Configuring subdomain in Laragon

[e-smily]

Hello,
I want to create a new laravel project with subdomains and I got problems to set the environment for the localhost.

The domain-structure should be:
mydomain.test
admin.mydomain.test
app.mydomain.test

I tried everything I found with Google, but nothing works.
It would be nice to have a howto or a working example to achieve this?
I tried quiet everything I found by Google, but nothing works (for example this,)

Thank you.

[Pen-y-Fan]

The explanation you have found is correct, I can give more information on how Laragon works and add more detail.

When a new project is created in c:\laragon\www Laragon will automatically detect the folder, it will:

• add an entry in the host in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\host
• create an Apache conf file in C:\laragon\etc\apache2\sites-enabled

Each time a project is added to the www directory the auto file will be re-created, it is not advisable to edit them.

Example:

I assume each of the projects has its own entry point, therefore create the three projects in the www directory:

admin-project
app-project
main-project

Laragon will create three entries in the host file:

127.0.0.1      admin-project.test       #laragon magic! 
127.0.0.1      app-project.test       #laragon magic! 
127.0.0.1      main-project.test       #laragon magic! 

Laragon will also create three Apache conf files:

auto.admin-project.test.conf
auto.app-project.test.conf
auto.main-project.test.conf

Copy the three #laragon magic! lines in the host file and amended them to the required subdomain

127.0.0.1      admin.myproject.local
127.0.0.1      app.myproject.local
127.0.0.1      myproject.local

Tip: Note the domain change from .test to .local, this is to separate the Laragon domain from manually configured ones. Feel free to amend Laragon to use .local and .test for manual.

Next, navigate to the sites-enabled folder. Copy each of the auto Apache conf files and rename them:

manual.admin.myproject.local.conf
manual.app.myproject.local.conf
manual.myproject.local.conf

Edit each of the three manual files and change the define SITE e.g. the app site will be:

define SITE "app.myproject.local"

For the main site also remove the wildcard: ServerAlias *.${SITE}, as this may cause problems with the subdomains

Restart Apache and you can now navigate each site by its subdomain.

• https://myproject.local
• https://admin.myproject.local
• https://app.myproject.local

Note: Each site must have an index.html or index.php file in the project folder or public subfolder for Laragon Magic to work, if you have another entry point the Apache file may need to be amended. For example, How to develop a Node.js app with Laragon ? #455

Tip: if you haven't enabled SSL in Laragon see my blog: How to set up Laragon on a new Windows computer (part 4) - Enable security

I hope this helps, if you have any further questions please ask.

[e-smily]

Thanks very much for your fast answer, your explanation works fine.
The trick was to create the manual config files for each domain/subdomain.

So for the sake of completeness, the content of my manuals:

For the main domain ->manual.myproject.test.conf:

define ROOT "D:/laragon/www/test/livewire3/livewire3-filament3/public/"
define SITE "myproject.test"

<VirtualHost *:80> 
    DocumentRoot ${ROOT}
    ServerName ${SITE}
    ServerAlias ${SITE}
    <Directory "${ROOT}">
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

And for the "admin" Subdomain ->manual.admin.myproject.test.conf:

define ROOT "D:/laragon/www/test/livewire3/livewire3-filament3/public/"
define SITE "admin.myproject.test"

<VirtualHost *:80> 
    DocumentRoot ${ROOT}
    ServerName ${SITE}
    ServerAlias *.${SITE}
    <Directory "${ROOT}">
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

[gul-ahmad]

but I think if we have some thing like multitenant application where subdomain created on the fly we don't need multiple projects for subdomain I mean our main application abc.test and the subdomain is user1.abc.test and then user2.abc.test and so on...so the above discussion does not look or support this case as i have tried it practically any input or solution for this is welcome

[RachidMA]

Is that correct? Or is there an automatic way to do so. Even setting wildcard in my hosts file and auto.myapp.test.conf file didn't work

[gul-ahmad]

Yes i just checked my project which is as well a multi tenancy project ,We have to add each subdomain manually created for tenant like e.g tenant1.learning.test ,tenant2.learning.test etc in hosts file and so on ,as per my findings there is no automatic way for it.

[RachidMA]

So painful. It maybe a way to create window script to add the subdomain when new tenant is created. At least during development. I am working on it. Thank you anyway

[gul-ahmad]

Its my pleasure and you are welcome .You can watch or learn more about different topics at my channel as well regarding laravel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYpHilpRt59iumPI1sEPh2w

[RachidMA]

Sure. I will save the link