A shell script to create apache2 virtual host

create-apache2-virtual-host.sh

#!/bin/bash

# created by Mujahed Al-Tahleh mujahed@ieee.org
E_NO_ARGS=65

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "No arguments provided"
    echo "Required arguments: 1- web dir name  under (/var/www/) 2- linux user 3- website domain name"
    exit $E_NO_ARGS
fi

#create webdir

WEBDIR=$1
USER=$2

set -e
 mkdir /var/www/$WEBDIR
echo "$WEBDIR dir is created "
 chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/$WEBDIR
 chmod -R 755 /var/www/$WEBDIR
echo "Permission granted for user: $USER on $WEBDIR dir"

# Create apache conf
DOMAIN=$3
echo "Create apache conf file for ${DOMAIN}"
  cat > /etc/apache2/sites-available/${DOMAIN}.conf <<EOL
  <VirtualHost *:80>
      ServerAdmin webmaster@${DOMAIN}
      ServerName ${DOMAIN}
      ServerAlias www.${DOMAIN}
      DocumentRoot /var/www/${WEBDIR}
      ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error-${DOMAIN}.log
      CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access-${DOMAIN}.log combined
  </VirtualHost>
EOL


  a2ensite ${DOMAIN}.conf
  echo "Check Apache config for errors "
  apache2ctl configtest
  echo "restarting apache2"
  systemctl restart apache2

  exit 0