HTTP SERVER on FEDORA 3 ???

[mediator]

Hi guys! I have IIS installed on windows, but want to run http server on linux!
I want to know the steps to do that and whether we have to make any alias like we do for IIS!

 

[firewall]

on Fc3 you can run Apache as your web server. Apache is started and stopped with the following command

service httpd start

all Apache-specific configuration parameters are now stored in httpd.conf

There are two ways to edit Apache's server configuration: Using a graphical tool ("Applications" » "System Settings" » "Server Settings" » "HTTP") or using a text editor to edit the httpd.conf file directly. Before using the graphical tool, be sure to make a backup copy of your configuration file as any changes made outside of the graphical tool can be overwritten.

 

[theKonqueror]

U need to make dns entries and set up hostname and domain name 4 httpd.conf to work.

 

[GNUrag]

U need to make dns entries and set up hostname and domain name 4 httpd.conf to work.

Says who?
All Webservers can run on localhost, as well as on a LAN if it exists without the need of DNS entries or hostnames .

 

[mediator]

Alright i got The server running by defaults. But now i want to add aliases and virtual hosts. I need step by step details

 

[Deep]

this is what you need to do in the httpd.conf to add virtualhost

  <VirtualHost IP Address>
       ServerAdmin [email]webmaster@example.com[/email]
       DocumentRoot /home/websites/example.com
       ServerName example.com
       ServerAlias example.com [url]www.example.com[/url]    
   </VirtualHost>

 

[mediator]

That was nice, but i want loopback like localhost!
The problem is localhost is /var/www/html
so i want to add alias say "me" so that whenever i do
"*me/" it goes to /home/www/

 

[Deep]

  <VirtualHost *> 
       ServerAdmin [email]webmaster@me.com[/email] 
       DocumentRoot /home/www/ 
       ServerName me.dev 
       ServerAlias me.dev [url]www.me.dev[/url]
   </VirtualHost>

and then add this in UR machine's host file...

SERVERIP     me

Deep