Make some bogus domain and put it in your hosts file:
127.0.0.1 myname.mytld
You can really make it anything. The one thing about hosts files is that you will have to do the same for every subdomain too. Hosts doesn't allow wildcards, so unless you want to setup your own DNS server, you'll have to go that route.
Apache does handle wildcard sudomains.
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName myname.mytld ServerAlias *.myname.mytld DocumentRoot {path to your installation directory} <Directory /> AllowOverride All </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
The ServerAlias is the trick there.
Jamie Holly http://www.intoxination.net http://www.hollyit.net
On 8/12/2011 2:55 PM, EPA WC wrote:
Thanks Steve. Currently I don't have domain name set up yet. This is what confuses me. I only want to test it out locally for multiple sites at this point. How do I set them up in Apache and /etc/hosts file? Your further help is appreciated.
Tom
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Steve Karsch steve@stevekarsch.com wrote:
I believe the URL you should be using to access the site should be http://site1.net
Assuming you have that set up in Apache and your /etc/hosts file.
Thanks! Steve
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 2:47 PM, EPA WC epawcweb@gmail.com wrote:
Hi All,
I am relatively new to Drupal. I have Drupal 6.20 installed on Ubuntu 11.04 using repository. I tried to get multisite support going according to instructions found online. I've created new database for each of the new sites and copied files from default to new site folders using: sudo cp -r /etc/drupal/6/sites/default /etc/drupal/6/sites/site1.net. I tried to access it in the browser with http://localhost/drupal6/sites/site1.net/ but it gave me "Forbidden" permission error. I did change the permission of the folder using "chmod 666". Can someone help me out or point me to the right direction?
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