Virtual host script for apache2 on Ubuntu

site.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Author: Ivlev E
# Modified by voland
# Modified by Dmitry Rekun

echo -n "Enter host name: "
read newHost

newPath="/var/www/$newHost"
mkdir $newPath
newPath="$newPath/public_html"
mkdir $newPath

# Add record to hosts
file="/etc/hosts"
b=$(cat $file)
newContent="127.0.0.1	${newHost}"$'\n'"127.0.0.1	${newHost}"$'\n'$b
sudo bash -c "echo '${newContent}' > $file"

# Add site to sites-available and set directives
sap=/etc/apache2/sites-available/$newHost.conf
sudo touch $sap
sudo chmod 644 $sap
directives="<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName ${newHost}
ServerAlias ${newHost} www.${newHost}
DocumentRoot ${newPath}
<Directory ${newPath:1}/>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>"
sudo bash -c "echo '$directives' > $sap"

# Enable virtual host
sudo a2ensite $newHost

# Enable rewrite module
#sudo a2enmod rewrite

# Reload the server
sudo systemctl reload apache2