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REALLY Raw Basics of Setting up a WEBServer
NOTE
: This document assumes you are using a fully installed version of LINUX. The author has tried to remain fairly generic, but some commands and functions refer to Fedora. You may also benefit from these server commands and this article on more advanced server configuration.
Getting
Started - Raw Basics
How to Test if httpd (the web server process) is already installed.
1st: Check to see there IS a webserver installed! At the prompt type: locate
apache |more
OR from a web browser try hitting your localhost with an http://
web call.
2nd: Now don't forget to verify that your
web server is actually running! One simple way to do this is to check for
the httpd process. At the command line type:
ps -e | grep httpd
This should tell you right away IF you have httpd process available. If you do not
have this process (ie. if it is not listed) then you need to get help! Try our message
boards or search. Otherwise, if you see an httpd process listed, you're in fine shape!
How to look at your pages: your
LINUX installation should have Netscape installed. You can also launch the
Konquerer browser if you are using KDE. But start a browser and
start looking around your web server directories... most likely
something like:
/var/www/html.
This all depends on what the
locate command above showed you!
Network
Configuration
Okay, so let's not forget that before Apache will work, or you
can even think about serving WEB pages, it's key to do
the network configuration! I won't try to explain the
configuration of your personal network because it's really
information I should write in a different document.
However, here are some of the
basics you'll need to keep in mind:
- Use Network Configurator (usually
under Administration in X) to assign IP addresses as
needed.
- Use LinuxConf (usually under
System in X) to assign proper rights to your account to
allow setting up server etc.
- Check to make sure you have a
hostname properly assigned by typing:
hostname
Let's assume your network is
properly configured and move on!
Basic
WEB Serving
It's important to note the directory that you will use
extensively (maybe slightly different based on your version):
/var/www/html
This directory contains rather
self-explanatory sub-directories such as
where you should put the html files like index.html. In fact, you'll
find that you spend most of the time in:
/var/www/html, /var/www/cgi-bin. You
might as well go ahead and open several Xterminal
sessions looking at these dirs!
Don't waste time trying to do
things right now without using Root login. You should be careful and
make back-up copies of
files you are about to edit by typing:
cp filename.ext filename.ext.old
Basic
Information Resources
Documentation is all over, but the best place is the dummy index.html
page on your web server system under /var/www/html.
We have some more helpful ideas under our Linux Help page.
Also, there is a well documented location of beginner web stuff than
at http://www.bignosebird.com. This is probably a very good start for any new
web engineer or web master.
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