In the previous blog we installed Apache. This blog contains the instructions to configure Apache to run a development website. This blog is part of the Windows Subsystem for Linux blogs.
Run on boot
sudo systemctl enable apache2Create a folder for your website
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/mywebsite
sudo chown demouser /var/www/mywebsite
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/mywebsite
Setup a virtual host
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/mywebsite.com.conf
Example configuration
In the example bellow, replace Server Admin, Server Name, Server Alias, Document Root with your own settings. When your virtual host uses a different port, make sure to add a ‘listen 000′ to the apache2 ports.conf!
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin demouser@mywebsite.com
ServerName mywebsite.com
ServerAlias mywebsite.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/mywebsite.com
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>Disable site
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
Enable site
sudo a2ensite mywebsite.com.confRefresh Apache
sudo systemctl stop apache2.service, sudo systemctl start apache2.service
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
sudo systemctl status apache2.service