HOWTO: localhost subdomains

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Originally Posted by Stex It's a very simple and very useful hack. This was done on Apache2 under Gutsy. 1. Add your subdomain(s) to your hosts file: Open up your network settings (System > Administration > Network) Click on the Hosts tab, select the localhost alias and click properties Add the subdomain(s) you want alongside localhost, separate with new lines e.g: localhost extra.localhost another.localhost 2. Apply subdomains to folders: Open up a terminal or the Run Application diaogue (Alt+f2), then run the command: gksudo gedit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf For each subdomain you need to add a VirtualHost clause, you also need to add one for the base localhost. The clause for each uses the template: <VirtualHost *> ServerName {Domain (e.g. localhost)} DocumentRoot {Absolute path to folder for this domain (e.g. /var/www/)} </VirtualHost> Your file should end up looking something like this: <VirtualHost *> ServerName localhost DocumentRoot /var/www/ </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *> ServerName extra.localhost DocumentRoot /var/www/extra/ </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *> ServerName another.localhost DocumentRoot /var/www/anothersite/ </VirtualHost> Save and exit. 3. Restart apache: Open up the terminal and run: sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart You should now be able to view your subdomains through whatever browser you use (but obviously only from your computer). All done! Making use of it: I write and test websites on my localhost before uploading them to my public sites and I don't want to go through my code renaming localhost to example.com every time I change something. Nor do I want to use relative URLs as they can get messy once you get folders involved. By putting each site I make on it's own local subdomain I can start all my URLs with a slash which means the URL starts at the base of the subdomain. That's why I use it anyway. -- Notes: - I couldn't find a way to apply wildcards to the hosts file (e.g. *.localhost), does anyone know? - There are ways to direct all subdomains to folders automatically (mod_rewrite is good for that) but that's less needed for this purpose and would require wildcards in the hosts file

Dear Sir,

Thank you for the tutorial. I'm sorry that I new to this features

I had tried to set it and restart my apache server it prompt a message box request username and password ? May I know what is my username and password to login into the sub domain ?