How to Install Apache Web Server in Linux?
Step 1 – Check your Linux distribution.
Use the following command to check which Linux distribution you are using.
command: grep -E '^(VERSION|NAME)=' /etc/os-release
Step 2 – Update Your System
On Ubuntu/Debian based systems
command: sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
On Fedora based systems
command: sudo dnf update -y
On RHEL based systems
command: sudo yum update -y
Step 3 – Install Apache Web Server
On Ubuntu/Debian based systems
command: sudo apt install apache2 -y
On Fedora based systems
command: sudo dnf install httpd -y
On RHEL based systems
command: sudo yum install httpd -y
Step 4 – Enable the Services
On Ubuntu/Debian based systems
command: sudo systemctl enable apache2
On Fedora based systems
command: sudo systemctl enable httpd.service
On RHEL based systems
command: sudo systemctl enable httpd.service
Step 5 – Test the Server by Hosting Simple Website
First, we will create a directory for our test website using following command.
command: sudo mkdir /var/www/html/test_website/
Now we will add index.html for our test website along with some testing code using following command.
command: echo '<html><head><title>Example</title></head><body><h1>GFG</h1><p>This is a test.</p></body></html>' | sudo tee /var/www/html/test_website/index.html
Now we will add configuration file using following command
command:
sudo echo '<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName web.testingserver.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/website
DirectoryIndex index.html
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/example.com_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/example.com_requests.log combined
</VirtualHost>' > /etc/httpd/conf.d/web.conf
Once we created the required config file and test website, we will need to own the Apache website directory for permissions.
We will use chown and chmod command as follows
command:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/test_website
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/test_website
Now you can see locally hosted website on localhost.
link: http://localhost
If the above mentioned steps performed correctly, Apache Web Server will run successfully! However, If it didn’t work, then you can uninstall Apache Web Sever and can start installation again.
How to Install Apache Web Server in Linux: Ubuntu, Fedora, RHEL?
Apache is an open-source web server that’s available for Linux servers free of charge. Installing an Apache web server on Linux is a straightforward process, but the specific commands might differ slightly depending on your Linux distribution.
In this article, we will install Apache Web Server on various Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) etc.