Apache HTTP Server (Apache)

Installation

macOS

1. mac comes pre-installed with apache server in
/private/etc/apache2

2. verify theApache version
httpd -v
apachectl -v

3. Start, Stop, Restart
sudo apachectl start
sudo apachectl stop
sudo apachectl restart

4. Configuring Apache
sudo vi /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

5. Default Document Root
/Library/WebServer/Documents

homebrew

Install

1. install apache server using home-brew
brew install pcre libtool
brew install homebrew/apache/httpd24

2. verify theApache version
httpd -v
apachectl -v

Configuration

1. Configuring Apache Conf
sudo vim /usr/local/etc/apache2/2.4/httpd.conf
sudo vim /usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd.conf

Restart

brew services start httpd
brew services stop httpd
brew services restart httpd

If you don’t want a background service
sudo apachectl start
sudo apachectl stop
sudo apachectl restart

yum

1. install apache server
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2

2. adjust firewall

show available app profiles
sudo ufw app list

allow Apache port 80 and 443
sudo ufw allow ‘Apache Full’

3. start apache server
sudo systemctl start apache2

4. verify it works
http://localhost

apt-get

Install

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-the-apache-web-server-on-ubuntu-16-04

1. install apache server
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2

2. adjust firewall

show available app profiles
sudo ufw app list

allow Apache port 80 and 443
sudo ufw allow ‘Apache Full’

3. start apache server
sudo systemctl start apache2

4. verify it works
http://localhost

Configuration

1. Configuring Apache: /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Start Stop Restart

1. Start, Stop, Restart
sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl stop apache2
sudo systemctl restart apache2

2. If you are simply making configuration changes, Apache can often reload without dropping connections
sudo systemctl reload apache2

3. By default, Apache is configured to start automatically when the server boots

• To disable this behavior by typing

  sudo systemctl disable apache2

• To re-enable the service to start up at boot, you can type

  sudo systemctl enable apache2

Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server

1. Error message “Forbidden You don’t have permission to access / on this server”

• go to this link
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10873295/error-message-forbidden-you-dont-have-permission-to-access-on-this-server
• quick answer, locate something like this in the http.conf and replace it with this

<Directory />
#Options FollowSymLinks
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Directory>

Configuration

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Apache HTTP Server is configured by placing directives in plain text configuration files. The main configuration file is usually called httpd.conf or apache2.conf

1. locate httpd binary
whereis httpd

2. find which httpd.conf file the httpd binary loads
/path/to/httpd -V | grep SERVER_CONFIG_FILE

.htaccess

.htaccess is a configuration file for use on web servers running the Apache Web Server software. When a .htaccess file is placed in a directory which is in turn ‘loaded via the Apache Web Server’, then the .htaccess file is detected and executed by the Apache Web Server software. These .htaccess files can be used to alter the configuration of the Apache Web Server software to enable/disable additional functionality and features that the Apache Web Server software has to offer. These facilities include basic redirect functionality, for instance if a 404 file not found error occurs, or for more advanced functions such as content password protection or image hot link prevention.

http.conf

homebrew http://www.websightdesigns.com/posts/view/how-to-set-up-a-local-web-server-with-homebrew-on-mac-os-x-10-9

1. Configuring Apache
sudo vi /usr/local/etc/apache2/2.4/httpd.conf

2. enable PHP - uncomment this line in the httpd.conf file
LoadModule php5_module path/to/php.so/file

The paths in httpd.conf are relative to HTTPD_ROOT

Which can be found with the command httpd -V

3. map the .php file extension to the PHP MIME type in Apache, search for the other AddType lines and add a new line below them:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

4. enable loading index.php as a directory index, replace DirectoryIndex index.html in httpd.conf with the following and restart Apache:

DirectoryIndex index.html index.php index.phtml

5. optional - Next remove the comment (the # symbol) from the beginning of the following lines to enable a few commonly used modules:
LoadModule expires_module libexec/mod_expires.so
LoadModule deflate_module libexec/mod_deflate.so
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/mod_rewrite.so

6. By default, Apache is configured to store your website directories in /usr/local/var/www/htdocs. To change this to another directory change the following lines:
DocumentRoot “/usr/local/var/www/htdocs”
<Directory “/usr/local/var/www/htdocs”

macOS http://www.websightdesigns.com/posts/view/how-to-set-up-a-local-web-server-with-homebrew-on-mac-os-x-10-9

1. Configuring Apache
sudo vi /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

2. enable PHP - uncomment this line in the httpd.conf file
LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so

libexec/apache2/libphp5.so to pointing to /usr/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so

The paths in httpd.conf are relative to HTTPD_ROOT

Which can be found with the command httpd -V

3. map the .php file extension to the PHP MIME type in Apache, search for the other AddType lines and add a new line below them:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

4. enable loading index.php as a directory index, replace DirectoryIndex index.html in httpd.conf with the following and restart Apache:
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

5. Next remove the comment (the # symbol) from the beginning of the following lines to enable a few commonly used modules:
LoadModule expires_module libexec/mod_expires.so
LoadModule deflate_module libexec/mod_deflate.so
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/mod_rewrite.so

6. By default, Apache is configured to store your website directories in /Library/WebServer/Documents. To change this to another directory change the following lines:
DocumentRoot “/Library/WebServer/Documents”
<Directory “/Library/WebServer/Documents”>

virtual hosts https://jason.pureconcepts.net/2014/11/configure-apache-virtualhost-mac-os-x/

1. the httpd.conf should contain the line
Include /path/to/httpd/extra/vhosts/*.conf

2. create directory to store all virtual host configurations
mkdir -p /path/to/httpd/extra/vhosts

Set Modules

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php

• Apache Server

• PHP

• this is for apache server apr and apr-util dependency

  sudo apt-get install libapr1-dev libaprutil1-dev

• this is for apache server pcre dependency

  sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev libbz2-dev

• this is for php install

  sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev

un-package apache server

Install from Site:

mod_evasive

Installation

yum 1. install mod_evasive sudo yum install mod_evasive

2. verify mod_evasive was installed
sudo httpd -M | grep evasive

apt-get

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-evasive

module against DoS and DDoS attacks