Installation
In order to run the Apache web server on a system you will firstly need to install the suitable RPM using a command of the form:
rpm --install --nodeps --replacefiles --replacepkgs apache-1.3.23-11.i386.rpm
Installation of the RPM creates the binary
/usr/sbin/httpd
and the setup and configuration directory
/etc/httpd
the default access directories
/var/www
and the service startup,stop and restart script
/etc/init.d/httpd
Configuration
The main configuration of apache is controlled by the file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. The most probable options which will need changing are likely to be :
*DocumentRoot
The root directory for all files to be accessed is defined. By default this is set to /var/www/html
*Alias
A number of aliases may be created ( relative to DocumentRoot) these are typically cgi-bin and icons. A further alias for images is often useful.
*Directory
A number of <Directory> </Directory> blocks are included to define access information associated with individual directories. For each directory block a number of options may be defined. Options which often need adding are :
ExecCGI to enable execution of cgi scripts especially
for directory /var/www/cgi-bin
FollowSymLinks to follow symbolic links. Again needed for
/var/www/cgi-bin if CGI scripts are links to
pl files.
Startup
You can startup the server using the command
service httpd start
User Files
A simple way of accessing a users set of files is to create a directory within the users directory such as :
/home/protor/website
and then to create a link to this directory from within the document root.
cd /var/www/html
ln -s /home/protor/website protor
You may then access any user files by starting a web browser and pointing to the URL:
http://localhost/protor
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