darkwhispering/newvhost

Simple script to help you create new Apache virtual hosts quickly and pain free. With the optional step to also create a mysql database and user for your new virtual host.

NEWVHOST SCRIPT

Simple script to help you create new Apache virtual hosts quickly and pain free. With the optional step to also create a mysql database and user for your new virtual host.

Requirements

• Apache 2.4+
• MySQL 5+
• User with sudo access

Installation

1. Download the files and upload to any location on your server.
2. Edit the first section of newvhost after your needs.
3. Give the installer script execution permission with chmod +x installer
4. Run the installer with sudo ./installer
5. Use the now available sudo newvhost command to create your first virtual host.

When finished the installation you can safely delete the files you downloaded.

Uninstallation

1. Give the uninstaller script execution permission with chmod +x uninstaller
2. Run the uninstaller with sudo ./uninstaller
3. Done

Configuration

Variable	Default value	Description
tSERVERUSER	root	User to user for permissions
tLOCATION	/var/www	Location to host all virtual hosts (recommended is the home folder of the user specified above)
tLOCATIONSAFE	/var/www	Safe ocation path, must be same as tLOCATION!
tDBPW	null

Tested environment

The script have been tested succefully on a clean machines running

• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with Apache 2.4 and MySQL Server 5.5
• Debian 7.5 with Apache 2.4 and MySQL Server 5.5

Special thanks

Special thanks to my friend Tzunamii for the original script and code.

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Changelog

v1.1.0 (2015-02-18)

• Updated vhost templet for Apache 2.4+
• Added some more comments to newvhost script
• Added required section to readme
• Smaller changes to readme

v1.0.0 (2014-07-13)

• First release