HTTP

How to configure linux web server

Necessary rpm for web server is httpd, httpd-devel and apr check them for install

Rpm –ivh http*

Rpm –ivh apr*

#ifconfig – check the ip address of the system

#chkconfig httpd on – this for automatic service start when reboot the pc

#service httpd start

#service httpd status

Ver: 2.2.15

Port: 80

Conf: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Log file:  /var/log/httpd/access_log & error_log

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configure virtual hosting

In this example we will host a website www.vinita.com to apache web server. create a documents root directory for this website and a index page

#mkdir –p /var/www/virtual/www.vinita.com/html

#nano  /var/www/virtual/www.vinita.com/html/index.html

                <b> www.vinita.com </b>

#nano /etc/hosts

                192.168.122.217                www.vinita.com

#nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

locate virtual host tag

                add the below line

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                                NameVirtualHost             192.168.122.217

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                copy the last seven lines and paste end of the line do the  changes in that as per below

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<VirtualHost 192.168.122.217>

     ServerAdmin root@www.vinita.com

     DocumentRoot /var/www/virtual/www.vinita.com/html

     ServerName www.vinita.com

     ErrorLog logs/dummy-www.vinita.com-error_log

     CustomLog logs/dummy-www.vinita.com-access_log common

</VirtualHost>

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Save and close httpd.conf

#service httpd restart

#links 192.168.122.217 or links www.vinita.com

Configure multiple site with same ip address

/etc/hosts

192.168.122.217         www.nikita.com

#vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

copy the last seven lines and paste end of the line do the  changes in that as per below

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<VirtualHost 192.168.122.217>

     ServerAdmin root@www.nikita.com

     DocumentRoot /var/www/virtual/www. nikita.com/html

     ServerName www. nikita.com

     ErrorLog logs/dummy-www. nikita.com-error_log

     CustomLog logs/dummy-www. nikita com-access_log common

</VirtualHost>

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configure multiple site with multiple ip address

Create a virtual lan card on server and assign its an ip address of 192.168.0.253. we will create a testing site www.nidhi.com and will bind it with ip address of 192.168.0.253.

#vim /etc/hosts

192.168.0.253 www.nidhi.com

#vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Example : Same as above virt

virtual host (www.vinita.com)

How to create site alias

#vim /etc/hosts

192.168.122.217 www.vinita.com        www.mansoor.com

#vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Add the below line in vinita’s configuration lines( that 7 lines)

ServerAlias www.mansoor.com