A simple shell script to add a new virtual host on Ubuntu machine.

adding_virtual_host.sh

# Create configuration file for the new virtual host in `sites-available` folder
sudo cat <<EOF >/etc/apache2/sites-available/$1.conf
<VirtualHost $2:80>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/$1/"
ServerName $2
<Directory "/var/www/html/$1/">
allow from all
order allow,deny
# Enables .htaccess files for this site
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
# Other directives here
</VirtualHost>
EOF

# Enable the newly added configuration file for the new virtual host
sudo a2ensite $1.conf

# Reload apache2 service
sudo service apache2 reload

# Add the new virtual host URL to `/etc/hosts`
sudo echo "127.0.0.1 	$2" >> /etc/hosts

# Restart apache2 service
sudo service apache2 restart

Usage:

bash adding_virtual_host.sh project-folder-name project-url