Создание виртуального хоста

cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
sudo cp default site.local
sudo gedit site.local
<VirtualHost *:80>
  DocumentRoot "/home/amey/htdocs/site.local/public"
  ServerName site.local
  SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV development
  <Directory "/home/amey/htdocs/site.local/public">
    Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

добавляем в /etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 site.local

Включаем хост и рестартим апач:
sudo a2ensite site.local
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart