i want to host more then 1 site on local centos mach.

you can edit the httpd.conf file  and create virtual host entries;

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@mydomain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html
    ServerName www.mydomain.com
    ErrorLog logs/mydomain-error_log
    CustomLog logs/mydomain-access_log common
</VirtualHost>
 
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@otherdomain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/othersite
    ServerName www.otherdomain.com
    ErrorLog logs/otherdomain-error_log
    CustomLog logs/otherdomain-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

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i am getting error when i restart the httpd after doing the configuration u told

starting httpd: [Fri May 01 09:54:54 2009] [Warn] _default_ VirtualHost overlap on port 80, the first as precedence
[Fri May 01 09:54:54 2009] [Warn] _default_ VirtualHost overlap on port 80, the first as precedence

but all the domains are openng to the default apache page rather then the index page i placed in the folder location.

they are warnings but it is a bit annoying...
can you post you complete config here?

in my /etc/hosts file i place following code
101.168.1.25  www.solutionsbeyond.local
101.168.1.25  forum.solutionsbeyond.local
101.168.1.25  forum2.solutionsbeyond.local

and in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin  admin@solutionsbeyond.local
DocumentRoot  /home/httpd/sb
ServerName www.solutionsbeyond.local
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin  admin@solutionsbeyond.local
DocumentRoot  /home/httpd/test
ServerName forum2.solutionsbeyond.local
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin  admin@solutionsbeyond.local
DocumentRoot  /home/httpd/phpbb
ServerName forum.solutionsbeyond.local
</VirtualHost>

rest is default as it was