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We have already seen the apache2 installation if you want to check here for debian users and check here for ubuntu users.

Virtual Host refers to the practice of running more than one web site (such as www.company1.com and www.company2.com) on a single machine. Virtual hosts can be “IP-based”, meaning that you have a different IP address for every web site, or “name-based”, meaning that you have multiple names running on each IP address. The fact that they are running on the same physical server is not apparent to the end user.

Apache was one of the first servers to support IP-based virtual hosts right out of the box. Versions 1.1 and later of Apache support both IP-based and name-based virtual hosts (vhosts). The latter variant of virtual hosts is sometimes also called host-based or non-IP virtual hosts.

Basics Of Virtual Hosts

Using virtual hosts, host several domains with a single web server. In this way, save the costs and administration workload for separate servers for each domain. There are several options regarding virtual hosts

Name-based virtual hosts

IP-based virtual hosts

Operation of multiple instances of Apache on one machine

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