


Step 5: Virtual host Directory Entry

# Default port custom document path

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName virtualhost
    DocumentRoot /www/docs
    <Directory /www/docs>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
#Additional port with custom Document Path
<VirtualHost *:8080>
    DocumentRoot /www/docs/site
    ServerName virtualhost
    <Directory /www/docs/site>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
#Additional hostname with custom document path
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName vhost
    DocumentRoot /www/docs/vhost
</VirtualHost>

Step 6: configuration verification

#service httpd configtest

[root@localhost vhost]# service httpd configtest
Syntax OK

Step 7 : start the httpd server

#service httpd start

Step 8: browse the virtual host

default port
#links http://localhost 
additional port
#links http://localhost:8080
additional virtual name
#links http://vhost


Step 9 : check the port listinng 

#netstat -vatn