How to set up Apache Virtual Hosts on CentOS 7

Posted by RoseHosting on Nov 17, 2016 12:36 PM EDT
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A virtual host is, in fact, a unit that describes an individual domain in the grand scheme of the Apache web server. It enables you to host multiple websites using one server which is very useful for people that have more than one website.

Apache’s functionality is great and one can find lots of good features for his website or application. In this tutorial, we will provide you with info about Apache Virtual Host through configuration examples on a CentOS 7 VPS.

A virtual host is, in fact, a unit that describes an individual domain in the grand scheme of the Apache web server. It enables you to host multiple websites using one server which is very useful for people that have more than one website.

Every domain that is configured with a virtual host directive inside Apache’s config will direct the visitor to a specific directory where that very website is hosted on the server. For example, you might have your WordPress site installed in /var/www/wordpress/ so when creating the virtual host directive, the document root for the site will be set to /var/www/wordpress/ which will enable the web server to pull the website data from the respective configured directory.

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