How to configure Linux system as (Apache) web server?

How to configure Linux system as (Apache) web server?

1. Login as root user

                Type su root and then password of root user

2. Install the package httpd-manual*.rpm using following command

rpm –ivh httpd-manual.rpm

(you can download httpd-manual*.rpm file from rpm repository

                                                OR

Inside the installation ISO file of Redhat linux, there is a folder named Packages, where we can find all the needed packages.)

3. Edit the file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and define following things:

vi  /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

goto insert mode by pressing i

type following anywhere in the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>

                ServerAdmin root@localhost

                DocumentRoot /var/www/html

                ServerName www.yourServerName.com

</VirtualHost>

To save it, at first press Esc and then type :wq

(We can also give our server’s IP address for ServerName)

4. Start Apache using following command:

service httpd start

    Now if we type localhost in browser then “Red Hat Enterprise Linux Test Page” appears which is as below