Setting up local virtual host on Macbook

Question

Trying to setup apache virtual host on my macbook pro for development.

Want to setup site so i can use the following url format.

http://example.local

This resolves to apache's default index.html.en, the one which say's "It works!"

However, when I use http://localhost/example, seems to load example's index file.

Any ideas?

This is my setup

copy of my /etc/hosts file

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.1       example.local
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
#::1            localhost
#fe60::1%lo0    localhost

copy of /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf file

NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName example.local
  ServerAlias example.local
  DocumentRoot /Library/WebServer/Documents/example
  #DirectoryIndex index.php
  <Directory /Library/WebServer/Documents/example/>
    Order Allow,Deny
    Allow from All
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

I have remove other vhost from the file to eliminate vhost clashing.

Thanks Dinesh.

Answer 1

Have you uncommented the following line in your httpd.conf and restarted apache?

# Virtual hosts
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

This, as it looks includes the vhosts conf httpd-vhosts.conf.