If you’re just a little bit like me, then you’ll love working with only a single active VirtualHost on apache2. Since switching from one server to another needs a lot of Linux terminal commands, I’ve built a small bash script that will hopefully ease the process.<\/p>\n
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The script \u00a0that changes the active VirtualHost of an apache2 web server simply lists all available hosts from \/etc\/apache2\/sites-avaliable\/ and then politely asks you to pick the one you want to activate.<\/p>\n
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Then it removes all symbolic links from \/etc\/apache2\/sites-enabled\/ and enables the VirtualHost you so badly want.
\nBut, enough talk. Here are the ‘echos’ and ‘sudos’ that will make your life easier:<\/p>\n
#!\/bin\/bash\r\necho \"--------------------------------\"\r\necho \"switching to a virtual host\"\r\necho \"--------------------------------\"\r\necho \"changing root dir\"\r\ncd \"\/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/\"\r\nsudo ls\r\necho -n \"Pick the virtual host you want to switch to: \"\r\nread -e new_vh\r\nif [ ! -f \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/$new_vh ]; then\r\nfor i in 1 2\r\ndo\r\n echo '========'\r\n sudo ls\r\n echo -n \"Pick the virtual host you want to switch to: \"\r\n read -e new_vh\r\n if [ -f \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/$new_vh ]; then\r\n break\r\n fi\r\n\r\ndone\r\nfi\r\nif [ ! -f \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/$new_vh ]; then\r\n echo \"you had your chance! I'm not doing anything!!!\"\r\n exit\r\nfi\r\n\r\necho \"disable current host \"\r\nsudo rm -f \/etc\/apache2\/sites-enabled\/* &>\/dev\/null\r\necho \"enable host $new_vh\"\r\nsudo a2ensite $new_vh &>\/dev\/null\r\necho \"restart apache2\"\r\nsudo service apache2 restart<\/pre>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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