INSTALLING APACHE ON CENTOS 6.4 – PART 1

 

PROCESS TO INSTALL APACHE

• Install Apache on a standard linux installation
• Serve a single site
• Serve multiple sites with virtual hosts
• Perform user authentication and access control
• Setup a secure site (https)
• Serve multiple sites with virtual hosts
• Control logging and status reporting
• Apache is in the CentOS repositories and is easy to install
  • #yum install httpd
• The # prompt indicates that you need to do this as root
• A number of dependencies will also be installed
  • #service httpd start
  • #chkconfig httpd on
• This command ensures that the service will be started at boot time
• This command starts the service immediately

INSTALLING APACHE

• Apache is in the CentOS repositories and is easy to install
  • #yum install httpd
• The # prompt indicates that you need to do this as root
• A number of dependencies will also be installed

STARTING THE SERVICE

• #service httpd start
• #chkconfig httpd on
• This command ensures that the service will be started at boot time
• This command starts the service immediately