Create Drupal 7 Multi Site on Mac OSX 10.10

Question

I want to create a Drupal Multisite so I can share my theme and users between two sites. I want to set it up locally before I upload it on a webhost.

I am using Mac 10.10. However, many of the tutorials seem to be written for older versions of Mac OSX and don't work properly.

For example, this tutorial suggests the following:

Edit /etc/apache2/http.conf to add the following:

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80>
DocumentRoot /Users/YOURSITE/Sites/drupal
ServerName drupal1.localhost
</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80>
DocumentRoot /Users/YOURSITE/Sites/drupal
ServerName drupal2.localhost
</VirtualHost>

Then edit /etc/hosts to add the following:

127.0.0.1     drupal1.localhost
127.0.0.1     drupal2.localhost

You can now find your site at: http://drupal1.localhost & http://drupal2.localhost

When I do this, I just get the message "It Works" I am unable to go to the Druapl installation page to start installing the site.

I've had a search for other tutorials, but they all seem to be written for MAMP.

How can I fix it, without using MAMP?

Answer 1

It sounds like you don't have your directories configured properly.

Assuming that you have this file structure:

/users/
    /drupal/
        /sites/
            /drupal1.localhost/
                /settings.php
            /drupal2.localhost/
                /settings.php

Note that the folders under /sites must match the http.conf server name. (unless alias's are set up).

With the above structure, your http.conf would look like this:

DocumentRoot "/users/drupal"

<Directory "/users/drupal">
    AllowOverride All
</directory>

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80>
    DocumentRoot "/users/drupal"
    ServerName drupal1.localhost
    <Directory "/users/drupal">
        Require all granted
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80>
    DocumentRoot "/users/drupal"
    ServerName drupal2.localhost
    <Directory "/users/drupal">
        Require all granted
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Note that the document root points to the base Drupal folder, not /sites. Drupal will handle this part automatically.

Your hosts file would remain the same:

127.0.0.1     drupal1.localhost
127.0.0.1     drupal2.localhost