Configure Apache Virtual Hosts on Mac OS X

• Open the terminal app and switch to the root user to avoid permission issues while configuring:

sudo su

• Edit the Apache configuration file:

vi /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

• Find the following line:

#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

• Remove the pound key, as the following line:

Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

• Find the User and Group:

User _www
Group _www

• Rewrite them, here User uses your own user:

User $(whoami)
Group wheel

• Find the following block:

    AllowOverride none
    Require all denied

• Rewrite as below:

    AllowOverride all
    Require all granted

• Save this file.
• Setup up virtual hosts:

vi /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

• Annotate example hosts by adding the pound key at the very first place of each line.
• Add the following block: DocumentRoot is the directory where you want to serve your files, ServerName is the name of this virtual host, Proxy is used for configuring reverse proxy.

    DocumentRoot "/Users/$(whoami)/Documents/WorkSpace"
    ServerName mysite
    ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/mysites-error_log"
    CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/mysites-access_log" common
    
        Options FollowSymLinks Multiviews Indexes 
        MultiviewsMatch Any
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
    
    
        Order deny,allow
        Allow from all
    
    ProxyPass /web $(your server url)/web
    ProxyPassReverse /web $(your server url)/web

• Save this file.
• Map virtual hosts:

vi /etc/hosts

• Add the following line:

127.0.0.1 mysite

• Save this file.
• Start or restart Apache:
  • If first time run Apache:

  apachectl start
  

  • Not first time:

  apachectl restart
  

• Type http://mysite in your browser, start browsing your files in the DocumentRoot directory.
• Don't know how to play vi editor? Try command + shift + G in finder to locate configuration files.