Random Thoughts of a Technology Enthusiast » apache http://vinodpandey.com Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:23:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Setting Up Virtual Hosts in Wamp Server http://vinodpandey.com/setting-up-virtual-hosts-in-wamp-server/ http://vinodpandey.com/setting-up-virtual-hosts-in-wamp-server/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:16:04 +0000 Vinod Pandey http://vinodpandey.com/?p=28
  • Step 1.
  • Edit hosts file to map virtual host name to ip address.
    add 127.0.0.1 xxxxx.localhost
    i have used vinod.localhost
    Location:C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
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  • In vista, run the notepad in administrator mode to edit hosts file.1
  • Step 2.
  • Edit Apache configuration file httpd.conf  to add server name and document location for virtual hosts.
    after DocumentRoot “c:/wamp/www/” in httpd.conf, add
  • NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp/www"
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
ServerName vinod.localhost
DocumentRoot "c:/wamp/www/vinod/"
</VirtualHost>
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  • Step 3.
  • create your project folder at the destination folder specified.
  • Step 4.
  • Restart Apache server for changes to take effect.
  • Step 5.
  • Nothing here :) . http://vinod.localhost/ should serve the files in c:/wamp/www/vinod/ now.
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