apache_script.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import os
import sys
import subprocess

def create_vhost(site_name, site_folder):
    conf_string = """<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName {0}
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot {1}
</VirtualHost>""".format(site_name, site_folder)
    
    conf = open(os.path.join('/', 'etc', 'apache2', 'sites-available', site_name + '.conf'), 'w')
    conf.write(conf_string)
    conf.close()
    
    hosts = open(os.path.join('/', 'etc', 'hosts'), 'a')
    hosts.write('\n127.0.0.1    {0}'.format(site_name))
    hosts.close()
    
    subprocess.call('a2ensite {}.conf && service apache2 reload'.format(site_name), shell=True)
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    create_vhost(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])