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Steps to create a new local development site
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Steps to create a new local development site

[site] = name of site [root dir] = path to site root [logs] = path to logs directory

Example: site = helloworld root dir = /Users/me/Sites/helloworld logs = /Users/me/Sites/logs

  • Add site directory to /etc/apache2/httpd.conf:

      <Directory "[root dir]/">
  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
  AllowOverride All
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all

  • Add configuration for vhost to /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:

      <VirtualHost *>
      ServerAdmin [email protected]
      DocumentRoot "[root dir]"
      ServerName [site].local
      ErrorLog "[logs]/[site]"
  </VirtualHost>

  • Create dir for logs:

    mkdir -p "[logs]/[site]/" chmod 777 "[logs]/[site]"

  • Add domain to /etc/hosts:

    127.0.0.1 [site].local

  • Restart Apache

    sudo apachectl restart

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