What do we need?, we need a server or a local computer running Apache either in Windows or Linux. Since most of us are developing using Windows we might as well use Windows using Apache Xampp for this setup.

1. In Apache we usually edit the httpd.conf to configure the virtual host file, but in Xampp it is a separate file being called inside the apache httpd.conf. You will find your httpd.conf in your drive where you installed Xampp in my case it’s in my D: drive under the xampp folder navigate through D:\xampp\apache\conf you will find there your httpd.conf.

2. Inside our D:\xampp\apache\conf directory we will see a folder named extra. These folder holds additional configuration for our apache server. Before the functions can be configurable inside the httpd.conf but now it is just being called inside the httpd.conf when we start the server. Configuration in this manner is much simple since we will immediately know in which part of the configuration, we have committed an error if our server suddenly doesn’t start. It is always a good idea to create a backup of the original file for reference or to restore it to original state if we commit an error.