NYCPHP Meetup

[Jeff Siegel]

If someone wants to "take the lead" on reviewing the technical details 
(I have zero experience with the Mac setup), we could then add an 
"addendum."

Jeff Siegel
1/2 of the PHundamentals Team ;)

Stephen Musgrave wrote:

> yes, this is a great idea.  thanks to all who contribute to these articles.
> in the rush to get the know the language, these finer details are all too
> often glazed over.
> 
> [guilty.]
> 
> i develop on MAC OS X and thought i would offer some additional pointers on
> the VIRTUAL HOSTING topic that may be added to the topic by whomever
> maintains it.
> 
> http://phundamentals.nyphp.org/PH_virtualhosting.php?expiredate=10/10/2003
> 
> i would appreciate a peer review on this since i am not totally confident
> that my installation is typical (especially with regard to the location of
> the Sites directory).  there might also be some tips to improve the language
> so as to be more helpful.
> 
> to set up a virtual host on MAC OS X
> 
> 1.  Setting up the directories for the virtual host
> 
> 1a.  Create a directory within your 'Sites' directory that will hold all the
> files for your project.  I typically append .dev to the domain name.  So if
> I were working on a project for project.com, i would name the directory
> 'project.dev'.
> 
> 1b.  Within the project.dev directory, create your document root directory
> (htdocs, www or public_html).
> 
> 2.  Setting up a machine alias in Net Info Manager
> 
> 2a.  Open Net Info Manager (located in Applications/Utilities).
> 
> 2b.  In the middle column, select the 'machines' directory (/machines) and
> then select 'localhost'.  Click on the 'duplicate' icon on the task bar.
> (Be sure that the you have unlocked the application before trying to
> duplicate or else the icon will be dim and you won't be able to duplicate.)
> 
> 2c.  Select the 'localhost copy' machine.  The details (ip_address, name,
> servers) will show up in the panel below the list.  double click on the
> value for name (localhost copy).  Rename it to 'project.dev' or whatever you
> would like.  This is the string you will enter for the URL in your browser
> to reach the virtual host.  Close Net Info Manager
> 
> 3.  Edit the Apache httpd.conf file (/etc/httpd/httpd.conf).
> 
> 3a.  Using vi (or other editor), edit the httpd.conf file.  It is likely you
> will have to use the sudo command:  sudo vi httpd.conf  (Make a backup
> first! -- sudo cp httpd.conf httpd.conf.bak)
> 
> 3b.  Scroll until you see:
> <VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
>  DocumentRoot /Users/username/Sites
>  ServerName localhost
> </VirtualHost>
> 
> 3c.  Copy and paste this virtual host definition for localhost.  Change the
> values to look like so:
> <VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
>  DocumentRoot /Users/username/Sites/project.dev/htdocs
>  ServerName project.dev
>  ErrorLog /Users/stephenm/Sites/project.dev/error_log
> </VirtualHost>
> 
> 4d.  Save the file.
> 
> 5.  Restart Apache
> 
> 5a.  Open 'System Preferences'.
> 5b.  Click on 'Sharing'.
> 5c.  Under the 'Services' tab, click 'Personal Web Sharing'.
> 5d.  Click on the 'Stop' button.  When it shows as 'Start', click it again.
> When it shows as 'Stop' you know that the server has restarted normally and
> there weren't any compilation errors entered in the httpd.conf file.
> 5e.  Alternately, you can use the command 'apachectl graceful'.
> 
> 6.  Testing
> 
> 6a.  Create an 'index.html' file the document root fold of the virtual host
> (Sites/project.dev/htdocs)
> 6b.  Enter 'http://project.dev' into the location of your browser.
> 6c.  You should see file you just created.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> STEPHEN.
> 
> ] stephen at musgrave.org
> ] http://stephen.musgrave.org/
> 
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> > We've been needing to get some posting guidelines and=20
> > do's/don't's for the NYPHP lists.  If anyone has any written up,
> > I'll be happy to add
> > them to nyphp.org
>=20
> This is the best list that I know of:
>=20
> http://webdesign-l.com/policies/
>=20
> I may be able to get permission to "share" them (or that parts that
> apply to us) with NYPHP if we decide we like them.

Now that's good policy!  If you could Adam that'd be great...let me
know.  We can compile the pertinent information into our own policy and
I see no reason to credit them as a source, and anyone else who
contributes.

H