create_virtual_host.sh

#!/bin/bash

#config
sites_available="/etc/apache2/sites-available/"
sites_enabled="/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/"
site_default="000-default.conf"
domain_default="localhost"
path_default="/var/www/html"
hosts="/etc/hosts"
local_ip="127.0.0.1"

# sudo sh create_virtual_host.sh dev.mysite.com /var/www/html/mysite.com
# for restart: sudo sh create_virtual_host.sh dev.mysite.com /var/www/html/mysite.com restart
domain=$1
path=$2
ssl=$3
restart=$4

if [[ ! -z $restart && $ssl == 'restart' ]]; then
    restart=$ssl
fi

if [[ $1 == '--help' || $1 == '-h' ]]
	then
	echo  "use: sudo create_virtual_host.sh <domain> <path> <restart>";
	echo  "<domain>       dev.mysite.com"
	echo  "<path>         /var/www/html/mysite.com"
	echo  "<ssl>          (optional) the ssl 'config host under port 443"
	echo  "<restart>      (optional) the word 'restart' restart apache2"
	exit;
fi

# check required params
if [[ -z $domain || -z $path ]]
	then
	echo  "--domain (1) and --path (2) are options required. View the help with -h"
	exit;
fi



filename=${sites_available}${domain}.conf
sml=${sites_enabled}${domain}.conf

vhost="<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin support@${domain}
    ServerName ${domain}
    ServerAlias ${domain}
    DocumentRoot ${path}
    ErrorLog ${path}/error.log
	CustomLog ${path}/access.log combined

    <Directory ${path}>
                Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>"

vhostssl='<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
        <VirtualHost _default_:443>
                ServerAdmin webmaster@${domain}
                ServerName ${domain}
    			ServerAlias ${domain}
                DocumentRoot ${path}
                ErrorLog ${path}/error.log
                CustomLog ${path}/access.log combined
                SSLEngine on
                SSLCertificateFile      /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
                SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key

                <FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
                                SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
                </FilesMatch>
                <Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin>
                        SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
                </Directory>

                <Directory ${path} >
                        Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                        AllowOverride All
                        Order allow,deny
                        allow from all
                </Directory>


        </VirtualHost>
</IfModule>'


# create new host
echo  "-- Create new virtual host - the script require the sudo privileges"
echo  "--- Name: $domain"
echo  "--- Path: $path"

echo  "-- Create new file of Virtual Host"

#copy the default file of virtaul host
if [[ ! -z $ssl ]]
	then
	echo -e "${vhostssl}" >> $filename
else	
	echo -e "${vhost}" >> $filename
fi

echo  " --- File created in $filename"

#create symlink link
echo  "-- Create symlink link for sites_enabled"
ln -s $filename $sml
echo  " --- File created in $sml"

#insert virtual host in file hosts
echo  "Insert VH in file hosts: $hosts"
printf " \n # $domain in local virtual host \n  $local_ip $domain " >> $hosts
echo  "Inserted VH in file hosts successfully"

#enabled site
echo  "Enabled site ${domain}.conf"
a2ensite ${domain}.conf
echo  "${domain}.conf enabled successfully "

#restart apache2
if [[ $restart == 'restart' ]]
	then
	echo  "Restart Apache"
	service apache2 restart
	echo  "Server restarted "
fi