How to create a virtual host in ubuntu

 To set up virtual host

    -create a project directory

Step 1 — Create a conf file

Copy 000-default.com.conf to create a new file in /etc/apache2/sites-available:

$ cd /etc/apache2/sites-available
$ sudo cp 000-default.com.conf example.com.conf

    -include that directory to sites available using <directoryname>.conf file- sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/directoryname.conf
*nano-open editor
    -include the following contents for bionic beaver 18.04 ubuntu
        

Step 2 — Modify the new conf file

    -

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin your.email@gmail.com
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com/public_html
    <Directory /var/www/example.com/public_html>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
    <IfModule mod_dir.c>
        DirectoryIndex index.php index.pl index.cgi index.html index.xhtml index.htm
    </IfModule>
</VirtualHost>

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Restarting apache

    
include in/etc/hosts  if you dont have any ip

/or set up domain in godaddy
        -ip adress and server name
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Step 3 — Enabling a virtual host

-to enable the site
        sudo a2ensite <directoryname>
    -to test for syntax errors
        sudo apachectl configtest
-syntax ok

    -restart apache services
        sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 4— Enabling SSL

Install certbot

sudo snap install --classic certbot

 

$ sudo certbot --apache -d example.com -d www.example.com 

sudo systemctl restart apache2 

 Reference website:

https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-host-multiple-website-with-apache-virtual-hosts-4423bd0aefbf