Create Local Development Site

Add entry to Apache vhosts file:

/opt/local/apache2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

#############################
## ONEIRIC SITE DEV.
#############################
<VirtualHost *:80>
    <Directory "/Users/goliatone/Development/www/dreamcach.lc">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Order deny,allow
        Allow from all
        Satisfy all

        ###################################################
        #THIS IS WHAT YOUR WILL BE ADDING BELOW
        IndexIgnore /
        RewriteEngine on
        # if a directory or a file exists, use it directly
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

        # otherwise forward it to index.php
        RewriteRule . index.php
        #THIS IS WHAT YOUR WILL BE ADDING ABOVE
        ###################################################
    </Directory>

    ServerAdmin admin@goliatone.com
    DocumentRoot "/Users/goliatone/Development/www/dreamcach.lc"
    ServerName dreamcach.lc
    ServerAlias dreamcachetest
    ErrorLog /private/var/log/apache2/dreamcach-error_log
    CustomLog /private/var/log/apache2/dreamcach-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

Restart Apache:

sudo /opt/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k restart

Edit hosts file:

sudo nano /private/etc/hosts

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1   localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost

##Dev stuff
127.0.0.1   dreamcach.lc

ln -s ~/Development/ONEIRIC/dreamcach-website/app/ ~/Development/www/dreamcach.lc

Flush DNS Cache

The DNS request for that domain may already be cached. To clear the cached entry, run this command on the command line.

dscacheutil -flushcache

Forwarding To A Localhost Port

In the example so far, I assumed you had an app that could be run under Apache. If you are running your app with a Vagrant setup- you should- or a pure Node.js app

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ProxyPreserveHost On
  ProxyRequests Off
  ServerName dreamcach.lc
  ServerAlias dreamcach.lc
  ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/app/
  ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/app/
</VirtualHost>