create_virtual_host.rb

# This is a script I use to create a virtual host on my development Ubuntu machine

class VH
  def self.create(domain, location)
    dev = domain.split(".").insert(1, "dev").join(".")
    if location.nil?
      doc_root = "DocumentRoot /home/jess/virtual/#{domain}"
    else 
      doc_root = "DocumentRoot #{location}"
    end
      host = "
  <VirtualHost *:80>
      ServerName #{domain}
      ServerAlias #{dev}
      #{doc_root}
  </VirtualHost>"
      File.open('/etc/apache2/sites-available/' + domain, 'w') {|f| f.write(host) }
      cmd = "a2ensite #{domain}; /etc/init.d/apache2 reload"
      %x[#{cmd}]
  end
end

while(true)
  print 'Enter [Domain] [Location]> '
  input = gets.split
  domain = input[0]
  location = input[1] unless input[1].nil?
  unless domain==""
    exit if domain=="exit" || domain=="quit"
    d = VH.create(domain, location)
    puts "Virtual Host for #{domain} created (remember to restart apache rails env dev?)"
  end
end