• a3ensite make sites - Generate apache or nginx configuration file
• a3ensite make hosts - Generate hosts entries to /etc/hosts or any other Hosts.FileLoc
• a3ensite status - Print status [Sites, Hosts]

• $[VARIABLE]$ = required variable - apply content & show line or throw an error if not.
• $?[VARIABLE]$ = optional variable - apply content & show line if variable is set.
• $![VARIABLE]$ = display variable - show line if variable is set.

sites and output location configuration in JSON

{
  "options": {
        "Hosts": {
            "EnabledLoc": "/etc/hosts"
            "HostNameKey": "ServerName",
            "HostIpKey": "ServerIp",
        }
  },
  "server": {
    "EnabledLoc": "/tmp",
    "OutputFile": "app.conf",
  },
  "defaults": {
    "Servername": "server0"
  },
  "sites": [
    {
      "ServerName": "server1",
      "ServerAlias": "alias1",
      "ServerIp": "127.0.0.1",
      "ServerOptional": "optional-value-1"
    },
    {
      "ServerName": "server2",
      "ServerAlias": "alias2",
      "ServerIp": "127.0.0.1",
      "ServerHidden": "hidden-value-2"
    },
    {
      "ServerName": "dev.local",
      "ServerAlias": "www.dev.local",
      "ServerIp": "127.0.0.1",
      "WebSocket": "ws://dev.local"
    }
  ]
}

template for generating output

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName $[ServerName]$
  ServerAlias $[ServerAlias]$
  ServerOptional $?[ServerOptional]$
  ProxyPreserveHost On $![ServerHidden]$

  RewriteEngine on                            $![WebSocket]$
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:Upgrade} websocket [NC]  $![WebSocket]$
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:Connection} upgrade [NC] $![WebSocket]$
  RewriteRule ^/?(.*) "$?[WebSocket]$/$1" [P,L]
<VirtualHost>

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a3ensite enable | make

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Generated output

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName server1
  ServerAlias alias1
  ServerOptional optional-value-1

<VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName server2
  ServerAlias alias2
  ProxyPreserveHost On

<VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName dev.local
  ServerAlias www.dev.local

  RewriteEngine on
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:Upgrade} websocket [NC]
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:Connection} upgrade [NC]
  RewriteRule ^/?(.*) "ws://dev.local/$1" [P,L]
<VirtualHost>