Basic configuration to deploy a Symfony2 (or website) project using Apache2

000-default.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
	# The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
	# the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
	# redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
	# specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
	# match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
	# value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
	# However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
	
	ServerName mywebsite.com
	ServerAlias mywebsite.com

	ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
	DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mywebsite/
  # DocumentRoot /media/storage/custom/path/mywebsite/
	
	# Redirecting to website with SSL (even a self signed SSL)
	# Redirect permanent "/" "https://mywebsite.com/"
	
	<Directory />
		Options FollowSymLinks
		AllowOverride All
	</Directory>
	<Directory "/var/www/html/mywebsite/">
		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
		AllowOverride All
		Order allow,deny
		allow from all
	</Directory>

	# uncomment the following lines if you install assets as symlinks
	# or run into problems when compiling LESS/Sass/CoffeScript assets
	# <Directory /var/www/html/mywebsite>
	#     Options FollowSymlinks
	# </Directory>

	# Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
	# error, crit, alert, emerg.
	# It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
	# modules, e.g.
	#LogLevel info ssl:warn

	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

	# For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
	# enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
	# include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
	# following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
	# after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
	#Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
</VirtualHost>

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# save this file for future purpose

README.md

Basic configuration to deploy a Symfony2 project using Apache2

Pre-requisites

If you want to configure the rewrite mode in Apache2, you must to execute this command in a terminal:

~$ sudo a2enmod rewrite

After this command, you must restart the apache web server:

~$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Or:

~$ sudo systemctl restart apache2

Steps

• To create a virtual host for a custom website, rename the "000-default.conf" file with the domain name of the website. Eg: mywebsite.com.conf.
• Put the configuration file into the folder /etc/apache2/sites-available.
• Execute this command in a terminal, and then restart the apache web server:

~$ sudo a2ensite mywebsite.com.conf

• Happy hacking!