Apache2 web server Installation with php4 and php5 support in Ubuntu
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Apache features configurable error messages, DBMS-based authentication databases, and content negotiation. It is also supported by several graphical user interfaces (GUIs) which permit easier, more intuitive configuration of the server.
Install apache2 in Ubuntu server
sudo apt-get install apache2 apache2-common apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils ssl-cert
This will complete the installation of apache2 web server and now you need to know where the configuration files and document root for your apache web server.
By default all your configuration files are located at /etc/apache2
Default document root for apache2 is /var/www.If you want to change the default document root you need to edit the /etc/apache2/sites-available/default file and look for this line “DocumentRoot /var/www/” here you can change whereever you want to change.For example if you want to change /home/wwww the above line looks like this “DocumentRoot/home/www/”.
The main configuration file located at /etc/apache2/apche2.conf.
Bydefault Apache2 to Listen on port 80. If this is not desired, please edit /etc/apache2/ports.conf as desired.after changing you need restart apache server.
For example if you want to change your apache webserver port to 78 you need to edit /etc/apache2/ports.conf
sudo gedit /etc/apache2/ports.conf
Look for the following line
Listen 80
Replace with the following line
Listen 78
Save the edited file
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Installing php and cgi support for apache2 in Ubuntu
you need to have universe source list in your sources.list file
For php4 support
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php4 php4-cli php4-common php4-cgi
For php5 support
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 php5-cli php5-common php5-cgi
Next we edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file and check the index files are correct
DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml
If you want to enable some Apache modules (SSL, rewrite, suexec, and include)
sudo a2enmod ssl
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod suexec
sudo a2enmod include
Restart Apache to make sure all is well.
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Test your apache Server
You can access you apache using http://yourserverip/apache2-default/ it should appear the following screen
Test apache2 with PHP Support
To test php4 installed correctly or not create a test file using the following command
sudo gedit /var/www/test.php
Insert the following line into the new file
<?php phpinfo();?>
Save this file
Now access this page http://yourserverip/test.php you should see the following screen
I got everything, but I don’t know what we’re looking for here
“Next we edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file and check the index files are correct
DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml”
Thanks
Restarting web server apache2 … waiting [ OK ]
Does this message mean that the Apache Server is running? or not?
can anyone help me here?
thank you so much…
i tested http://localhost/apache2-default/
This message appears:
The requested URL /apache2-default/ was not found on this server.
I can’t access the Apache screen…
thank you, Sir
I don’t know about http://localhost/apache2-default/. Mine works and I get a 404 on that (which proves it works anyway). Either do the /var/www/phptest.php or just go to http://yourserverip/ and you should see “It works”
yes. i have already tried that…
http://localhost/ and showed “It works”
I browse through the /var/www/
but the folder doesn’t consist phptest.php
and still i cannot get the screen for the apache server using http://yourserverip/apache2-default
please help me..
thank you so much
This guide helped me get PHP up and running (I was trying just using Synaptic Package Manager).
Thanks for the guide.
I needed all of the above to get me going but the permissions was the final clincher.
HTH
Rob
run “http://localhost/test.php” with browser
or
in a terminal run
firefox http://localhost/test.php
Thanks – pushed me in the right direction.
As with anything on the net, things change and some of the directions are not available anymore.
The initial line:
sudo apt-get install apache2 apache2-common apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils ssl-cert
needs to become
sudo apt-get install apache2 apache2.2-common apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils ssl-cert apache2-utils
as the original apache2-common file has been obsoleted.
Could not find the directoryindex list in any of the .conf files I looked at, so Iwill do some reading and add these to the correct one later.
Neither did apache2-default appear – again I will look at the docs and work out why.
My ubuntu system (JJ 9.04) does not include gedit, so I substituted vi for it and had no problem creating the file (I was introduced to vi in 1983 and can still work my way around it when I have to).
Thanks again
Shane
now, how do we get the “www.” in front of the domain name so that others can see it? or is it already visible on other networks?
Worked a treat. Thanks for posting this…