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Problem

I need to properly reconfiguration of my httpd.conf apache2 server from one project (http://localhost/) to three projects, for instance. Would you be so kind and check the following codes and descriptions and help me to make a correct reconfiguration?

Current one project directory model:

Library

+++ WebServer



+++ +++ Documents

+++ +++ database

Desired three-project directory model:

Library

+++ WebServer



+++ +++ project_1

+++ +++ +++ public_html

+++ +++ +++ database



+++ +++ project_2

+++ +++ +++ public_html

+++ +++ +++ database



+++ +++ project_3

+++ +++ +++ public_html

+++ +++ +++ database

Accessibility

One project:

• http://localhost

Three projects:

• http://localhost/project_1




• http://localhost/project_2




• http://localhost/project_3

Relevant portion of httpd.conf for one project (currently works for one project):

DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"



<Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents">

    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

    MultiviewsMatch Any

    AllowOverride All

    Require all granted

</Directory>

Suggested portion of httpd.conf for multiple projects:

<VirtualHost>

   ServerAdmin localhost

    DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/project_1/public_html"

    ServerName localhost

</VirtualHost>  



<Directory "/Library/WebServer/project_1/public_html">

    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

    MultiviewsMatch Any

    AllowOverride All

    Require all granted

</Directory>





<VirtualHost>

   ServerAdmin localhost

    DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/project_2/public_html"

    ServerName localhost

</VirtualHost>  



<Directory "/Library/WebServer/project_2/public_html">

    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

    MultiviewsMatch Any

    AllowOverride All

    Require all granted

</Directory>





<VirtualHost>

   ServerAdmin localhost

    DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/project_3/public_html"

    ServerName localhost

</VirtualHost>  



<Directory "/Library/WebServer/project_3/public_html">

    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

    MultiviewsMatch Any

    AllowOverride All

    Require all granted

</Directory>

Server version: Apache/2.4.28 (Unix)

Because the part of the url path does not match the one with the library structure, so you have to trick it.

Trick 1: Virtualhost and local-only domain per project.

Trick 2: Use aliases within a virtual host (or don't use VirtualHost)

Trick 1 example:

<VirtualHost *:80>

   ServerAdmin localhost

    DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/project_1/public_html"

    ServerName project1.emma



    <Directory "/Library/WebServer/project_1/public_html">

        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

        MultiviewsMatch Any

        AllowOverride All

        Require all granted

    </Directory>

</VirtualHost> 



<VirtualHost *:80>

   ServerAdmin localhost

    DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/project_2/public_html"

    ServerName project2.emma



    <Directory "/Library/WebServer/project_2/public_html">

        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

        MultiviewsMatch Any

        AllowOverride All

        Require all granted

    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>



<VirtualHost *:80>

   ServerAdmin localhost

    DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/project_3/public_html"

    ServerName project3.emma



    <Directory "/Library/WebServer/project_3/public_html">

        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

        MultiviewsMatch Any

        AllowOverride All

        Require all granted

    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

ServerName is important, so you can access the project in your browser with ServerName: http://project1.emma.
For this to work, you should add the following line in /etc/hosts file:

127.0.0.1 project1.emma project2.emma project3.emma

ServerName can be anything. Tld can be anything. The important thing is to be in the hosts file and when you type in your browser, always use a protocol prefix (http: //)

Trick 2 example:

You do not need VirtualHost to do this.

Alias /project1 /Library/WebServer/project_1/public_html

Alias /project2 /Library/WebServer/project_2/public_html

Alias /project3 /Library/WebServer/project_3/public_html



<Directory "/Library/WebServer/project_1/public_html">

    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

    MultiviewsMatch Any

    AllowOverride All

    Require all granted

</Directory>



<Directory "/Library/WebServer/project_2/public_html">

    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

    MultiviewsMatch Any

    AllowOverride All

    Require all granted

</Directory>



<Directory "/Library/WebServer/project_3/public_html">

    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

    MultiviewsMatch Any

    AllowOverride All

    Require all granted

</Directory>

I like trick 1. It is much cleaner and forces me to organize everything into VirtualHost.