setting up a very simple apache webserver on Linux (Fedora 12)

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Step 1: Install Apache

run the following command as root:

# yum install httpd

 Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package httpd.i686 0:2.2.14-1.fc12 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

============================================================================================================================
 Package                    Arch                      Version                            Repository                    Size
============================================================================================================================
Installing:
 httpd                      i686                      2.2.14-1.fc12                      updates                      804 k

Transaction Summary
============================================================================================================================
Install       1 Package(s)
Upgrade       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 804 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y

Step 2: create a html page

go to the "html" directory:

# cd /var/www/html/

and open a new file called "index.html"

# vi index.html

write the following html code into that file and save & close the file with ":wq"

 
<h1> Hello World! </h1>

Step 3: start apache

If you want apache to start at boot time:

# chkconfig httpd on

To start apache now manually:

# service httpd start

Now open a browser window and go to "http://localhost" or "http://127.0.0.1".

SELinux

If You have SELinux enabled you have to make sure the security context of your new file is "httpd_sys_content_t". run "ls -laZ" to check the security context:

# ls -laZ /var/www/html/ drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t . drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t .. -rw-r--r--. root root unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t index.html

If it is NOT httpd_sys_content_t you can restore the context with restorecon:

# restorecon /var/www/html/index.html

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