Creating an Apache VirtualHost

You have Apache installed and have created a Laravel project, but the web page returned by your browser is the default Apache web page.

laravel:~$ cd /etc/apache2/sites-available
laravel:/etc/apache2/sites-available$ sudo vi myapp.conf

Have the contents of the file match what's below.

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName myapp.localhost.com
  DocumentRoot "/home/vagrant/projects/myapp/public"
  <Directory "/home/vagrant/projects/myapp/public">
    AllowOverride all
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Save the file, then continue below.

laravel:/etc/apache2/sites-available$ cd ../sites-enabled
laravel:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled$ sudo ln -s ../sites-available/myapp.conf
laravel:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled$ sudo service apache2 restart

Fixing Permissions

If you're running a virtual machine under Vagrant, you may want to change the user and group to avoid permission issues.

To do this:

laravel:~$ cd /etc/apache2
laravel:/etc/apache2$ sudo vi envvars

Change the lines below to contain the desired user and group

export APACHE_RUN_USER=vagrant
export APACHE_RUN_GROUP=vagrant

Save the file and restart apache.

laravel:/etc/apache2$ sudo service apache2 restart

1. Your apache version is the type that places virtual hosts in /etc/apache/sites-*
2. Your Laravel project is in /home/vagrant/projects/myapp
3. You have myapp.localhost.com in your hosts file (the host file on your host operating system, where you're browser will run)

If the assumptions above are correct you should be able to point your browser to http://myapp.localhost.com and see your Laravel web application.