Script to add and configure a virtual host to apache2 server. PS: Requires that /etc/apache2/ports.conf contains the lines "#ADD NAMEVIRTUALHOST" and "#ADD LISTEN" PPS: Rough script, but it gets the job done.

createwebfolder.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Modifies /etc/apache2/ports.conf to listen to specified port-number ($2)
# Adds configuration file to /etc/apache2/sites-available/$1.conf
# Creates symbolink to the above file in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$1.conf
# Restarts apache server.
#
# Note: This is a very rough script, and only used to automate a process.
#       Not intended for production.
#
# Note2: Requires that /etc/apache2/ports.conf contains the lines "#ADD NAMEVIRTUALHOST" and "#ADD LISTEN"
#        Which specifies where it should insert the lines.
#
# example:
#    ./createwebfolder www_test 42312
#    gnome-open http://localhost:42312
#
#

if [ $# -ne 2 ] ; then
    echo "Not enough parameters: ./createweb folder port-number"
    exit
fi

folder=$1
portno=$2

sudo mkdir /var/www/$folder
sudo chown www-data /var/www/$folder
sudo chmod 777 /var/www/$folder

targetName="#ADD NAMEVIRTUALHOST"
addName="NameVirtualHost *:"$portno
targetListen="#ADD LISTEN"
addListen="Listen *:"$portno

cmnd1=`echo sudo perl -p -i -e "'s,"$targetName",# "$folder"\n"$addName"\n"$targetName",g'" /etc/apache2/ports.conf`
cmnd2=`echo sudo perl -p -i -e "'s,"$targetListen",# "$folder"\n"$addListen"\n"$targetListen",g'" /etc/apache2/ports.conf`
eval $cmnd1
eval $cmnd2

conffile=/etc/apache2/sites-available/${folder}.conf
if [ -e /etc/apache2/sites-available/${folder}.conf ] ; then
    echo "Config file already exists: "$conffile
    exit
fi

echo '<VirtualHost *:'$portno'>
	ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

DocumentRoot /var/'$folder'
	<Directory />
		Options FollowSymLinks
		AllowOverride None
	</Directory>
<Directory /var/'$folder'>
		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
		AllowOverride all
		Order allow,deny
		allow from all
</Directory>

	ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
	<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
		AllowOverride None
		Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
		Order allow,deny
		Allow from all
	</Directory>

	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

	# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
	# alert, emerg.
	LogLevel warn

	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

    Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
    <Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
        Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
        Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>' > /tmp/.tempcreatewebfile
sudo cp /tmp/.tempcreatewebfile $conffile
rm /tmp/.tempcreatewebfile

cmnd2=`echo "sudo ln -s $conffile /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/${folder}.conf"`
eval $cmnd2

echo "Restarting apache server"
sudo service apache2 restart