The latest Version at
this time is 2.2.
NOTE: The Apache httpd server is available in the official three of
many distributions :
Ubuntu/Debian : apt-get install <package>
Gentoo : emerge <package>
Sabayon : equo install <package>
ArchLinux : pacman <package>
and so on ... it depends on the distribution
If you already installed it from the official three, it depends on the
distribution, check
HERE
If you still decide to compile it from source here is the way ... :
1. Download Apache :
$ links http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
If you do not have "links", try "lynx"
2. Unpack the archive
$ tar xvf httpd-2.2.14.tar.gz
3. Enter (use "cd") the directory
$ cd http-2.2.14
4. Configure it for your platform and requrements :
$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/apache
To configure the source tree using all the default options, simply type
./configure. To change the default options, configure accepts a variety
of variables and command line options.
The most important option is the location --prefix where the Apache
HTTP Server is to be installed later, because Apache HTTPd has to be
configured for this location to work correctly. More fine-tuned control
of the location of files is possible with additional configure options.
Also at this point, you can specify which features you want included in
Apache HTTPd by enabling and disabling modules. The Apache HTTP Server
comes with a Base set of modules included by default. Other modules are
enabled using the --enable-module option, where module is the name of
the module with the mod_ string removed and with any underscore
converted to a dash. You can also choose to compile modules as shared
objects (DSOs) -- which can be loaded or unloaded at runtime -- by
using the option --enable-module=shared. Similarly, you can disable
Base modules with the --disable-module option. Be careful when using
these options, since configure cannot warn you if the module you
specify does not exist; it will simply ignore the option.
5. Install it
By default, make install will install all the files in
/usr/local/apache2/bin, /usr/local/apache2/lib etc. You can specify an
installation prefix other than /usr/local/apache2 using --prefix, for
instance --prefix=$HOME/apache. This will install it under
"/home/kickar/apache"
$ make && make install
6. Edit httpd.conf according to your needs.
$ nano $HOME/apache/conf/httpd.conf
You might have to add a variable "ServerName", right now we added :
ServerName www.linnewbies.com:80
7. Let's start it
$ /home/kickar/apache/bin/apachectl -k start
8. Check if It Works :
Open up a browser and navigate to http://localhost , or you can use
curl, links or lynx if you dont have X installed :
$ curl http://localhost
<html><body><h1>It
works!</h1></body></html>
Thats about it. Now is time for adding Virtual Hosts : This example is
with Named Based VHosts
1. Edit your conf/httpd.conf with addid the following (Edit according
to your needs)
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.test.com
ServerAlias test.com
DocumentRoot /home/kickar/test
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\"
\"%{User-agent}i\"" combined
CustomLog /home/kickar/log/test_access_log combined
</VirtualHost>
NOTE: The Default host may dissapear, if so add a vhost entry for it,
with the same ServerName and DocumentRoot and you can change *:80 to
whatever port you would like to access your vhost.
2. Edit your /etc/hosts file so it can point to your vhost. Example :
127.0.0.1
localhost test.com
3. Reload apache and access it via Web Browser and Enjoy
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