Wildcard Virtual Hosts Ubuntu

Question

I'm looking to setup wildcard virtual hosts in Ubuntu. I've set it up on a WAMP setup pretty easily, but I don't know enough about Linux to know how the setup differs.

The goal is to be able to create folders like:

site.weblocal
site2.weblocal
site3.weblocal
etc.....

without having to add individual vhosts each time. Someone has recommended dnsmasq?

Any tips would be greatly appreciated :)

Answer 1

for Ubuntu it goes as simple as

sudo apt-get install dnsmasq
sudo echo "address=/weblocal/127.0.0.1" >> /etc/dnsmasq.d/weblocal
sudo /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart

Answer 2

sudo apt-get install dnsmasq

sudo gedit /etc/dnsmasq.conf

add this line "address=/.weblocal/127.0.0.1"

then restart dnsmasq using following

sudo service dnsmasq restart