[Simple Script] Set Up Virtual Hosts On Ubuntu

[fatboy]

Not sure if this would be of any use to people who do this day in and day out, but for me it saves a few minutes when setting up a new domain on a server.

Two files, one the script and one the blank template that is used to create the entry to sites-available.

Stick 'template' in /etc/apache2/sites-available:

 
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.DOMAIN
ServerAlias DOMAIN
 
# Indexes + Directory Root.
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php
DocumentRoot /home/DOMAIN/htdocs/
# CGI Directory
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/DOMAIN/cgi-bin/
<Location /cgi-bin>
Options +ExecCGI
</Location>
 
# Logfiles
ErrorLog /home/logs/DOMAIN-error.log
CustomLog /home/logs/DOMAIN-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>


Stick the script 'create.sh' anywhere you want:

 
#!/bin/bash
 
clear
 
echo "Domain name to set up: "
read domainname
 
cd /etc/apache2/sites-available
 
clear
 
sed s/DOMAIN/$domainname/g template > $domainname
 
if [ ! -d "/home/logs" ]; then
        mkdir /home/logs
fi
 
mkdir /home/$domainname
mkdir /home/$domainname/htdocs
mkdir /home/$domainname/cgi-bin
touch /home/$domainname/htdocs/index.html
 
chown -R www-data.www-data /home/$domainname
 
a2ensite $domainname
 
service apache2 restart


Like I said, its simple and is a starting point to get a domain up quickly. You can then add on whatever bits you need to after. In the script the group/user is set to www-data but set that to whatever you want.

Apologies if the code is a little suspect, I am new to bash scripting so playing and learning at the same time!

FB