Localhost alias not working on XAMPP

Question

I've installed XAMPP in Mountain Lion and I'm trying to get mysite.local aliased to localhost/~user/mysite.

In /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf I have:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot "/Users/user/Sites/mysite"
    ServerName mysite.local
    ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/dummy-host2.example.com-error_log"
    CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/dummy-host2.example.com-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>

and in /etc/hosts I have:

127.0.0.1 localhost mysite.local

When I go to http://mysite.local it only shows me the XAMPP start page.

What to do?

Toby · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-10 15:40:05Z

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Is this is the first time you are doing this then first of all make sure that httpd-vhosts.conf is being included in your general httpd.conf (or apache.conf) file.

Normally these are included in the httpd.conf file but commented out, just remove the comment.

Also make sure you have restarted apache after making these changes.

answered Apr 10, 2013 at 15:40

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2 Comments

Derek Johnson Over a year ago

No Joy. I uncommented Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf and also tried Include /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf but I'm still getting the XAMPP splash page.

Toby Over a year ago

Sounds like you are maybe editing the wrong httpd.conf file, XAMPP uses its own stuff, usually found within /Applications/XAMPP/etc/ (from memory)

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