Virtualhost Manage Script

Bash Script to allow create or delete apache2 virtual hosts on Ubuntu on a quick way. Allow force to HTTPS with self-signed cert. Based on https://github.com/RoverWire/virtualhost

Installation

Download the script
Apply permission to execute:

$ chmod +x /path/to/virtualhost.sh

Optional: if you want to use the script globally, then you need to copy the file to your /usr/local/bin directory, is better if you copy it without the .sh extension:

$ sudo cp /path/to/virtualhost.sh /usr/local/bin/virtualhost

For Global Shortcut

$ cd /usr/local/bin
$ wget -O virtualhost https://raw.githubusercontent.com/charlybs/virtualhost/master/virtualhost.sh
$ chmod +x virtualhost

Usage

Basic command line syntax:

$ sudo sh /path/to/virtualhost.sh [create | delete] [domain] [optional host_dir]

With script installed on /usr/local/bin:

$ sudo virtualhost [create | delete] [domain] [optional host_dir]

Add LetsEncrypt CA cert

Add LetsEncrypt CA cert (install letsencrypt first) to your already created Virtual Host with https.

Add www. and non-www domains to fix security during the redirect (https://www.example.com -> https://example.com):

$ sudo letsencrypt -d www.example.com -d example.com

Examples

to create a new virtual host:

$ sudo virtualhost create mysite.com

to create a new virtual host with custom directory name:

$ sudo virtualhost create anothersite.com /var/www/dev/

to delete a virtual host

$ sudo virtualhost delete mysite.dev

to delete a virtual host with custom directory name:

$ sudo virtualhost delete anothersite.dev /var/www/dev/

Localization

Apache:

$ sudo cp /path/to/locale/<language>/virtualhost.mo /usr/share/locale/<language>/LC_MESSAGES/