Set up virtual hosts on Apache (XAMPP, Windows 10) - apache

I try to set up virtual host for some local site with XAMPP.
I executed next steps:
In "C:/xampp/apache/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf" I added:
<VirtualHost *:8081>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:8081>
DocumentRoot C:/xampp/htdocs/fw/public
ServerName fw.local.com
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/fw/public">
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Inside "C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts" I added:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 fw.local.com
Restarted Apache.
And...
If I follow to:
http://localhost:8081/
All is OK: I see my catalog with projects in folder "htdocs".
But! If I follow to:
http://fw.local.com/
I expect to see result of my "index.php" file inside "..htdocs/fw/public". But I get:
This site can’t be reached
fw.local.com refused to connect.
File "C:/xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf" contains:
# Virtual hosts
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Where I was wrong?

You should change: <VirtualHost *:8081> to <VirtualHost *:80> on both counts, fw.local.com attempts to connect to port 80, not 8081.
Edit: You could also keep it the way you have it and connect to: http://fw.local.com:8081/

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MAMP Apache Won't Start with Virtual Host for SimpleSAMLphp

I'm attempting to configure simpleSAMLphp within a MAMP/Apache environment on Windows 10 and below is my httpd-vhosts.conf file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot C:/MAMP/htdocs
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName simplesamlphp
DocumentRoot C:/MAMP/htdocs/pro-dashboard
Alias /simplesaml C:/MAMP/simplesamlphp/www
<Directory C:/MAMP/simplesamlphp/www>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
And here is my /etc/hosts file:
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
# Virtual Hosts
127.0.0.1 simplesamlphp
Apache starts via MAMP totally fine without including this httpd-vhosts.conf file in my httpd.conf file, but as soon as its included, Apache will not start so the issue appears to be with httpd-vhosts.conf. No errors are shown in the apache_error.log file. My Apache version is 2.2 so I believe my Directory directives in my second VirtualHost are correct.
I've tried double quoting the DocumentRoot's, directory paths etc, and also tried backslashes over forward slashes. I spent most of yesterday trying to figure this out while scouring the web but nothing I found has made this work.
Any help is much appreciated!
Try this modified config
The path in Directory header same as DocumentRoot!
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot C:/MAMP/htdocs
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName simplesamlphp
DocumentRoot C:/MAMP/htdocs/pro-dashboard
Alias /simplesaml C:/MAMP/simplesamlphp/www
<Directory C:/MAMP/htdocs/pro-dashboard>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
So oddly enough, taking out what I had in httpd-vhosts.conf and simply putting it in my httpd.conf file makes Apache start back up.

Serving multiple root directories in Apache

I would like my two sites: flowers.loc (Drupal 8) and honey.loc (Drupal 7) sites to work locally on Apache (v: 2.234).
First directory for flowers.loc:
Sites/drupal8/docroot
Second directory for honey.loc:
Sites/drupal7/docroot
I have this setting in httpd, apache configuration file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
DocumentRoot /User/Vizzaro/Sites
<Directory "/User/Vizzaro/Sites">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Have a look at https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/examples.html to find out how to set up virtual hosts. Your configuration file has only one virtual host entry but you need one entry for each site. And furthermore your config is missing the ServerName. Try this: (untested)
# Ensure that Apache listens on port 80
Listen 80
# Listen for virtual host requests on all IP addresses
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName flowers.loc
DocumentRoot /User/Vizzaro/Sites/drupal8/docroot
# Other directives here
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName honey.loc
DocumentRoot /User/Vizzaro/Sites/drupal7/docroot
# Other directives here
</VirtualHost>
And be sure that honey.loc and flowers.loc both point to the IP of the machine on wich your apache is running. Try ping flowers.loc - if this results in an error like Name or service not known you probably have to edit your hosts file to fix it.

