Fall Semester 2007
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Fall Semester 2007 |
This week we install Apache.
We first need to have a silo account created.
Once this is done, we log in and start typing Unix commands.
The first command I usually type is clear.
The Knowledge Base has information about basic Unix commands.
We start by typing makenobackup and have /nobackup/[username] created for us.
We move there: cd /nobackup/[username].
We use ls -l to look around: the new folder is empty.
We copy the compressed archive to our workspace:
cp /l/www/classes/a348/sum2006/software/httpd* /nobackup/[username]
We now need to uncompress the archive: gunzip *.tar
Next, we unarchive the archive: tar xvf *.tar which creates a new folder.
We move into the new folder: cd httpd-2.2.2
We need to configure, compile and install the compiled files in the right place(s) now.
Create a new file: pico try
In it write the three commands:
./configure --prefix=/u/[username]/apache --enable-so make make install
Exit pico, run the file: ./try
This only works if the file is executable, so let's make it so: chmod 700 try
When this process ends Apache is installed in /u/[username]/apache.
We now need to configure Apache.
Open the file ~/apache/conf/httpd.conf and make the following changes:
Exit, then open ~/apache/conf/extra/httpd-mpm.conf.
Update the LockFile line to point to a local file.
Now you can start your server: ~/apache/bin/apachectl start
You can check that it's running with: ps -ef | grep [username].
(Recall that in all our examples [username] needs to be replaced with your actual username.
Your server keeps HTML documents in ~/apache/htdocs so go there.
Look around, you will only find a few pictures and an index.html file.
Edit your index.html file. Check it on-line, through a browser.
Now remove your index.html file. Reload the page in the browser. What do you see?
Exercises: