create_vhost.sh

#!/bin/bash

VHOSTS_CONTAINER_FILE="/etc/apache2/sites-available/vhosts.conf"
HOSTS_FILE="/etc/hosts"
CREATE_SYMLINK="N"
HOME_DIR=""

while [[ $# -gt 1 ]] 
do
key="$1"

case $key in
	--document-root)
	DOCUMENT_ROOT="$2"
	;;
	--home-dir)
	HOME_DIR="$2";
	CREATE_SYMLINK="Y";
	;;
	--host)
	HOST_NAME="$2"
	;;
	*)
 	;;
esac
shift # past argument or value
done

CONFIG_FILE="/etc/apache2/sites-available/${HOST_NAME}.config"
DOCUMENT_ROOT="/var/www/${HOST_NAME}"
if [ "${HOME_DIR}" == "" ]; then
    HOME_DIR="/home/$USER/Development/${HOST_NAME}/"
fi

# ===================================================================

# Creating symlink to /var/www
if [ "${CREATE_SYMLINK}" == "Y" ]; then
    ln -snf $HOME_DIR $DOCUMENT_ROOT
fi

if [ "$(grep -E "(\s|\t)*Include(\s|\t)*${CONFIG_FILE}(\s|\t|$)" "${VHOSTS_CONTAINER_FILE}")" == "" ]; then

	touch $CONFIG_FILE

	text='<VirtualHost *:80>\n'
	text+='\tServerName '${HOST_NAME}'\n'
	text+='\tDocumentRoot '${DOCUMENT_ROOT}'\n'
	text+='\t<Directory '${DOCUMENT_ROOT}'>\n'
	text+='\t\tAllowOverride All\n'
	text+='\t\tRequire all granted\n'
	text+='\t</Directory>\n'
	text+='</VirtualHost>\n'

	echo -e $text > $CONFIG_FILE
	chmod 0777 $CONFIG_FILE	

	echo "Include ${CONFIG_FILE}" >> $VHOSTS_CONTAINER_FILE

	echo -e "Created ${HOST_NAME} config\n";
fi

service apache2 restart

if [ "$(grep -E "(\s|\t)*127\.0\.0\.1(\s|\t)*${HOST_NAME}(\s|\t|$)" "${HOSTS_FILE}")" == "" ]; then
	echo "127.0.0.1 ${HOST_NAME}" >> $HOSTS_FILE
fi