Create a Virtual Host for a New Site

create_vhost.sh

#!/bin/bash

# run with sudo create_vhost
# replace {path to public} eg /var/www/laravel/public

# Create the file with VirtualHost configuration in /etc/apache2/site-available/
echo "<VirtualHost *:80>
        DocumentRoot {path to public}
        ServerName lawfirmrater.dev
        <Directory {path to public}>
                Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews +Includes
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>
</VirtualHost>" > /etc/apache2/sites-available/lawfirmrater.dev.conf

# Add the host to the hosts file
echo 127.0.0.1 lawfirmrater.dev >> /etc/hosts
 
 
# Enable the site
a2ensite lawfirmrater.dev
 
# Reload Apache2
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart