localhost webdev: virtual host setup on Mac OS X with MAMP

Reminder to self: how to set up a virtual host for localhost webdevelopment on OS X with MAMP

1. DNS setup: add an entry for the local domain name in /etc/hosts, e.g.

   127.0.0.1     foo.localhost
   

   and flush DNS cache with

   dscacheutil -flushcache
   

   1. Apache config (/Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf): add a virtual host entry like

      ServerName foo.localhost DocumentRoot /Users/eddywally/Sites/foo/localhost-dev/drupal and restart webserver, e.g. with

      /Applications/MAMP/bin/apache2/bin/apachectl restart

2. Connect to http://foo.localhost:8888 (don't forget the nonstandard port number, unless you configured MAMP to use standard port 80).

further reading:

• http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/
• http://www.entityarts.net/blog/steve_krueger/07-19-2007/virtualhosts_mamp_wamp_xammp_etc_great_drupal_multisite
• http://www.sysarchitects.com/node/58