quick script to create new vhost I made a couple years ago when I started to use bash. This is a really basic script with lot of case who can break it. Feel free to comment

## nouveau_site
#!/bin/bash
# file : nouveau_site
# description : script to quickly create new vhost. script has to be in /usr/local/sbin/nouveau_site
# usage :
# nouveau_site mondomaine.com

EMAILS="user1@domaine.com"
main_ndd="monsite"

source /usr/local/include/custom_lib
sitename="$1"
alias1="$2"

apache_sites_dir=/etc/apache2/sites-available
base_dir=/home/web

if (test "$sitename" = "" ) then
        echo "erreur"
        exit 1
fi

# test if this name is valid and available
valid_name=`echo "$sitename"|grep '^[0-9a-z.-]*\.\(com\|net\|fr\|org\|info\)$'`

if ( test "$valid_name" != "$sitename") then
        echo "nom de domaine non valide : le format n'est pas respecte ^[a-z.-]*\.(com|net|fr|org|info)$"
        exit 2
fi

user=$(echo $sitename|sed 's#\(.*\)\.[^.]*#\1#' )

if ( test -e "$base_dir/$user" ) then
        echo "oups, dossier existe deja "
        exit 3
fi

if ( test -e "$apache_sites_dir/$sitename" ) then
        echo "oups, le vhost existes deja"
        exit 4
else
        echo "Site absent :) "
fi

# creating user for that directory only :)
# username is, by default, the domain name without ".fr/.com" at the end
user=$(echo $sitename|sed 's#\(.*\)\.[^.]*#\1#' )
pass=`apg -q -a  0 -n 1 -M NCL`
pass_crypted=$(perl -e "print crypt($pass, 'password')");

# creating directory with correct rights :)
mkdir -p $base_dir/$user/www $base_dir/$user/prive

useradd -s /bin/false -M -d $base_dir/$user -g sftp -p $pass_crypted $user
if (test $? -eq 0 ) then
        echo "user $user created."
else
        echo "User $user NOT CREATED...... MAYBE ALREADY EXIST ?"
fi

chown root:sftp $base_dir/$user -R && chmod 755 $base_dir/$user/www -R

chmod g+w $base_dir/$user/www $base_dir/$usr/prive
#@TODO utiliser un fichier de template
echo "ici" > $base_dir/$user/www/index.html

chmod +x $base_dir/$user -R

tmpfile=`mktemp`

vhost_def="<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@$main_ndd
        ServerName $sitename
        ServerAlias www.$sitename

        php_admin_value engine off
        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
        </Directory>

        DocumentRoot /home/web/$user/www
        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
        </Directory>
        <Directory /home/web/$user/www/>
                Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride None
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>

        # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit, alert, emerg.
        LogLevel warn
        ErrorLog \${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error-$sitename.log
        CustomLog \${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access-$sitename.log combined
</VirtualHost>
"
echo "$vhost_def" > $tmpfile

echo "$vhost_def"

echo "Valider (y/n) ?"
read pouet
if (test "$pouet" != "y" -a "$pouet" != "Y") then
        echo "Edition vhost ..."
        # vim +":r! cat $tmpfile" $apache_sites_dir/$sitename
        vim $tmpfile
fi

cp $tmpfile $apache_sites_dir/$sitename
# always cleaning after works is done
rm $tmpfile


echo "Alors là, je suis assez fier de ce script qui :
- créé un vhost
- créé un user sftp pour qu'il ne puisse écrire que sur ce vhost :)
- m'envoie tout ça !

host $sitename
user $user
pass $pass
"|mail -s "$main_ndd:sftp - nouvel utilisateur $user" -t "$EMAILS"
# how to handle password ?
# passwd
# how to send all this informations :p

# enabling vhost
a2ensite $sitename

# reload apache :)
service apache2 reload