super simple vhost generator.

vhost.sh

#!/bin/bash

# super simple vhost generator.
# @CodeBrauer <https://github.com/CodeBrauer>
# v0.2

if [ -z "$1" ]
then
    echo "Error! No domain name given"
    exit 1;
fi

echo -ne "\nGenerating vhost '$1'"

VHOST_FILE="/etc/apache2/sites-available/$1.conf"

echo "<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName $1

    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /var/www/$1/public_html

    LogLevel info
    ErrorLog /var/www/$1/logs/error.log

    LogFormat \"%h %l %u %t \\\"%r\\\" %>s %b\" common
    CustomLog /var/www/$1/logs/access.log combined

    php_value open_basedir "/var/www/$1"
</VirtualHost>
" > $VHOST_FILE

echo "Generating dirs..."
mkdir -p /var/www/$1/{logs,public_html}

CONF_CHECK=$(apache2ctl -t 2>&1)

if [[ $CONF_CHECK =~ .*Syntax\ OK.* ]]
    then
    echo "Configuration is valid. Enabling site...";
    a2ensite $1.conf
    echo "Reloading Apache conf..."
    service apache2 reload
    echo -ne "\nDone!\n"
else
    echo "Configuration is invalid! Check the output of 'apache2ctl -t'"
fi

Usage: ./vhost.sh example.org

• Generates a vhost file in /etc/apache2/sites-available/
• creates a public_html and a logsdir in /var/www/example.org/
• creates access and error logs for that vhost in domain-specific dir
• enables site & reloads apache2 if config-syntax is ok

Tested on Ubuntu 14.04 with Apache 2.4