Niklas Tech Blog

I usually work with the backend of web applications so I do not get enough training in setting up virtual hosts, so I thought I better put an example up here. At least to have something to start with.

I use the built in apache server on OSX and I usually put my virtual hosts in the <username>.conf (/private/etc/apache2/users/<username>.conf) where <username> is simply your username 🙂

Example:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName my.zendapp.com
        DocumentRoot "/Users/<username>/Sites/myzendapp"
        ServerAdmin admin@my.zendapp.com

        <Directory "/Users/<username>/Sites/myzendapp">
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride FileInfo
                Order allow,deny
                Allow from all
        </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

To get my.zendapp.com to work we need to put an entry in the hosts file like this:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost 
fe80::1%lo0     localhost
127.0.0.1       my.zendapp.com

To reach your new zendapp go to: http://my.zendapp.com/public

If you want to use http://my.zendapp.com instead just add the public part to the DocumentRoot:

DocumentRoot "/Users/<username>/Sites/myzendapp/public"
ServerAdmin admin@my.zendapp.com

and the Directory:

<Directory "/Users/<username>/Sites/myzendapp/public">
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

NOTE! Depending on your choice in urls you may need to change the .htaccess (/Users/<username>/Sites/myzendapp/public/.htaccess) file accordingly:

For long url (http://my.zendapp.com/public):

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^.*$ /public/index.php [NC,L]

For short url (http://my.zendapp.com):

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^.*$ /index.php [NC,L]

Tested on OSX 10.7.4 and Zend Framework 1.10.8