ESSENTIALS OF APACHE WEB SERVER

ESSENTIALS OF APACHE WEB SERVER

Apache Web Server Installation Notes

	Install command	Install httpd service boot script start at  boot time Starting  httpd
Fedora / RHEL / Cent OS	# yum install httpd	# chkconfig httpd on # /etc/init.d/httpd start
Debian Linux	# apt-get install apache2	# update-rc.d apache2 defaults # /etc/init.d/apache2 start
Open SUSE	# zypper in apache2 # yast2 -i apache2	# chkconfig --add apache2 # /etc/init.d/apache2 start

Document root location and configuration scripts

	Document root of the default web site	httpd.conf location
Fedora / RHEL / Cent OS	# /var/www/html	# /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Debian Linux	# /var/www/	# /etc/apache2/apache2.conf # /etc/apache2/ports.conf
Open SUSE	# cd /srv/www/htdocs/	# /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Compiling and Installing

	Compiling and Installing
Download	# lynx http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
Extract	# gzip -d  httpd-2.4.6.tar.gz # tar xvf  httpd-2.4.6.tar.gz # cd  httpd-2.4.6
Configure	# ./configure --prefix= /usr/local/apache2/
Compile	# make
Install	# make install
Customize	# vi /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf
Test	#  /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k start

	Other essential details of Apache
server log	/etc/httpd/logs                     à( symbolic link) /var/log/httpd
server modules	/etc/httpd/modules             à( symbolic link) /usr/lib/httpd/modules
server process ID	/var/run                                 à( symbolic link)             /var/run/httpd.pid