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For hosting we are going to user Name Based Virtual Hosting (NBVH).

NBVH is commonly used for host multiple websites on same IP address or same server.

To host two or more websites on a single server follow below steps :

Step 1 : Create a website directory

Create a directory for website :

Use below command for create new directory.

mkdir /var/www/website-example.com

Step 2 : Put files in directory

Now put your code in this directory or create an index.html page with following command.

nano /var/www/website-example.com/index.html

Step 3 : Change directory permission

Next, change the ownership of website-example.com directory to www-data:

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/website-example.com

Step 4 : Create a virtual host configuration file

Now, you will need to create an apache virtual host configuration file to run two or more websites.

Create a virtual host config file for website-example.com.

Below command will create new file & open for editing.

nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/website-example.com.conf

Add the following lines in opened file, Save and close after editing.

<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
	DocumentRoot /var/www/website-example.com/
	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
	<Directory /var/www/website-example.com/>
		AllowOverride All
	</Directory>
	ServerName website-example.com
	RewriteEngine on
	RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.website-example.com [OR]
	RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =website-example.com
	RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent]
</VirtualHost>

Step 5 : Enable new site config

Enable the new created virtual host configuration file with the following commands :

a2ensite website-example.com

Step 6 : Restart apache server

Restart apache for new changes.

systemctl restart apache2

Step 7 : Run new website

Now, open your preferred browser and run URL http://website-example.com.

That's all done here.