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Simple Apache Web Server on Linux!
HI,
This is a simple tutorial to get ur http server running with installed apache!
This covers 2 things
1. Problems dealt with getting apache running
2. making virtual hosts, "*mediator" etc like the default "*localhost"!
Part A - Setting up local host, getting defaults to run and dealing with problems
1. First of all u have to get the httpd daemon up and running.
2. Next...open up the browser type "localhost" an enter. If its running with default page then ur blessed!
3. If problem start then check Selinux protection! U shud disable SELinux protection for httpd daemon! For fedora5 u can do that by "System->Administration->security level and firewall"
4. It shud work now! Proceed to step 2
5. Next if still it encounters problems, then check for path permission! and give the "Document root" path a permission of 755!
where www is the directory where ur html,php files exist!
Part B -Setting up simple Virtual hosts that can run on loopback
Now to make simple aliases that u can use to test ur project and sites workings!
1. Here's my code that u shud put append to ur httpd.conf file!
This works when u open up ur browser and type "*mediator"!
Here kareena is the username of ur normal account, www is the directory where ur files(html,php etc) are and mediator is the name of the virtual host!
2. Next u shud proceed similarly like the stuff posted in Part A
3. One most important thing is "127.0.0.2" added here! Where will be this IP looked for? For simple loopback we have "/etc/hosts" file that keep telling the browsers that 127.0.0.1 is a loopback! All the Linux distros have this "127.0.0.1" entry in this file. But I was surprised to see that my previous Knoppix distro didnt had this entry because of which neither mah http server started nor the mysql database/daemon!
So append "127.0.0.2" at the end of "/etc/hosts".
The final file shud look something like this!
where mediator again is the name of the Virtual Host!
Well thats it for now
! If u have any further problem then the MODS will be happy to solve it for u !
All those who already know such stuff can stop making comments like "I Already know that " etc!
HI,
This is a simple tutorial to get ur http server running with installed apache!
This covers 2 things
1. Problems dealt with getting apache running
2. making virtual hosts, "*mediator" etc like the default "*localhost"!
Part A - Setting up local host, getting defaults to run and dealing with problems
1. First of all u have to get the httpd daemon up and running.
Code:
/etc/init.d/httpd start3. If problem start then check Selinux protection! U shud disable SELinux protection for httpd daemon! For fedora5 u can do that by "System->Administration->security level and firewall"
4. It shud work now! Proceed to step 2
5. Next if still it encounters problems, then check for path permission! and give the "Document root" path a permission of 755!
Code:
chmod 755 /whatever_path
Code:
chmod 755 /whatever_path/wwwPart B -Setting up simple Virtual hosts that can run on loopback
Now to make simple aliases that u can use to test ur project and sites workings!
1. Here's my code that u shud put append to ur httpd.conf file!
This works when u open up ur browser and type "*mediator"!
Code:
# Virtual host mediator
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.2:80>
DocumentRoot /home/kareena/www
ServerName mediator
<Directory /home/kareena/www>
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
<Location /home/kareena/www>
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Location>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.shtml index.php
</VirtualHost>Here kareena is the username of ur normal account, www is the directory where ur files(html,php etc) are and mediator is the name of the virtual host!
2. Next u shud proceed similarly like the stuff posted in Part A
3. One most important thing is "127.0.0.2" added here! Where will be this IP looked for? For simple loopback we have "/etc/hosts" file that keep telling the browsers that 127.0.0.1 is a loopback! All the Linux distros have this "127.0.0.1" entry in this file. But I was surprised to see that my previous Knoppix distro didnt had this entry because of which neither mah http server started nor the mysql database/daemon!
So append "127.0.0.2" at the end of "/etc/hosts".
The final file shud look something like this!
Code:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost Ozone
127.0.0.2 mediatorWell thats it for now
! If u have any further problem then the MODS will be happy to solve it for u !All those who already know such stuff can stop making comments like "I Already know that " etc!
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