Xampp Virtual Hosts redirecting to localhost instead of the right folder

I try to use a Virtual Hosts on xampp (apache 2.4), on Windows 10.
I've been through a lot of topics and posts and tried every combination of port etc, and I couldn't make it work.
When I try to access my project it redirects me to localhost (default).
Here's my system32/drivers/etc/hosts :
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 yanns-properties.test
Here's my httpd-vhosts.conf :
NameVirtualHost *:8080
<VirtualHost _default_:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
# Site: yanns-properties
<VirtualHost *:8080>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/yanns-properties"
ServerName yanns-properties.test
CustomLog "C:/xampp/htdocs/yanns-properties/custom.log" combined
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/yanns-properties">
Options All
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
I also put in my httpd.conf file :
Listen 80
Listen 8080
When I try to access yanns-properties.test, it redirects me to localhost (with list of file since I renamed index).
I tested with various port, with my project in a different folder ... I don't know what to do anymore.
Thanks for your help !
I

Both virtual hosts go to default

I'm trying to add a virtual host to xampp server but it seems I'm missing something because the second site does not show up, localhost is displayed instead. I don't know what is wrong with these settings:
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "c:/xampp/htdocs/site1/public"
ServerName site1
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/site1/public">
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Options all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
I added the virtual host to the hosts file:
127.0.0.1 localhost site1
Maybe try just adding
127.0.0.1 site1.local
to your hosts file (on windows C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts)
save file and make sure to restart xampp from the control panel
Give this a try:
In your httpd-vhosts.conf file:
<VirtualHost localhost>
DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\htdocs"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost site1>
DocumentRoot "c:\xampp\htdocs\site1\public"
ServerName site1
<Directory "C:\xampp\htdocs\site1\public">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
And in your hosts file:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 site1
What I've done here:
Instead of using *:80, I'm using the name of the host. This gives it a more direct matching approach.
I've exchanged all forward slashed with backslashes. This doesn't really make a difference, but Windows uses backslashes - this is just a rule of thumb.
I have removed NameVirtualHost as, to my current knowledge, it does not make any difference, and thus depreciated. Future versions may recogise it as an unknown key.
Yeah, just use the solution from Mike and do not forget to uncomment line
#Include /Applications/XAMPP/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
within your httpd.conf file

configuring virtual host and localhost redirecting to the xampp folder

I have problem with creating virtual host. I am using Windows 7 x64 Professional. In file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts I have only this lines:
127.0.0.1 myhost
127.0.0.1 www.myhost
And in file C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf I have this:
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/"
ServerName localhost
ServerAlias www.localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/Users/Me/Dropbox/Project/public"
ServerName myhost
ServerAlias www.myhost
<Directory "C:/Users/Me/Dropbox/Project/public">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
And of course I have restared my Apache server after adding this lines in those files.
Unfortunatly typing myhost or www.myhost in my browser redirect me to the myhost/xampp.
I have already search and I have found on google and also on stackoverflow description how to configure virtual hosts using xampp but how can I recognize I have done everything alright. I know that my problem isn't new but I didn't found working solution for me.
I have also recognized that typing localhost in my browser redirect me alsto localhost/xampp. I don't know whether these problems are linked in my case.
I had this same issue. Your first request is redirecting to the htdocs root directory. If you look at index.php in the htdocs directory, you can see very brief code that takes the incoming request and redirects it to the xampp directory.
I fixed it by fiddling with the httpd-vhosts.conf file. In your case, try making the following edits:
NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\htdocs\
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost www.myhost>
DocumentRoot "C:\Users\Me\Dropbox\Project\public"
ServerName www.myhost
ServerAlias www.myhost
<Directory "C:\Users\Me\Dropbox\Project\public">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
I had a similar issue and found that I had to go to my Apache24 main httpd.conf file and uncomment around line 501 "Include conf/extra/httpd-vhost.conf"
I had never used that before and it was still #'ed out. Hope this helped anyone not finding other answers here. My Apache24 can now see my vhost file.
You need to enable name-based virtual hosting.
Near the top of the file in C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts
uncomment #NameVirtualHost *:80
i.e. from:
#
# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#
#NameVirtualHost *:80
To:
#
# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#
NameVirtualHost *:80
(Note the last line now is uncommented).
Worked like a charm for me. :)
try this
[ file : C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf ]
<VirtualHost basic.test:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/basic/public/"
ServerName basic.test
</VirtualHost>
[ file : C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts ]
(open as admin)
127.0.0.1 basic.test
127.0.0.1 localhost
For me replacing this one <VirtualHost *:80> to this <VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80> working fine.