Virtual Hosts XAMPP [Linux Ubuntu] not working

ubuntu xampp vhosts
Ahmed Jolani picture Ahmed Jolani · Jun 4, 2012 · Viewed 20.9k times · Source

I tried to create a virtual host magento.developers.com in Ubuntu 12.04 using XAMPP.
First I have edited the /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf and added the following lines:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot "/opt/lampp/htdocs/magento"
    ServerName magento.developers.com
    ErrorLog "logs/magento.developers.com-error_log"
    CustomLog "logs/magento.developers.com-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>


I have restarted XAMPP using the command sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart and then I have edited
the hosts file and added:

127.0.0.1   magento.developers.com

Then I tried to access magento.developers.com using the browser and it's not accessing

/opt/lampp/htdocs/magento

What I have to do to make it work and access magento folder instead of htdocs (the root)?

Answer

Ahmed Jolani picture Ahmed Jolani · Jun 4, 2012

The virtual hosts conf by defualt is disabled in httpd.conf, in order to allow virtual hosts
in XAMPP under Ubuntu you have to uncomment line 480 in httpd.conf:

MAINSTEP: Uncomment line 480 as below:

479. # Virtual hosts
480. Include etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

The httpd.conf file is located under /opt/lampp/etc, to modify it just follow these steps:

1. run sudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf
2. apply MAINSTEP

Related questions

How to Solve the XAMPP 1.7.7 - PHPMyAdmin - MySQL Error #2002 in Ubuntu

I have been through lots of forums and checked various posts on similar topic but non seems to work out for me. I have freshly installed XAMPP 1.7.7 on my Ubuntu 11.10 Operating system. Everything is running except for the phpMyAdmin. Upon …

Read More
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)' -- Missing /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

My problem started off with me not being able to log in as root any more on my mysql install. I was attempting to run mysql without passwords turned on... but whenever I ran the command # mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables & …

Read More
How to install the JDK on Ubuntu Linux

I am trying to install the Java Development Kit (JDK) on Ubuntu Linux distribution, but I am unable to install it. What are the steps to install it on Ubuntu?

Read More