vhost.sh

#!/bin/bash
hostName=$1

echo "$hostName creation procedure starts"

# create directory at /var/www/
sudo mkdir /var/www/$hostName

# goto apache dirctory
cd /etc/apache2/sites-available

# create config file
sudo touch $hostName.conf
sudo chmod 0777 $hostName.conf

# write virtual host config
echo -e "<VirtualHost *:80>\n\tServerName $hostName\n\tDocumentRoot /var/www/$hostName\n\tErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log\n</VirtualHost>" > $hostName.conf

# Enabled this site
sudo a2ensite $hostName

# Restart apache after enabling this site
# so that everything works perfectly as expected
sudo service apache2 restart

sudo echo -e "127.0.0.1\t$hostName" >> /etc/hosts