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title: Create Virtual Hosts on Mac OS X Using VirtualHostX
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date: 2010-07-02
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excerpt:
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How to use the VirtualHostX application to manage virtual hosts on Mac OS X.
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tags:
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- drupal-6
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- drupal-planet
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- mamp
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- virtual-hosts
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- virtualhostx
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This isn't a Drupal related topic per se, but it is a walk-through of one of the
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applications that I use whilst doing Drupal development work. I assume, like
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most Mac OS X users, I use [MAMP](http://www.mamp.info/en/index.html) to run
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Apache, MySQL and PHP locally whilst developing. I also use virtual hosts in
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Apache to create local .dev domains which are as close as possible to the actual
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live domains. For example, if I was developing a site called mysite.com, my
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local development version would be mysite.dev.
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Normally, I would have to edit the hosts file and Apache's httpd.conf file to
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create a virtual host. The first to set the domain and it's associated IP
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address, and the other to configure the domain's directory, default index file
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etc. However, using [VirtualHostX](http://clickontyler.com/virtualhostx), I can
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quickly create a virtual host without having to edt any files. Enter the virtual
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domain name, the local path and the port, and apply the settings. VirtualHostX
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automatically restarts Apache, so the domain is ready to work straight away. You
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can also enter custom directives from within the GUI.
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There's also an option to share the host over the local network. Next, I intend
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on configuring a virtual Windows PC within VMware Fusion to view these domains
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so that I can do cross-browser testing before putting a site live.
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I ensured that my Apache configuration within MAMP was set to port 80, and that
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VirtualHostX was using Apache from MAMP instead of Apple's built-in Apache.
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**Note:** One problem that I had after setting this up, was that I was receving
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an error when attempting to open a Drupal website which said _'No such file or
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directory'._
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After some troubleshooting, I found out that Web Sharing on my Mac had become
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enabled (I don't know why, I've never enabled it), and that this was causing a
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conflict with Apache. Once I opened my System Preferences and disabled it,
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everything worked fine!
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This, along with [MAMP](http://www.mamp.info/en/index.html),
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[Coda](http://www.panic.com/coda), [Sequel Pro](http://www.sequelpro.com), and
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[Transmit](http://www.panic.com/transmit), has become an essential tool within
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my development environment.
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