How to create virtual host with xampp VM?

Question

I recently started use xampp vm ! I want to connect my project exist in /Users/mine/project . So I tried with vhost from /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf ,that is open by xampp application volumes tab Explore.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/Users/mine/project"
    ServerName mine.online
</VirtualHost>

Then I update hosts file from terminal like below,

192.168.64.2    mine.online //192.168.6.2 is xampp vm ip

Also I do uncomment in /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf

# Virtual hosts
Include etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

Finally I restarted my apache ! But it show me 404 not found . Please help me how to run correctly ?

Plus => is there any way to clone git project to xampp vm 's htdocs folder ?

Answer 1

I'm not familiar with this XAMPP-VM setup. But it looks like the linux machine hosting lamp, cannot access local (your physical machine) datas. So /Users/mine/project is out of scope. It looks like you cannot add a new mounted folder.

At the moment there is only a mounted folder for the /opt/lampp accessible from your host. This folder include your root web folder so you can store the files and add a new VirtualHost with this path .. /opt/lampp/../your-amazing-project/public..

I think that this particular setup (with those file paths) cannot be done with XAMPP-VM. But I'm not sure.

You can look on projets like Valet if you want to serve and develop PHP projets in /Users/..

There are recommended for PHP projects with Laravel PHP framework.

Answer 2

You should update your hosts file as you would do in previous versions of Xampp.

127.0.0.1   mine.online

Then from Xampp's application open network tab and enable forwarding localhost:8080 to port 80. It should look like this:

localhost:8080 -> 80 (Over SSH)

Now when you open mine.online:8080 it should work

For your additional question, yes you can clone git project to htdocs folder however writing operations in vm is extremely slow. I found out that committing/pushing through Source Tree is extremely slow as well.

Answer 3

01) first try to ping to your host to make sure vhost is working (success response on the server ).

ping mine.online

02) Also can you try editing your vhost file as follows

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName mine.online
ServerAlias mine.online
DocumentRoot /Users/mine/project
</VirtualHost>

If this is Ubuntu server try to add permissions for project folder:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /Users/mine/project
sudo chmod -R 755 /Users/mine/project
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart

Answer 4

-->Open your local terminal and run "vi /etc/hosts" without quote

-->Add "192.168.64.2 mine.online" line without quote and then save the file

-->Go to Xampp and start the xampp.

-->Go to volumes tab and mount the "/opt/lampp" volume.

-->Press the explore button and then go to "lampp/etc/extra"

-->Open the "httpd-vhosts.conf" file and edit like as the given one

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot "/opt/lampp/htdocs/YOUR_PROJECT_FOLDER"
    ServerName mine.online
    ServerAlias www.mine.online
    ErrorLog "logs/mine.online-error_log"
    CustomLog "logs/mine.online-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>

-->Then go to "/opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf"

-->Uncomment "Include etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf"

-->Restart the services from Xampp

Then it should work.