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Possibly ''the'' most used open source software in the world, Apache is a web (HTTP) server. Since the creation of the web server, the Apache Software Foundation now hosts many open source projects in addition to its web server. | Possibly ''the'' most used open source software in the world, Apache is a web (HTTP) server. Since the creation of the web server, the [http://www.apache.org The Apache Software Foundation] now hosts many open source projects in addition to its web server. | ||
=== Installing === | === Installing === | ||
Apache is available (if not | Apache is available (if not pre-installed) on all Linux Distributions, Windows, and Mac OS X (where it's called "Web Sharing"). | ||
[http://gentoo-portage.com/www-servers/apache Gentoo] | [http://gentoo-portage.com/www-servers/apache Gentoo] | ||
<source lang="bash"> | |||
sudo apt-get install apache2 | |||
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== Modules == | == Modules == | ||
Revision as of 18:47, 12 July 2009
Possibly the most used open source software in the world, Apache is a web (HTTP) server. Since the creation of the web server, the The Apache Software Foundation now hosts many open source projects in addition to its web server.
Installing
Apache is available (if not pre-installed) on all Linux Distributions, Windows, and Mac OS X (where it's called "Web Sharing").
sudo apt-get install apache2
Modules
Current installs of apache break up different common configuration options into "modules" (actually just lots of little text files containing the necessary commands / parameters). You can use the commands: a2enmod and a2dismod to enable and disable a particular module.
userdir
For instance to activate having a public_html folder in your home, simply switch on the "userdir" option with:
sudo a2enmod userdir
Reloading changes
Apache generally only reads the configuration files when it starts up, so if you make changes, you can restart the server to make sure they get loaded again:
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart