howto_pow_ubuntu.txt

$ sudo aptitude install apache2 dnsmasq
$ sudo vim /etc/dnsmasq.conf

  # ...
  address=/dev/127.0.0.1
  listen-address=127.0.0.1

$ sudo vim /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf

  # uncomment line 20:
  prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;

$ sudo vim /etc/resolv.conf

  # put this nameserver above the others:
  nameserver 127.0.0.1
  # other nameservers...

$ sudo /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart
$ sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/your-user-name-here

  NameVirtualHost *:80

  <Directory "/home/your-user-name-here/.devsites/">
      Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks Includes
      AllowOverride All
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all
  </Directory>

  <VirtualHost *:80>
      UseCanonicalName off
      VirtualDocumentRoot /home/your-user-name-here/.devsites/%0/public
  </VirtualHost>
 
$ cd /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/ && sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-avalable/vhost_alias.load vhost_alias.load
$ mkdir -p ~/.devsites/test.dev/public && echo "hello world from test.dev!" > ~/.devsites/test.dev/public/index.html