Bash script that creates a new project and virtual host for that project. Can also be used to quickly create a new Laravel project.

create-project.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This script creates a new project (or site) under /var/sites and creates
# new virtual host for that site. With the options a site can also
# install the latest version of Laravel directly.
# This script was originally based on the following script by @Nek from
# Coderwall: https://coderwall.com/p/cqoplg

# Display the usage information of the command.
createProjectUsage() {
cat <<"USAGE"
Usage: create-project [OPTIONS] <name>

	-h, --help        Show this help screen
	-u, --url         Specify a local address, default is http://name.local
	-r, --remove      Remove a Virtual Host
	-e, --email       Email of the administrator in the virtual host file
	--list            List the current virtual host
	-l, --laravel     Create a new Laravel project

Examples:

	create-project foo
	create-project --laravel foo
	create-project --remove foo
USAGE
exit 0
}

# Remove a project and its Virtual Host.
projectRemove() {
	sudo -v
	echo "Removing $url from /etc/hosts."
	sudo sed -i '/'$url'/d' /etc/hosts
	sudo sed -i '/'$url'/d' /mnt/c/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts
	

	echo "Disabling and deleting the $name virtual host."
	sudo a2dissite $name
	sudo rm /etc/apache2/sites-available/$name
	sudo service apache2 reload

	echo "Project has been removed. The document root still exists."
	exit 0
}

# List the available and enabled virtual hosts.
projectList() {
	echo "Available virtual hosts:"
	sudo ls -lash /etc/apache2/sites-available/
	echo "Enabled virtual hosts:"
	sudo ls -lash /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/
	exit 0
}

# Check if template exist, download if not
getTemplate() {
    sudo rm /etc/apache2/sites-available/template
    sudo wget --no-cache -O '/etc/apache2/sites-available/template' https://gist.githubusercontent.com/gmolop/0e56ab078b719bae6a4a8b6edcb9657d/raw/template
}

# Define and create default values.
# name="${!#}"
name="$1"
email="webmaster@localhost"
url="$name.local"
docroot="/var/www/devroot/$name"
laravel=0

# Loop to read options and arguments.
while [ $1 ]; do
	case "$1-DISABLED" in
		'--list')
			projectList;;
		'--help'|'-h')
			createProjectUsage;;
		'--remove'|'-r')
			url="$2"
			projectRemove;;
		'--url'|'-u')
			url="$2";;
		'--email'|'-e')
			email="$2";;
		'--laravel')
			laravel=1;;
	esac
	shift
done

# If we are not creating a Laravel project then the document root will be
# htdocs, otherwise it will be public.
if [ "$laravel" = 0 ]; then
	docroot="$docroot/htdocs"
fi

# Check if the docroot exists, if it does not exist then we'll create it.
if [ ! -d "$docroot" ]; then
	echo "Creating $docroot directory..."
	sudo mkdir -p $docroot	
	# create dummy index file
	echo "<?php echo 'Works!'; ?>" | sudo tee $docroot/index.php
fi

# If creating a Laravel project then we'll use composer to create the
# new project in the document root.
if [ "$laravel" = 1 ]; then
	echo -e "Installing latest version of Laravel...\n"
	sudo composer create-project --keep-vcs laravel/laravel $docroot
	docroot="$docroot/public"
fi

echo -e "\nCreating the new $name Virtual Host with DocumentRoot: $docroot"
getTemplate

sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/template /etc/apache2/sites-available/$url.conf
sudo sed -i 's/template.email/'$email'/g' /etc/apache2/sites-available/$url.conf
sudo sed -i 's/template.url/'$url'/g' /etc/apache2/sites-available/$url.conf
sudo sed -i 's#template.docroot#'$docroot'#g' /etc/apache2/sites-available/$url.conf

echo "Adding $url to the /etc/hosts file..."

# sudo sed -i "1s/^/127.0.0.1       $url\n/" /etc/hosts
sudo echo "127.0.0.1    $url" >> /mnt/c/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts
sudo a2ensite $url.conf

# Creating SSL certificate
sudo sh ~/generate-ssl.sh $url $2

sudo service apache2 restart

echo -e "\nYou can now browse to your Virtual Host at https://$url"
powershell.exe /c start https://$url

exit 0

template

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin template.email

    ServerName template.url
    DocumentRoot template.docroot
    <Directory />
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>

    <Directory template.docroot/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from All
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    LogLevel debug
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerAdmin template.email

    ServerName template.url
    DocumentRoot template.docroot
    <Directory />
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>

    <Directory template.docroot/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from All
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    LogLevel debug
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/template.url.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/template.url.key
</VirtualHost>