Title: Local Multisite httpd.conf question
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Local Multisite httpd.conf question

 *  [epiphanius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epiphanius/)
 * (@epiphanius)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-multisite-httpdconf-question/)
 * Hello:
 * I’m trying to get multisite working, using the subdomains option; I spent days
   with xampp, I’m now trying wamp.
 * I would like to have my main domain, for which I’m using: localhost.localdomain.
   I’ll also have a test site for a second domain.
 * Most tutorials suggest that I should start with two virtual host entries, something
   like:
 * <VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
    DocumentRoot “C:/wamp/www” ServerName localhost </VirtualHost
   >
 * <VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
    DocumentRoot “C:/wamp/www/urbangiraffe.com” ServerName
   local.urbangiraffe.com ErrorLog logs/urbangiraffe_error.log </VirtualHost>
 * What I don’t understand is: is the first entry supposed to point to my main blog?
   Or will it just be a not very functional apache default page, and the second 
   entry is supposed to be for the main WP site. In that case, the second entry 
   should look like:
 * <VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
    DocumentRoot “C:/wamp/www/localhost.localdomain” ServerName
   localhost.localdomain ErrorLog logs/localhost.localdomain.log </VirtualHost>
 * If the above is correct, then do I need a directory called: C:\wamp\www\localhost.
   localdomain\
    into which I put the wordpress folder? Will this resolve to: localhost.
   localdomain?
 * Thanks for any replies.

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 *  [spiff06](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spiff06/)
 * (@spiff06)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-multisite-httpdconf-question/#post-2444894)
 * DocumentRoot can point anywhere in your system. Filesystem name and base URL 
   don’t need to match either, you’re free to organize things as you like.
 * I’m not very conversant with WAMP, but I’m curious as to what didn’t work with
   XAMPP. I have it working perfectly on my system, but the trick is to create virtual
   hosts in the /apache/conf/extra/httpd.vhosts, not in the general httpd.conf settings
   file.
 * This is the structure I have in mine:
 *     ```
       <VirtualHost 192.168.1.3:80>
       	DocumentRoot "C:\Users\Me\Documents\Project1\website"
       	ServerName project1.tld
       	ServerAdmin admin@project1.tld
       	<Directory "C:\Users\Me\Documents\Project1\website">
       		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
       		AllowOverride All
       		Order allow,deny
       		Allow from all
       	</Directory>
       	ErrorLog logs/project1.tld-error-log
       	CustomLog logs/project1.tld-log common
       </VirtualHost>
       ```
   
 * Then you need to edit your HOSTS file (e.g. C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\HOSTS)
   to link your local IP to the newly created local domain. In my case, I’d add:
 *     ```
       192.168.1.3		project1.tld
       ```
   
 * Only make configuration file changes when Apache is shut down.

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