[FIXED] How to configure the Apache Sever in ubuntu to run sites locally?

Issue

I am new to Apache and I want to configure example.com remotely. I do not own that domain. I tried this https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-apache-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-14-04-lts but it didn't work. Can someone tell me what should be the contents of my example.conf file so that example.com and www.example.com both should point at my localhost. thanks

Solution

Add this entry in your /etc/hosts file

127.0.0.1 example.com
127.0.0.1 www.example.com

Then try to hit the URL from the Browser.

Answered By - shahin

Answer Checked By - Mary Flores (PHPFixing Volunteer)