Switching between virtual host and localhost

Question

I created a virtual host by copying and pasting this code in my httpd-vhosts configuration file:

!

##<VirtualHost *:80>

##ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com

##DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/dummy-host.example.com"

##ServerName dummy-host.example.com

##ServerAlias www.dummy-host.example.com

##ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-error.log"

##CustomLog "logs/dummy-host.example.com-access.log" common

##</VirtualHost>

If I delete this code I won't be able to access the site for which I created the fake domain. On the other hand, I can't create another site because now 127.0.0.1 is synonymous with the virtual domain.

So do you keep the changed code and comment it out until the day you might need to access the site? Or do you change the site host name to localhost/sitename as you would normally when you create a site to test locally?

Rob Hecker2 · Accepted Answer

I usually just put the site folder name after the localhost/ so I don't have to do anything.

http://localhost/vehiclemanager

http://vehiclemanager.com

I usually just put the site folder name after the localhost/ so I don't have to do anything.

Sure. I think many people do that, but it won't be as close a match to the remote system as if you used virtual hosts. I never use an extension (com net org) when I create virtual hosts, but if I have two sites with the same name but different extensions, I use:

china_com
china_net

Rob Hecker2 · Answer

I have about 20 virtual hosts pointed to 127.0.0.1

In windows / system32 / drivers / hosts you attach all of them to 127.0.0.1 but in Apache you point each domain to the specific "physical location" in the file path

Example:

    DocumentRoot "D:/Apache24/htdocs/yogasite/55"
    <Directory "D:/Apache24/htdocs/yogasite/55">
        Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
        DirectoryIndex index.php
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ServerName china:80
    SetEnvIf Authorization "(.*)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1

    # include the folder containing the vhost aliases for zend server deployment
    IncludeOptional "D:\ZendServer\etc\sites.d\http\china\80/*.conf"

</VirtualHost>

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