Configure a domain name-based virtual host in xampp on mac OS

1. Run "sudo VI/XAMPP/etc/httpd. conf" on the terminal to open the configuration file of Apche.
2. Find "# include/XAMPP/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf" in httpd. conf, remove the previous "#", save and exit.
3. After the apache service is restarted, its VM configuration function is enabled.
4. Run "sudo VI/XAMPP/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf", and then open the file httpd-vhost.conf for configuring the VM and configure the VM you need. Note that two virtual hosts are enabled for this file by default:
<Virtualhost *: 80>
Serveradmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com
DocumentRoot "/usr/docs/dummy-host.example.com"
Servername dummy-host.example.com
Errorlog "/private/var/log/apache2/dummy-host.example.com-error_log"
Customlog "/private/var/log/apache2/dummy-host.example.com-access_log" common
</Virtualhost>
<Virtualhost *: 80>
Serveradmin webmaster@dummy-host2.example.com
DocumentRoot "/usr/docs/dummy-host2.example.com"
Servername dummy-host2.example.com
ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/dummy-host2.example.com-error_log"
CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/dummy-host2.example.com-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>
In fact, these two virtual hosts do not exist. when no other virtual hosts are configured, the following prompt may appear when accessing localhost:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access/index. php on this server
The simplest way is to add # in front of each line and comment it out, so that it can be referenced without causing other problems.
Add the following configuration
<VirtualHost *: 80>
ServerAdmin your@website.com
DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/htdocs/"
<Directory "/Applications/XAMPP/htdocs/a">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
Order allow, deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
ServerName your.website.com
ServerAlias your.website.com
ErrorLog "/Applications/XAMPP/htdocs/a/test_error_log"
CustomLog "/Applications/XAMPP/htdocs/a/test_access_log" common
</VirtualHost>
Note: you must add <Directory>, set options to FollowSymLinks, save and exit, and restart Apache.
5. run "sudo vi/etc/hosts", open the hosts configuration file, and add "127.0.0.1 your.website.com" to complete the sites VM configuration, in this way, you can access it with the http://your.website.com, its content is exactly the same as "http: // localhost. 6. But there is another problem, that is, the original localhost has been directed to another directory. You also need to direct the localhost directory back: <VirtualHost *: 80>
DocumentRoot "/Applications/xampp/htdocs /"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
This is all done!
Here I find a graphic tutorial, very good: http://www.cnblogs.com/heiniuhaha/archive/2011/10/14/2212478.html