Virtual hosts not working on MAMP

Question

I am running into virtual hosts setup issues on MAMP. Here is my vhosts config

NameVirtualHost *

<VirtualHost *>
        ServerName dev.local.com
 DocumentRoot “/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/local”
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *>
        DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs
        ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

Here is my hosts file

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.1       dev.local.com

now when visiting localhost and dev.local.com both are pointing to index of local directory. I tried various config setting in vhosts file but none is working. I am on MacBook Pro 10.10

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 19 '17 at 20:09

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I didn't find any of the answers useful, so if other suggestions don't work for you:

Consider that the virtual hosts need to be correctly enabled/included by uncommenting

Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf in C:\MAMP\conf\apache\httpd.conf and NOT in C:\MAMP\bin\apache\conf or C:\MAMP\bin\apache\conf\original .

There're multiple locations that have MAMP configuration, make sure to uncomment that line in the correctly located file.

answered Aug 19 '17 at 20:09

Dmitriy Kravchuk

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After a MAMP upgrade, the line was indeed commented in `/Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf`. – Anthony Feb 13 '18 at 13:56

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 10 '16 at 05:07

When I first test virtual host (example.dev) I added two slightly different index.php files its directry and to localhost directory (/htdocs). My virtual host would redirect to locahost, I would know because the index.php would be the one in /htdocs. Similar to what user6166 said, I changed the code below to match the 8888 and it worked! I test example.dev:8888 and it works.

 NameVirtualHost *:8888

<VirtualHost *:8888>
    ServerName dev.local.com
    DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/local
    ServerAlias dev.local.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:8888>
    DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs
    ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

Then to remove 8888 change above back to 80 and MAMP preferences to:

Apache Port:80
Nginx Port:8888
mySQL Port:3306

Then inside httpd.conf change below to 80:

Listen 8888
ServerName localhost:8888

Hope that helps someone, it definely fixed my problem!

This actually worked for me. Should be the correct answer. – Akalonda Aug 31 '19 at 07:18 — Akalonda, Aug 31 '19 at 07:18

user6166 · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-16T21:27:33.410

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Changed the hosts file like this -

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName dev.local.com
    DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/local
    ServerAlias dev.local.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot /Applications/MAMP/htdocs
    ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

edited Jul 16 '15 at 21:27

answered Mar 05 '15 at 19:24

user6166

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For anyone still looking. According to [this link](http://www.imore.com/how-edit-your-macs-hosts-file-and-why-you-would-want) you could also try clearing the DNS cache: `sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder return` – DerpyNerd Apr 21 '17 at 06:58
@user6166 could you please take a look my question? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52510110/virtual-host-with-mamp I have a problem when I creating with Vhost. – May Phyu Sep 26 '18 at 04:47

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 10 '20 at 00:24

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Enable virtual host in the right httpd.conf Open MAMP > File > Edit template > Apache > httpd.conf

edit or add:

# Virtual hosts
Include /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

edit mamp httpd.conf

answered Feb 10 '20 at 00:24

Joshua Opata

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 06 '18 at 22:39

I had a similar issue with MAMP Pro 5 (after updating from version 4). One of my custom host with aliases was returning a 404 NOT FOUND error.

After a LONG troubleshoot, make sure to add the domain in the alias list.

MAMP 4

host:

test.co

alias:

sub.test.co

Becomes in MAMP 5:

host:

test.co

alias:

sub.test.co
test.co

Hope they'll get that fixed and that it helps someone!

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Jul 09 '20 at 08:08

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Open the main Apache configuration file, httpd.conf, which is located at

Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/httpd.conf

and Remove the hash (pound) sign from the beginning of the line that begins with Include:

Virtual Hosts

Include /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

edited Jul 09 '20 at 08:08

D. Schreier

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answered Jan 17 '19 at 09:11

Ioannis Tambakis

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 13 '20 at 20:43

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Try to configure MAMP ports by this way:

MAMP
Preferences
Ports
Apache port: 80 Nginx port: 8888

I've had the same port values and after configurating it started working.

answered Jun 13 '20 at 20:43

Dmitriy Korytnyi

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 05 '21 at 15:59

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I'm not an apache expert. But I had the same problem. I think my DNS doesn't resolve my URL. When I ping exampl.dev everything looks fine, but when I enter example.dev in the browser I get an error. I always have to add http:// in front of the url.

answered Jan 05 '21 at 15:59

BonisTech

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