This is a shell script that automatically adds a vhost entry and /etc/hosts entry for a given project

virtualhost.sh

#!/bin/bash
### Author: Shoaib Ali <shoaib@webstrike.co.nz>
### This is a shell script that automatically adds a vhost entry and /etc/hosts entry for a given project
### Usage: ./virtualhost.sh mywebsite.dev mywebsite
### Future Enhancements: SSL Support, Configuration based on Nginx/Apache2, git clone etc.

### Set default parameters
domain=$1
project=$2
rootDir='/usr/local/var/www/htdocs/'
vhostFile='/usr/local/etc/apache2/2.4/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf'
owner=$(who am i | awk '{print $1}')
group=$(stat "$rootDir" | awk '{print $6'})
email='webmaster@localhost'
logDirectory='/usr/local/var/log/apache2/'

### don't modify from here unless you know what you are doing ####

# if [ "$(whoami)" != 'root' ]; then
# 	echo $"You have no permission to run as non-root user. Use sudo, we need it to restart webserver	"
# 	exit 1;
# fi

if [ ! -d "$rootDir" ]; then
	echo -e $"Please make sure $rootDir exists!"
	exit;
fi


# check to see if they provided a domain name
while [ "$domain" == "" ]
do
	echo -e $"Please provide local development domain name you will be accessing this with. e.g. mywebsite.dev"
	read domain
done

# check to see if they provide us with project directory
while [ "$project" == "" ]
do
	echo -e $"Please provide project name. e.g. mywebsite"
	read project
done

# check to see if this domain already exists in vhost file or not
existingDomain=`cat "$vhostFile" | grep -F "$domain" | wc -l`
if [[ $existingDomain -gt 0 ]]; then
    echo -e $"Sorry, $domain already exists in vhost"
    exit;
# else
    #echo -e $"Checked for existing vhost for $domain"
fi


projectDir=$rootDir$project

### check if directory exists or not
if ! [ -d $projectDir ]; then
	### create the directory
	mkdir $projectDir
	### give permission to root dir
	chmod 755 $projectDir
	### write test file in the new domain dir
	if ! echo "<?php echo 'Temporary index for $domain' ?>" > $projectDir/index.php
	then
		echo $"ERROR: Not able to write in file $projectDir/index.php. Please check permissions"
		exit;
	else
		echo $"Added content to $projectDir/index.php"
	fi
fi

### create virtual host rules file
if ! echo "

<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerAdmin $email
	ServerName $domain
	ServerAlias $domain
	DocumentRoot $projectDir
	<Directory />
		AllowOverride All
	</Directory>
	<Directory $projectDir>
		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
		AllowOverride all
		Require all granted
	</Directory>
	ErrorLog $logDirectory$domain-error_log
	CustomLog $logDirectory$domain-access_log common
	LogLevel error
</VirtualHost>" >> $vhostFile
then
	echo -e $"There is an ERROR creating $domain vhost entry"
	exit;
else
	echo -e $"\nNew Virtual Host Created\n"
fi

echo -e $"Sudo password is required to write to /etc/hosts file and restart webserver"

### Add domain in /etc/hosts
if ! echo "127.0.0.1	$domain" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts > /dev/null
then
	echo $"ERROR: Not able to write in /etc/hosts"
	exit;
else
	echo -e $"Host added to /etc/hosts file \n"
fi

if [ "$owner" == "" ]; then
	chown -R $(whoami):$(group) $projectDir
else
	chown -R $owner:$group $projectDir
fi

### stopping/starting apache
sudo apachectl stop
sudo apachectl start

### show the finished message
echo -e $"Complete! \nYou now have a new Virtual Host \nYour new host is: http://$domain \nAnd its located at $projectDir"
exit;