Creating Virtual Hosts in Apache for Fedora

In the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file add following line at the end or in the virtual host section.

NameVirtualHost *

# for domain mydomain1.com
< VirtualHost * >
DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/mydomain1/htdocs
ServerName mydomain1.com
ErrorLog /var/www/vhosts/mydomain1/logs/error_log
CustomLog /var/www/vhosts/mydomain1/logs/access_log common
< /VirtualHost >


# for domain mydomain2.com
< VirtualHost * >
DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/mydomain2/htdocs
ServerName mydomain2.com
ErrorLog /var/www/vhosts/mydomain2/logs/error_log
CustomLog /var/www/vhosts/mydomain2/logs/access_log common
< /VirtualHost >

Save end Close the file.

Create directories/files according to the virtual hosts defined in the httpd.conf file.

$ cd /var/www
$ mkdir vhosts
$ cd /var/www/vhosts
$ mkdir -p mydomain1/htdocs
$ cd mydomain1
$ mkdir logs
$ cd logs
$ touch error_log
$ touch access_log
$ cd mydomain1
$ chown -R apache:apache logs
$ chown -R apache:apache htdocs

Restart the web server (apache).

/etc/init.d/httpd restart

To teat the Virtual Host syntax:

$ /usr/sbin/httpd -S

(Output will be like below)

VirtualHost configuration:
wildcard NameVirtualHosts and _default_ servers:
*:* is a NameVirtualHost
port * namevhost mydomain1.com (/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:1049)
port * namevhost mydomain2.com (/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:1057)
Syntax OK

Virtual Host can be easily set and tested on Local Fedora / Redhat machine
In local Fedora/RH machine:

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1

< VirtualHost 127.0.0.1 >
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"
ServerName localhost
< /VirtualHost >

< VirtualHost 127.0.0.1 >
DocumentRoot "/var/www/mysite"
ServerName mysite.com
< /VirtualHost >

Add the mysite.com in the /etc/hosts file (at the end)
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost localhost
::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6
127.0.0.1 mysite.com mysite.com

Restart the Apache.

Point your browser at:
http://localhost

It will display the content under /var/www/html dir

http://mysite.com/

It will display the content under /var/www/mysite dir