[LUG] Apache Web Hosting Automation

[Gibbs <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm setting up a web hosting environment on a VPS I have (for fun and 
learning initially) and already have virtual users setup in a database. 
Now I want to create a web front-end to create the necessary apache 
config files, directories etc to automate the creation of virtual hosts 
and new websites. I won't have the back-end do this directly, as root 
access will be required, so I'm trying to think of an approach to this - 
maybe a cron job?

Does, say, a web hosting company manually set up websites on Apache or 
is it common to take an "automated" approach like I'm trying to achieve? 
It just seems a bit laborious having to manually configure everything 
and be needed to do it :)

Cheers,

Gibbs

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