OS X server for local network Drupal web development

HI All,
First post here, so here goes, please go easy
Background
We're a small web development shop and bought a mac mini server so we can collaboratively develop our websites. Previously we have all been using MAMP on each of our local machines to develop Drupal websites.
*Help needed*
I've tried configuring some custom sites through the web services preference pane, but have no luck in viewing these custom sites from our other mac clients.
Ideally we want to virtual host multiple sites on our server that we can see on our local network.
We only want to connect/browse the server locally , so I'm a bit stumped on the need to set up DNS.
Ideally i would like to browse the server directly by entering the IP address (and port number if need) followed by the site name.ie:
http://myserve.local/mydevelopmentsite
Essentially, i would like to replicate MAMP functionality - hosting multiple sites on the server that can be collaborated on from the local machines.
I've really found it hard to find any configuration information via search, most topics seem to refer to modifying regular OSX installs to work as a server. My understanding is that as OSX server has all the necessary LAMP components that this should be a fairly straightforward task.
If anyone can share any links, advice or tutorials that would be much appreciated.
Best Regards
Hixster
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We only want to connect/browse the server locally , so I'm a bit stumped on the need to set up DNS.
Ideally i would like to browse the server directly by entering the IP address (and port number if need) followed by the site name.ie:
By default, virtual hosting setup via Server Admin use name-based virtual hosting, meaning that Apache looks at the hostname in the request to work out which site configuration to use. That's why you need DNS - a way to map the numerous names to the various sites you've configured, e.g.:
http://site1.server.local/ -> site 1
http://site2.server.local/ -> site 2
(where both site1.server.local and site2.server.local resolve to this server's IP address)
It is possible to do port-based virtual hosting (where you include the port number in the URL) - to do this you leave the hostname blank in Server Admin and ensure that each site has a different port number configured.
http://server1.local:8001/ -> site 1
http://server1.local:8002/ -> site 2
There's no easy way to map URI elements to different sites, e.g.:
http://server1.local/site1 -> site 1
http://server1.local/site2 -> site 2
This can be done by editing Apache's configuration directly, but you can't do this via Server Admin (unless you really are just mapping to different directories and not entirely different sites).

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