So, how are virtual hosts configured under MAMP? There is a Pro version of MAMP which allows easy configuration of virtual hosts but, unlike it’s baby brother, it’s not free. The most convenient and cost effective way to overcome this limitation is to use virtual hosts. This can prove inconvenient when developing multiple sites each requiring their own local host. However, out-of-the-box you’re limited to a single local host. MAMP comes with Apache, MySQL and PHP and provides a local server environment independent of that installed as default on macOS. If this tutorial doesn’t help, I just noticed in 2020 that I wrote another tutorial titled, Apache NameVirtualHost configuration using MAMP on MacOS, and it uses some slightly different techniques in the Apache configuration file.įor more information, please see the Apache NameVirtualHost directive docs.If you need to easily set-up and maintain a local server environment on your Mac then look no further than MAMP. As much as anything I wanted to put it out here as a 'reminder to self' about how to do this. I hope this Apache name based virtual host configuration tutorial has been helpful. Apache name based virtual host (NameVirtualHost) summary

You can change that as desired, but it works for me. The 8888 port shown is the default MAMP port. As you can see from the DocumentRoot entries, these projects are in different folders under the MAMP htdocs folder:ĭocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/codemeĭocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/drupal7Īfter this, I restarted MAMP, and went to the following URLs, and everything worked just fine:

Vi /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/nfĪt the bottom of the file I add these lines, one for my 'codeme' project, and another for my 'drupal7' project. Next, I add the Apache name based virtual host configuration by editing the MAMP Apache conf file: Apache name based virtual host (NameVirtualHost) setup Since I have my firewall set up I actually just get a 'request timeout' message, but that's good enough for me. To test that this works I then pinged these new names: Note that on a Mac OS X system you have to edit that file like this: The two website projects I'm working on are named 'drupal7' and 'codeme', so I added these entries to my /etc/hosts file: You can now hire Alvin Alexander for Scala or Flutter side projects!Ĭontact me at (al) at valleyprogramming (dot) com for details.Īpache virtual hosting FAQ: How do I configure Apache to run multiple virtual hosts (name-based virtual hosts)?Īn Apache name-based virtual host (NameVirtualHost) tutorial: As a quick reminder to myself for something I just did using MAMP on my Mac OS X system, here's how I configured the MAMP Apache server to use name based virtual hosting for two websites that I'm developing at the same time.

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