Setting up vhost on VirtualBox with Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]

Please note that if you are using mysite.local instead of mysite.org* (or other popular extension) you may type http:// in front of it every time, because the browser may not recognise .local as a domain extension.

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If you want to access mysite.local and www.mysite.local from the local machine, edit /etc/hosts and bind these two domain names to the loopback interface - 127.0.0.1:

127.0.0.1    localhost mysite.local www.mysite.local

• Add this line somewhere inside of /etc/hosts.

• Note that, in this context the local 'machine' is the Virtual Machine with Ubuntu.

If you want to access mysite.local through another computer from your LAN, edit its host file and bind the two domain names to the servers IP address:

192.168.178.31    mysite.local www.mysite.local

• How to Edit Your Hosts File on Windows, Mac, or Linux

• The host computer that runs Oracle VirtualBox must be regarded as machine from the virtual LAN, that you've created during the setup of VirtualBox.

Another option is to create your local DNS:

• How To Configure BIND as a Private Network DNS Server on Ubuntu 14.04

Here is a basic virtual host configuration applicable for your case:

<VirtualHost *:80>

        ServerName mysite.local
        ServerAlias www.mysite.local

        ServerAdmin [email protected]

        DocumentRoot /var/www/mysite

        <Directory /var/www/mysite>
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
                AuthType None
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                Allow from all
                Require all granted
        </Directory>

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

</VirtualHost>

• In the beginning put some basic content in /var/www/mysite. The function phpinfo(); is a good idea:

    echo '<?php phpinfo(); ?>' | sudo tee /var/www/mysite/index.php
  

Restart Apache and try to access http://mysite.local via the browser.

Read also:

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