How to Set Up Apache Virtual Host on MacOS

Setting up Apache Virtual Host on Your Mac. Basic commands and where directories are found.

Open and edit the httpd file found at
/private/etc/apache2/httd.conf
or
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Open the file and uncomment the Virtual Host include
Open and edit httpd-vhosts.conf file found at
/private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
or
/etc/apache2/extra/httdp-vhosts.conf

Add
VirtualHost *:80
DocumentRoot “/Users/username/Sites/foldername”
ServerName test.local
/VirtualHost

Open and edit the hosts file locate at
/etc/hosts

Add
127.0.0.1. test.local