Using pow to access Apache on a Vagrant virtual server

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This is a much better approach than using Vagrant Hostmanager because you don’t have to worry about polluting your /etc/hosts files on the host or the guest machines. Both the host and the guest machine just treat the guest machine like it’s ‘your-hostname.dev’.

1. Install pow

   brew install pow
   

2. Create the port proxy (pow.cx/manual.html#section_2.1.4)

   echo http://127.0.0.1:3333 > ~/.pow/your-hostname

3. Add the following to your Vagrantfile

   config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 80, host: 3333
   config.vm.hostname = "your-hostname.dev"
   

4. Create your apache configuration

   <VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerName your-hostname.dev
     DocumentRoot /var/www/your-hostname
   ...