Installation
Install the “Web Server” package group:
# yum groupinstall -y "Web server"
Add a new rule to the firewall:
# iptables -I INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
Save the firewall configuration:
# service iptables save
Activate the httpd service at boot:
# chkconfig httpd on
Start the httpd service:
# service httpd start
Basic configuration
In the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf fil, several directives should be set:
- ServerName should receive the FQDN (Full Qualified Domain Name) of your server and the port number used (normally 80),
- ServerAdmin should contain the email address where all problems should be sent (default: root@localhost),
- Listen should receive the IP address and port number on which the Apache webserver is listening (default: all IP addresses, represented by the 0.0.0.0 value, and the port number 80),
- DocumentRoot should define the root directory of your documents (default: /var/www/html).
Note: Be careful when changing the DocumentRoot value, the <Directory “/var/www/html”> directive needs to be updated with the same value and the httpd_sys_content_t SELinux context assigned to the new root directory (see Deploy a basic CGI application for details).
Check the validity of the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file:
# httpd -t Syntax OK
or:
# service httpd configtest Syntax OK
Restart the httpd service:
# service httpd restart
Configuration test
Check the httpd service:
# yum install -y elinks # elinks http://localhost
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