Shell-script for creating virtual hosts (with directory structure) for LAMP on Ubuntu.Place somewhere on the PATH, for example at /usr/local/bin.Usage: sudo addvhost <hostname> <branch>

addvhost.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -lt 2 ] ; then
  echo "Usage: sudo addvhost <hostname> <branch>";
  exit 0;
fi

email="admin@example.com"
domain="$1"
branch="$2"

echo "Creating directories..."
mkdir -p /var/www/$domain/$branch
mkdir -p /var/www/$domain/log

echo "Creating vhost..."
echo "127.0.0.1 $domain.$branch www.$domain.$branch" >> /etc/hosts
touch /etc/apache2/sites-available/$domain.$branch
(cat <<VDOC
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName $domain.$branch
    ServerAlias www.$domain.$branch
    ServerAdmin $email
    DocumentRoot /var/www/$domain/$branch
    ErrorLog /var/www/$domain/log/$branch-error.log
    CustomLog /var/www/$domain/log/$branch-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
VDOC
) > /etc/apache2/sites-available/$domain.$branch

echo "Enabling vhost..."
a2ensite $domain.$branch

echo "Restarting Apache..."
service apache2 restart