Apache2

Apache2 TOC

Overview Installation Configuration Security SSL Certificates SSL and Name Based Virtual Hosts Modules APACHE2_MODULES mod_authnz_external mod_python Add-ons PHP

[edit] Summary

This is the index for all articles related to Apache 2. Apache 2 is a HyperText Transfer Protocol daemon. HTTP is the backbone of the Web. For further information on the history of Apache and other trivial data, visit The Apache HTTP Server Project page.

[edit] Installation

For an Apache2 server you will need to emerge apache:

The directory of ROOT is in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/

In case you want to allow the users to have their own webpages (public_html), then do:

After that you also need to edit the file /etc/conf.d/apache2 and add "-D USERDIR" to APACHE2_OPTS as shown:

APACHE2_OPTS="-D DEFAULT_VHOST -D INFO -D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -D LANGUAGE -D USERDIR"

Then every user has to make a public_html directory in order to put his/her index.html and any other files in there.

[edit] 00_mod_userdir.conf

If you want to allow just some users to have their own web pages, then you have to edit the userdir module in:

/etc/apache2/modules.d/00_mod_userdir.conf

and add to it the following lines:

UserDir public_html
UserDir disabled
UserDir enabled user1 user2 root

[edit] Starting the Apache2 Server

[edit] To add Apache to default runlevel (startup)

[edit] Configuration

Configuration files for server behavior and site definition(s) are kept in the /etc/apache2/ directory.

The configuration file for Apache's Init script is located at: /etc/conf.d/apache2. (This file is where you will add PHP, SVN and SSL support to the Web server.)

[edit] Serving more than one site from a single server

You're looking to do virtual hosts if you're looking to serve more than one site. Enable the vhost_alias APACHE2_MODULES flag to build support for virtual hosts. There are two styles of virtual hosts you can use: IP-based and name-based. Name-based virtual hosts are pretty much what everyone will want to use. See the Virtual Hosts subpage for more details.

[edit] See Also

• SSL Certificates
• SSL and Name Based Virtual Hosts
• APACHE2_MODULES: Briefly covers what each function the modules perform in the APACHE2_MODULES list.
• mod_vhost_alias: A module to make managing many vhosts easier.
• mod_perl: A Perl interface to Apache, making CGIs in Perl easier.
• mod_python: A Python interface to Apache making CGIs in Python easier.
• mod_security: A module which allows traffic analysis without any other infrastructural changes.
• Apache2/mod_authnz_external: A module which allows authentication with PAM or LDAP or other forms of authentication.
• PHP: A server side scripting language that many Web applications are built upon.
• Virtual Hosts