How to install and configure APACHE web server in linux(5/6/7) with practical step by step guide


How to install and configure APACHE web server in linux(5/6/7) with practical step by step guide

In this article we learn what is APACHE webserver and how to install APACHE web server and how to start APACHE service and know about location of APACHE related files.

What is APACHE webserver

APACHE web server is an open source most widely used webserver software.68% of the webserver are running on APACHE webserver all over the world. APACHE webserver is very fast,secure and APACHE webserver is highly customizable and fit in different environment.

How to install APACHE web server in linux(5/6/7)

To install APACHE webserver we need to install “httpd” package using the below command.
 [root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum install http*
Loaded plugins: product-id, subscription-manager
This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register.
local                                                                                                                                           | 3.9 kB     00:00 ...
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package http-parser.x86_64 0:2.0-4.20121128gitcd01361.el6 will be installed
---> Package http-parser-devel.x86_64 0:2.0-4.20121128gitcd01361.el6 will be installed
---> Package httpd.x86_64 0:2.2.15-29.el6_4 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: apr-util-ldap for package: httpd-2.2.15-29.el6_4.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: /etc/mime.types for package: httpd-2.2.15-29.el6_4.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libaprutil-1.so.0()(64bit) for package: httpd-2.2.15-29.el6_4.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libapr-1.so.0()(64bit) for package: httpd-2.2.15-29.el6_4.x86_64
---> Package httpd-devel.x86_64 0:2.2.15-29.el6_4 will be installed


How to turn on APACHE service
 

After installing the APACHE server we need to turn on(enable the APACHE service at the startup mode) httpd service to turn on the service we execute the below command.

For linux(5/6)
#chkconfig httpd on
For linux 7
#systemctl enable httpd


How to start/stop/restart the APACHE service

 To start,stop and restart the APACHE service we need to execute the below command.

For linux(5/6)
#service httpd start
#service httpd stop
#service httpd restart

For linux 7
#systemctl start httpd
#systemctl stop httpd
#systemctl restart httpd


Configuration files of the APACHE web server

How to install and configure APACHE web server in linux(5/6/7) with practical step by step guide

How to install and configure APACHE web server in linux(5/6/7) with practical step by step guide


Default configuration file: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Default SSL and vhost config directory: /etc/httpd/conf.d/
Default document root directory: /var/www/html
Default server access log file: /var/log/httpd/access_log
Default server access log file: /var/log/httpd/error_log

Now the APACHE web server is installed in the next article we learn how to configure the APACHE web server and how it is working as a reverse proxy.





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