How to setup virtual host using Wamp Server properly?

Question

I need your help here in creating a virtual host in wampserver. In office I can create a virtual hosts but when I try to create in my laptop it doesn\'t work. I still can\'t

Answer 1

Method 1:

in hosts file

127.0.0.1   mysite
::1 mysite

in C:\wamp64\bin\apache\apache2.4.23\conf\extra\httpd-vosts.conf file add your virtual host as follows

    ServerName mysite
    DocumentRoot ""
    ">
        Options +Indexes +Includes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require local
    

Make sure vhost configuration is enable in httpd.conf file is enabled as follows C:\wamp64\bin\apache\apache2.4.23\conf\httpd.conf

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

After you have changed configuration as above, restart all service in wamp and load website as follows http://mysite your local site should open.

Method 2:

In latest versions of wamp, you can do this configuration via webpage. Open localhost in your browser. You would see wamp welcome page.

Down below under Tools, there is option to add virtual host. click on the link which would take you to add virtual host page.

In Name of the host, enter your site name eg: mysite Under Complete absolute path of the VirtualHost folder, enter the path of your site.

Save the config and restart all services. you should be able to open mysite with the link http://mysite

As pointed in another answer, in newer versions of wam