Creating new virtual host while using Xampp in Ubuntu (Linux)

I need this stuff quite often. Every time i need to create a new virtual host in Ubuntu i have to google/search to find this solution as i cannot remember these paths properly. I am posting it here for quick reference for myself. Bookmark it for yourself (which i am going to do after i have finished posting it ;))

1. Enable virtual hosts by editing httpd.conf, if it is not enabled already. Once you enable it you can skip this step next time.

sudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf

Find #Include etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf and remove the # to un-comment this line

Include etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

2. Add new virtual host by opening the httpd-vhosts.conf file

sudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

Usually, by default there are two virtual hosts in this file. You can edit one or create new one by copy-pasting one of them. The required entries are DocumentRoot andServerName

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin your_email@domain_name.com
DocumentRoot /opt/lampp/htdocs/mysite_folder
ServerName mysite.local
ServerAlias www.mysite.local
ErrorLog logs/mysite.local-error_log
CustomLog logs/mysite.local-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

3. Next, you will need to tell Xampp server where to find the address you added above:

sudo gedit /etc/hosts

Add the following line:

127.0.0.1 mysite.local

4. Restart xampp server by doing

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart

5. Type http://local.mysite in browser’s address bar and it should work.

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