Hosting multiple web applications with virtual host on Apache server

1. Add the following at the end of Apache’s httpd.conf file, which is located in ApacheHomeDir/conf/

# Listen for virtual host requests on all IP addresses
NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.3:80

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.3:80>
DocumentRoot C:/Sites/site1
ServerName myfirstsite.com

# Other directives here
<Directory "C:/Sites/site1">
    Options +MultiViews +FollowSymLinks +Indexes
    AllowOverride None
    <IfVersion < 2.3 >
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    </IfVersion>
    <IfVersion >= 2.3>
    Require all granted
    </IfVersion>
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost 127.0.0.3:80>
DocumentRoot C:/Sites/site2
ServerName mysecondsite.com

# Other directives here
<Directory "C:/Sites/site2">
    Options +MultiViews +FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    <IfVersion < 2.3 >
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    </IfVersion>
    <IfVersion >= 2.3>
    Require all granted
    </IfVersion>
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

2. Add the following to the host file.

127.0.0.3 myfirstsite.com
127.0.0.3 mysecondsite.com

The hosts file on Windows:

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

The hosts file on Mac OS or Linux:

/etc/hosts

3. Restart the apache server.

4. Test your sites by going to the below url on a browser.
myfirstsite.com
mysecondsite.com

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