====== Setup Apache httpd server ======
This is a general how to to get a basic httpd service up and running.
Applies to:
* Slackware 14.1 (and possibly previous versions)
* Apache 2 (and possibly previous versions)
====== Basic Setup ======
Edit /etc/httpd/httpd.conf - Here is what you care about, change/uncomment the following lines as necessary:
vi /etc/httpd/httpd.conf
# optional, require a proper DNS configuration
ServerAdmin you@myawesomeserver.com
ServerName www.myawesomeserver.com:80
AllowOverride none
Require all denied
DocumentRoot "/srv/httpd/htdocs"
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.pl index.php
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/error_log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/access_log" common
# Optional but nice. this creates a directory listing if index.html is missing.
Include /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf
# Optional
Include /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-default.conf
All other default settings should be good.
Make httpd start on boot.
chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd
/etc/rc.d/rc.httpd start
**HINT:** With these settings, your default webpages should be put in /srv/httpd/htdocs. Your default logs should be under /var/log/httpd.
====== User Directories ======
This will allow users to have individual web space (/home/user/public_html). These can be accessed from the web by adding "~username" to the URL.
Example: http://www.slackware.com/~pat
Edit /etc/httpd/httpd.conf - Here is what you care about, change/uncomment the following lines as necessary:
vi /etc/httpd/httpd.conf
LoadModule authz_host_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authz_host.so
LoadModule authz_user_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authz_user.so
LoadModule authz_core_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authz_core.so
LoadModule userdir_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_userdir.so
Include /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-userdir.conf
Edit /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-userdir.conf, change/uncomment the following:
vi /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-userdir.conf
AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Indexes
Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Require method GET POST OPTIONS
Restart Apache
/etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart
====== Enable CGI-BIN ======
This enables CGI script execution on your webserver.
Edit /etc/httpd/httpd.conf - Here is what you care about, change/uncomment the following lines as necessary:
vi /etc/httpd/httpd.conf
LoadModule proxy_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy_fcgi_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_fcgi.so
LoadModule proxy_scgi_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_scgi.so
LoadModule cgid_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_cgid.so
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/srv/httpd/cgi-bin/"
AllowOverride None
Options None
Require all granted
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
Restart Apache
/etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart
**HINT:** Your cgi-bin directory will be /srv/httpd/cgi-bin/. The scripts can be accessed by adding /cgi-bin/SCRIPTNAME to the website URL.
Example: http://www.slackware.com/cgi-bin/awesomescript.pl
**NOTE**: This does not apply to PHP scripts, see the below for them.
====== User CGI-BIN ======
This will allow users to run CGI scripts out of their /home/user/public_html/cgi-bin directory. Their scripts can be accessed through their user directories.
Example: http://www.slackware.com/~pat/cgi-bin/webform.pl
Setup CGI-BIN as described above.
Edit /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-userdir.conf - Here is what you care about, change/uncomment the following lines as necessary:
vi /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-userdir.conf
Options ExecCGI
SetHandler cgi-script
Restart Apache
/etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart
====== Enable PHP ======
[[howtos:network_services:setup_apache_php_mysql|http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:network_services:setup_apache_php_mysql]]
====== Virtual Hosts ======
Edit /etc/httpd/httpd.conf - Here is what you care about, change/uncomment the following lines as necessary:
vi /etc/httpd/httpd.conf
Include /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Edit /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf - Here is what you care about, add one of these entries for each virtual host:
vi /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
ServerAdmin webmaster@www.server1.com
DocumentRoot "/home/server1/public_html/"
ServerName server1.com
ServerAlias www.server1.com
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/server1.com-error.log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/server1.com-access.log" common
ServerAdmin webmaster@www.server2.com
DocumentRoot "/home/server2/public_html/"
ServerName server2.com
ServerAlias www.server2.com
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/server2.com-error.log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/server2.com-access.log" common
Restart Apache
/etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart
**NOTE:** I run my vhosts as users so, the document roots are under /home/user directories. You do not have to do this. You can put the document roots anywhere you like.
Example:
/srv/www/htdocs/server1 \\
/srv/www/htdocs/server2 \\
**NOTE 2:** These do not affect your default webserver setting in /etc/httpd/httpd.conf. That web server instance will still work and be the default if a plain IP in used as the URL.
====== Vhosts with individual CGI-BIN directories ======
If you have virtual hosts that need CGI (or need CGI in their own directory) you can do it like this:
Edit /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf - Add one of these entries for each vhost that needs unique cgi-bin directories:
vi /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Options ExecCGI
SetHandler cgi-script
Restart Apache
/etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart
**HINT:** I usually put these with their respective entries.
**NOTE:** Change the "/home/server1/public_html/cgi-bin/" to the correct directory location.
====== HTTPS / SSL =======
to be added
====== SNI HTTPS / SSL (Name based https) ======
to be added
====== Sources ======
* Originally written by [[wiki:user:arfon | arfon]]
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