Apache woes

[Ray Auge]

I have a very simple solution, run this sequence of commands (as root)



]$ yum remove apache         # un-installs apache if installed
]$ rm -rf /etc/httpd/conf    # deletes all the config files
]$ yum install apache        # installs apache, re-writes configs
]$ /sbin/service httpd start # starts the default server

at this point you should be able to do

http://localhost

from any local browser and see the default page, If that works then from
any machine on a well configured network do

http://<ip_of_apache_machine>

you should see the default page of the webserver

from there on you should be able to either as root, write your webpages
to /var/www/html

or (the better approach), make a directory somewhere your user account
has access, then edit the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf 

DocumentRoot "<the_path_to_that_dir>"

then do 

]$ /sbin/service httpd restart

you should be all set to go. just edit the files in that dir for your
site.

PS: to start apache all the time when booting do (as root)

]$ chkconfig --add httpd


On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 10:37, Francis X. Maier wrote:
> I'm having a difficult time setting up a simple Apache server on my 
> Yellow Dog Linus 3.0 box.
> 
> 1.  I use vi to go into /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
> 
> 2.  I write the ServerName as my static IP (don't have a domain name).
> 
> 3.  I tell the server to listen to [static IP]:80
> 
> 4.  DocumentRoot is default /var/www/html
> 
> Do I need to remove the quotation marks in lines like "var/www/html" or 
> "/etc/httpd" to enable them?
> 
> When I try to connect to my static IP from another computer, the 
> connection just hangs and fails.  When I try to do it from my YDL box, 
> I get a "connection refused" message.
> 
> Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
> 
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