Adding a second domain to a droplet.

Heya @fingers,

Yes, sure. You just need to create another conf file in /etc/apache2/sites-available.

First create the /etc/apache2/sites-available/mydomain.net.conf file. Inside you can put something like the following:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    ServerName myDomain.net
    ServerAlias www.myDomain.net
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/myDomain.net
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

That should be enough for now. Save the file. After that run

sudo a2ensite mydomain.net.conf

Now your Website if having the proper DNS record will start loading from your Droplet.

As for SSL, you can run the certbot command it will guide you through the proccess of installing an SSL certificate for your Domain and creating the proper virtual host for your 443 port.

Hi there,

Would the second domain be loading a totally separate website? Or would it just need to show the content of your already existing website?

To add a second domain and a second website to your existing Droplet with Apache and Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates, follow these steps:

1. Prepare Your Directory Structure: Ensure your directories are structured as:

   /var/www/html
   /var/www/html/myDomain.com
   /var/www/html/myDomain.net
   

2. Create New Virtual Host Configuration Files: You’ll need to create new configuration files for both myDomain.com and myDomain.net.

   • Create the Virtual Host for myDomain.com:

     sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/myDomain.com.conf
     

     Add the following content:

     <VirtualHost *:80>
         ServerName myDomain.com
         ServerAlias www.myDomain.com
         DocumentRoot /var/www/html/myDomain.com
     
         <Directory /var/www/html/myDomain.com>
             Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
             AllowOverride All
             Require all granted
         </Directory>
     
         ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/myDomain.com-error.log
         CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/myDomain.com-access.log combined
     </VirtualHost>
     

   • Create the Virtual Host for myDomain.net:

     sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/myDomain.net.conf
     

     Add the following content:

     <VirtualHost *:80>
         ServerName myDomain.net
         ServerAlias www.myDomain.net
         DocumentRoot /var/www/html/myDomain.net
     
         <Directory /var/www/html/myDomain.net>
             Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
             AllowOverride All
             Require all granted
         </Directory>
     
         ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/myDomain.net-error.log
         CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/myDomain.net-access.log combined
     </VirtualHost>
     

3. Enable the New Virtual Hosts:

   sudo a2ensite myDomain.com.conf
   sudo a2ensite myDomain.net.conf
   sudo systemctl reload apache2
   

4. Obtain SSL Certificates Using Let’s Encrypt: Use Certbot to obtain SSL certificates for both domains. If you don’t have Certbot installed, install it first:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install certbot python3-certbot-apache
   

   • Obtain and Install the Certificate for myDomain.com:

     sudo certbot --apache -d myDomain.com -d www.myDomain.com
     

   • Obtain and Install the Certificate for myDomain.net:

     sudo certbot --apache -d myDomain.net -d www.myDomain.net
     

   Certbot will automatically configure your Apache virtual host files to use SSL. It will create corresponding SSL configuration files (e.g., myDomain.com-le-ssl.conf and myDomain.net-le-ssl.conf) in /etc/apache2/sites-available.

5. Verify the SSL Configuration: Certbot should have reloaded Apache automatically, but it’s good to verify:

   sudo apachectl configtest
   sudo systemctl reload apache2
   

Let me know how it goes!

Best,

Bobby