How to Setup Apache Virtual Hosts on CentOS 7

November 26, 2020

Steps to Setup Apache Virtual Hosts on CentOS 7

Step 1 – Install Webserver:

yum install -y httpd

After install Start and Enable Service

Step 2 – Enable Service:

#systemctl enable httpd

Step 3 – Start Service:

#systemctl start httpd

Step 4 – Allow Firewall:

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=https

sudo firewall-cmd --reload

Step 5 – Create Path Web:

mkdir -p /var/www/test1.com

mkdir -p /var/www/test2.com

Step 6 – Create HTML File:

This is for Test1 web page

vi /var/www/test1.com/index.html


            <!doctype html >
            <html lang="en">
            <head> 
               <title> to test1.com</title>
            </head>
            <body> 
                <h1>! test1.com home page!</h1>
            </body>
            </html>

This is for Test2 web page

vi /var/www/test2.com/index.html


            <!doctype html >
            <html lang="en">
            <head> 
               <title> to test2.com</title>
            </head>
            <body> 
                <h1>! test2.com home page!</h1>
            </body>
            </html>

Step 7 – Make permision:

chown -R apache: /var/www/test1.com

chown -R apache: /var/www/test2.com

Step 8 – Create Virsual Host:

This is for test1.com conf

vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/test1.com.conf


<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName test1.com
ServerAlias www.test1.com
ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/test1.com 

<Directory /var/www/test1.com>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/test1.com-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/test1.com-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

This is for test2.com conf

vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/test2.com.conf


<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName test2.com
ServerAlias www.test2.com
ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/test2.com 

<Directory /var/www/test2.com>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/test2.com-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/test2.com-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>