MkVhost – litte bash script for fast & easy creating vhosts on your Mac.

Problem to solve

Tired of creating vhosts over and over again? Yep, me too!

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Usage

• Get the latest version.
• Adjust variables for your own development enviroment.
• Save time…

This script contains seven variables you can change. You may dont want to change the last three of them.

• USER – Usually your local user.
• VHOSTS_PATH – Depends on which apache version do you use. In my case i use the pre-installed apache2 from OSX Mountain Lion. If you use the same, you don't have to change anything.
• CONTEXT – Maybe you also change settings depending on your enrivoment context. Default is »Development«
• DOCUMENT_ROOT - Where are all of your projects located?
• HOSTS_PATH - Usually located always in /etc/hosts
• ERROR_LOG_PATH - Each project will have its own error logs.
• ACCESS_LOG_PATH - Each project will have its own access logs.

Hint

Locate the script wherever you want. In my case its located in ~/.bin/mkvhost/mkvhost.sh. For easy access i created an alias in my .bashrc like alias mkvhost="sudo ~/.bin/mkvhost/mkvhost.sh". You see i added a sudo inside the alias. You'll need sudo privileges to run the script.