/var/www- LAMP

[Rachel]

Alright I installed LAMP server and entered below command to check the installation of apache2 and php5.

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

on the browser "It Works"

for php testing:
gksudo gedit /var/www/testing.php

entered and saved the line (<?php phpinfo(); ?>)

on the browser: Loaded the php page with my system specifications.

What are the steps needed to show my site(www.mysite.com) on typing localhost on the browser rather than "It works".

Any help!

Thanks!

[Zeroangel]

add an index.html or index.php to the /var/www folder and it will display that instead of the 'It Works' screen.

[Rachel]

That would just display "www.mysite.com" instead of "It Works" when I edit or create new file called index.html or index.php.


But I want to see my site.

Let's say for example, when I type localhost on browser I want to see http//www.linuxforumns.org/ site.

To be clear, in windows when we download apache, we go through installation steps where at a point we come across server configuration in apache
I entered
www.mysite.com
<http://www.mysite.com>
admin@mysite.com ( sorry forgot the sub-headings )
Finally we click "Install"

and offcourse I setup the root password(mypassword) for mySQL.

Once I do all this ( I forgot what I need to edit the php.ini file, proably the domain name ..etc etc I think )

After I'm done with all this when I type localhost on broswer. I see mysite instead of the apache site.


This is what I wanted to do in linux too.

Any help!

Thanks!

[Zeroangel]

How To Create Multiple Websites using Apache/XAMPP for Linux.

Try adding these directives into your /etc/apache2/sites-available/default file just under <VirtualHost *:80>

ServerName myfirstdomain.com
ServerAlias www.myfirstdomain.com

replace those URLs with the ones you actually want to use.

[Rachel]

I tried as below, but no luck.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@mydomain.com
ServerName mydomain.com
ServerAlias www.mydomain.com

Then restarted apache: sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

* Restarting web server apache2 ... waiting [ OK ]

But I wasn't able to see my site. Now what am I missing?

Thanks!