How Do You Set Up Multiple Domains On A Web Server?
If you have a home computer that functions as a Web server, you may want to set up multiple domains. This may sound complicated, but you can do it with a little bit of knowledge and some software. It should only take a few minutes to set up your multiple domains. Step 1 Shut down any software firewalls you have running on your Web server. Install an HTTP server program such as Apache HTTP Server. Step 2 Create a directory on your Web server. The directory should be a sub-folder in the Web server directories folder. Usually the directories folder is called “htdocs.” Step 3 Edit the virtual hosts section of the configuration directory of your Web server. If you have Apache version 1, then edit the “vhosts” section of the “apache.conf” file. Step 4 Add a new virtual host by entering the following commands in the “vhosts” section: ServerName DOMAIN NAME DocumentRoot FULL_PATH_TO_DIRECTORY Save your changes. Step 5 Restart Apache and edit the “.conf” file. Add and entry for each new domain
