Virtualhost Manager Script

Bash Script to allow create or delete apache/nginx virtual hosts on Ubuntu on a easy way.

Installation

1. Download the script
2. Apply permission to execute:

$ chmod +x /path/to/virtualhost.sh

3. Optional: To use the script globally, copy it to the /usr/local/bin directory. It is recommended to remove the .sh extension.

$ sudo cp /path/to/virtualhost.sh /usr/local/bin/virtualhost

For Global Shortcut

$ cd /usr/local/bin
$ wget -O virtualhost https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RoverWire/virtualhost/master/virtualhost.sh
$ chmod +x virtualhost
$ wget -O virtualhost-nginx https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RoverWire/virtualhost/master/virtualhost-nginx.sh
$ chmod +x virtualhost-nginx

Usage

Basic command line syntax:

$ sudo sh /path/to/virtualhost.sh [create | delete] [domain] [optional root_dir] [optional is_subdomain] [optional canonical]

With script installed on /usr/local/bin

$ sudo virtualhost [create | delete] [domain] [optional root_dir] [optional is_subdomain] [optional canonical]

Parameters:

• domain is the domain name for the virtualhost (myhomepage.com, test.local, etc)
• root_dir is the path where your want to serv as domain root for your host files. If not specified it will create a new one under /var/www folder.
• is_subdomain is a boolean true/false to flag when a host is subdomain.
• canonical can have two possible values: www or empty, this is to add another entry in the hosts files preppending the www.

Examples

to create a new virtual host:

$ sudo virtualhost create mysite.dev

to create a new virtual host with custom directory name:

$ sudo virtualhost create anothersite.dev my_dir

to delete a virtual host

$ sudo virtualhost delete mysite.dev

to delete a virtual host with custom directory name:

$ sudo virtualhost delete anothersite.dev my_dir

Localization

WARNING: Localizations are outdated, any help to contribute to fix this is welcome.

For Apache:

$ sudo cp /path/to/locale/<language>/virtualhost.mo /usr/share/locale/<language>/LC_MESSAGES/

For NGINX:

$ sudo cp /path/to/locale/<language>/virtualhost-nginx.mo /usr/share/locale/<language>/LC_MESSAGES/

Contributions

Contributions are welcome. You can also report any issues.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed over the years.