MAMP: How can I run both Vhost sites and default sites

Question

So I enabled a vHost in my httpd.conf by enabling Include /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf and in /etc/host I made entry as:

127.0.0.1 mydomain.com

Now even if I try localhost it goes to mydomain.com

Answer 1

In the MAMP Environment, Virtual Hosts are quite easy to implement. However, in your case you might have probably forgotten to add some entries to /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf . Adding entries to the /etc/host alone is not enough and again (in your case) the line: 127.0.0.1 mydomain.com says that all requests (no matter which) should be forwarded to mydomain.com

Now to make this work the way you had expected, open up /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf and add the following Entries:

        # THIS ENSURES THAT localhost IS STILL INTACT...
        <VirtualHost *:80>
            DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs
            ServerName localhost
        </VirtualHost>    

        # THIS LOADS UP THE mydomain.com VIRTUAL HOST
        <VirtualHost *:80>
            ServerAdmin webmaster@mydomain.com
            DocumentRoot "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mydomain"
            ServerName mydomain.com
            ServerAlias www.mydomain.com
            ErrorLog "logs/mydomain-error_log"
            CustomLog "logs/mydomain.com-access_log" common
        </VirtualHost>

The Lines above ensures that when you call mydomain.com , the appropriate Virtual Host is loaded in this case the index File under /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/mydomain but still, calling localhost would load the default MAMP Welcome Page (except when configured otherwise).

IMPORTANT

Make sure (also) that in your hosts File, the entry: 127.0.0.1 localhost is there (preferably, as the first Entry). In other words, your hosts File is expected to look something like this:

    ##
    # Host Database
    #
    # localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
    # when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
    ##
    127.0.0.1       localhost
    127.0.0.1       mydomain.com
    255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
    ::1             localhost