Setup Virtual Hosts in Ubuntu

Open terminal then run the command.

cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
sudo cp default llanalewis.dev
sudo nano llanalewis.dev

Change llanalewis.dev to your vhost name. In some ubuntu versions, default is 000-default

Copy and paste the code below to llanalewis.dev:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName llanalewis.dev
DocumentRoot /home/user/public_html/llanalewis_dev

<Directory /home/user/public_html/llanalewis_dev>
    AllowOverride All
    allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file then open /etc/hosts. Add the line below to the list of your hosts

127.0.0.1 llanalewis.dev

Save and close /etc/hosts then on the terminal enable your new vhost by running the command below:

sudo a2ensite llanalewis

To disable the site, just run:

sudo a2dissite llanalewis

To apply the changes, restart your apache, type on the terminal:

sudo service apache2 restart

On your favorite browser, type your new virtual host name http://llanalewis.dev/