Correct vhosts setting?

Question

linux

Hi all. There is Ubuntu Server 12.04, Apache is installed on it. There are several sites that are stored in /var/www/{site_name}/htdocs. There are Apache configs in the sites-available directory. Well, and entries in /etc/hosts like 127.0.1.* {site_name}.
When I run this server in Virtual Box, the system resolves the name of the server itself, i.e. I can access the browser not by IP, but by hostname (in this case ubs ) and get to the default site in the /var/www directory. But I didn’t manage to make it so that the names of virtual hosts were resolved, so that on my working machine I didn’t have to write a line like 192.168.1.100 ubs site1.ubs site2.ubs in /etc/hosts for each host.
What should be done? How to force DNS to resolve virtual host names so they are accessible from the outside? I understand that if the name of the server itself is resolved, then there is a DNS server?

Answer 1

No, in this case you are referring to the computer by its name, and it can only have one. Options for solving the problem:
1. The simplest thing is to register all your virtual hosts in /etc/hosts (%windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts).
2. Install on the DNS server (the same bind9), set up your domains in it and use this DNS server on the working computer.