A little apache2 virtual host helper script (c) by diqidoq.

If you are new to this: More about Apache2 web server and virtual host setup basic knowledge can be found here.

This small set of bash functions is intended to become a little Linux bash command line helper script for adding and removing virtual hosts and web project directories with a bunch of small and good ETR (easy to remember) terminal commands to run local domains on local development machines.

Move the script file into your (home/user/bin/...) and rename avh.sh to avh or use terminal command:

mv avh.sh ~/bin/avh

Make sure that ~/bin/avh is executable (permissions) and ~/bin is accessable (permissions) and recorgnized by your terminal. If not, sometimes it helps to relog in to Linux user.

AVH supports actions based on simple parameter flags, like avh -a or avh -l

type avh -a : to list all available vhost conf files in path
type avh -n : to list all enabled vhosts in enabled path
type avh -e : to edit a new or existing conf file
type avh -d : duplicate an available vhost conf file in path
type avh -l : to append a local address to /etc/hosts file
type avh -x : to remove a local address from /etc/hosts file
type avh -r : to restart Apache2 server

flags -e, -l and -d require second parameter (variable|path|name)

Run avh -a before avh -e or avh -l or avh -d to be in place and get command completion support.

In the moment the script assumes that you are running a Debian-based Linux machine (like Ubuntu) with Apache 2 web server set up and located virtual host files under /etc/apache2/ (typically) and your command line tool is fine with bash scripts and you have vim terminal editor already installed. If not: sudo apt-get install vim.

Don't assume the script ready for guaranteed usability. This is an early attempt and will get some love from time to time.

AVH is published under the GNU General Public License v3. AVH is made for Linux Apache2 development tasks and sponsored by MAROQQO | digital media. Join us @ twitter