lamp-app-alt/apache2-app.conf

<VirtualHost *:8000>
    DocumentRoot /app/data

    ErrorLog "|/bin/cat"
    CustomLog "|/bin/cat" combined

    <Directory /app/data/>
        Options +FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted

        <IfModule mod_php5.c>
            php_value memory_limit 64m
        </IfModule>

    </Directory>

    # some directories must be protected for wordpress this is not good for the generic app
   <Directory /app/data/wp-content>
        DirectoryIndex Off
        AllowOverride None
        <IfModule mod_php5.c>
            php_admin_flag engine off
        </IfModule>
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>