Host Multiple Websites On One Apache Server On Ubuntu
1. Install Apache Web Server
If you don’t have an Apache server installed refer to post: How To Install Apache On Ubuntu 20.04.
2. Create the Directory Structure
First, create a document root directory for both websites by commands:
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sudo mkdir /var/www/html/example.com |
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sudo mkdir /var/www/html/example1.com |
Next, create an index.html page to be track the results.
Create an index.html page for site example.com.
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sudo nano /var/www/html/example.com/index.html |
Copy and paste below content to file.
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<html><head> <title>example.com</title></head><body> <h1>Welcome to example.com website</h1></body></html> |
Next, create an index.html page for site example1.com.
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sudo nano /var/www/html/example1.com/index.html |
Copy and paste below content to file.
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<html><head> <title>example1.com</title></head><body> <h1>Welcome to example1.com website</h1></body></html> |
3. Grant Permissions
Grant permissions of example.com and example1.com directory by commands:
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chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/example.com |
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chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/example1.com |
4. Create a Virtual Host Configuration File
Create an Apache virtual host configuration file for example.com:
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sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf |
Add the following lines:
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<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost ServerName example.com ServerAlias www.example.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html/example.com ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined</VirtualHost> |
Create an Apache virtual host configuration file for example1.com:
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sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/example1.com.conf |
And add the following lines:
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<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost ServerName example1.com ServerAlias www.example1.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html/example1.com ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined</VirtualHost> |
Then, enable the virtual host configuration file with the following commands:
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sudo a2ensite example.com.conf |
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sudo a2ensite example1.com.conf |
Restart Apache for the changes to take effect.
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sudo systemctl restart apache2 |
5. Test your Results
Visit the website with the path http://example.com you will see results like this:
And visit the website with the path http://example1.com you will see results like this:
Thank you for reading!