Quick script to add a local site to your Apache server.

add-site.sh

#!/bin/bash

SITE_BASE=/home/tommcdo/sites # Base directory into which sites are installed
LOCAL_TLD=local               # TLD for local sites, e.g. http://mysite.local
DOC_ROOT=public_html          # Subdirectory of main folder for document root

# Ensure root privileges
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
	echo >&2 "This script can only be run as root"
	exit
fi

# Ensure site name is given
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
	echo >&2 "Usage: $0 SITE"
	exit
fi

# Fix up config parameters
DOC_ROOT=${DOC_ROOT:+/$DOC_ROOT}
LOCAL_TLD=${LOCAL_TLD:+.$LOCAL_TLD}

# Get site name
site=$1

# Add site into hosts file
perl -i -lpe "s/(?=# End local sites)/127.0.0.1\t${site}${LOCAL_TLD}\n/" /etc/hosts

# Create directory for site to live in
mkdir -p ${SITE_BASE}/${site}${DOC_ROOT}
chown -R tommcdo:tommcdo ${SITE_BASE}/${site}

# Add virtual host entry
cat <<EOF > /etc/apache2/sites-available/${site}${LOCAL_TLD}.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName ${site}${LOCAL_TLD}
    DocumentRoot "${SITE_BASE}/${site}${DOC_ROOT}"
    <Directory />
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
EOF

# Enable site and reload Apache
a2ensite ${site}${LOCAL_TLD}.conf
service apache2 reload

hosts.example

# Sample /etc/hosts

# ... regular configuration

# Start local sites
127.0.0.1    mysite.local
# End local sites

# The "End local sites" comment is required

# ... more regular configuration