How to create a virtual host in Wamp Server 2

In this tuts we are going to create a virtual host in wamp server. (As the title said).

Let’s get started!

Step 1:

Open up and run your wamp server.

I’ve already started my wamp.

Step 2:

Go to "C:\wamp\www\". Create a folder. Name it, "mysite"

Step 3:

Go to "C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.22\conf"

And create a folder. We will name it "mysites"

(By the way, just access "C:\wamp\bin\apache\" because the number will change over time. Because it’s a version number of apache.)

Step 4:

We will create a conf file; named "mysite1.conf" conf is a file extension

NOTE: you can give a folder/conf-file name whatever you want. But for this purposes I will name it "mysite"

Step 5:

Copy paste this text bellow in "mysites.conf" file.

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.7>

                        DocumentRoot "c:/wamp/www/mysite"

                        ServerName mysites.com

            <Directory "c:/wamp/www/mysite">

                        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

                        AllowOverride all

            </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Step 6:

Go to "c:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.22\conf\" open up the file name "httpd.conf".

And search this "# Virtual hosts" text/word.

Paste the directory link of your "mysite.conf" file.

"Include conf/mysites/mysite.conf"

Step 7:

Go to "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc"

Copy paste this in "run" by pressing "window button" + "r" for your convenience.

Step 8:

open up the file name "hosts"

And paste this text bellow.

127.0.0.7                                             mysites.com

Step 9:

Finally, restart your wamp server to take effect.

NOTE: If the wamp icon server doesn’t turn into green and stays in yellow, there might be some typography error in setting up your virtual hosts. Go back and see the errors. It might be in these files -> hosts, httpd.conf. or mysites.conf.

Go to your web browser and type "mysites.com"

Or you can type "127.0.0.7"

This should be the output.

Conclusion and Notes:

In this tuts I’ve share to you how you can create a virtual host in wamp server, you can also apply this in xampp. I’ve share this tuts due to the fact that some web application such as wordpress are not portable.

It means that if you create a web site with wordpress installed or under a URL named "http://localhost/worpdress" or "http://localhost/mysites" and try to upload it in your webhost named "http://mysite.com" you will end up some errors the content that you've uploaded will not be display. Because "http://localhost/worpdress" is saved in the database (default) and changing it in the database is hassle.

Thus creating a virtual host is a good advice.

Before we end up here, if you access your "http://mysite.com" be sure to disable the "127.0.0.7 mysites.com" in hosts file ("C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts") just by add sharp or hash "#" beside the ip-addres "#127.0.0.7 mysites.com" if you don’t, you can’t access your website.