I am using RHEL 6.0. I installeed apache http server using tar files.
The directory created was
/usr/local/apache

But an http.conf file in directory

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf did not got created.

under /etc/httpd/
there are 2 folders conf/ and conf.d/

the only file created under conf.d is mod_dnssd.conf.

Did you configure it properly during compilation with all needed options?

You can as well copy the configuration file from extracted tar location to /etc/...

Check out if you have HTTP service installed.

when i am cheecking with the command

[root@linuxbps bin]# ./apachectl start
httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using ::1 for ServerName
httpd (pid 16611) already running

but i could not find httpd under service configuration panel

Well,
I am not sure if it's your exact requirement to install Apache by hand, but I am pretty sure you can use your distribution's package manager. (RPM as far as I know for Red Hat).

If you want to install by hand. Redownload the source. Follow standard installation procedure. Hunt for errors . It may have happened, that your installation crashed in the middle. Also, how big is your apache directory?

Edit: I see you've posted another post during my time of writing, so you can skip this.

Skyer

That is good. Your apache is running. Your conf files could be in other location too.

Check This should let you know if httpd process is using any conf files and its path.

after giving this command

ls /proc/<pid_of_httpd>/fd

this is what is being displayed.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Sorry. I missed '-lh' option.

Can you paste the output of

the output to

ls -lh /proc/<pid_of_httpd>/fd

is

total 0
lr-x------. 1 root root 64 Aug 31 17:51 0 -> /dev/null
l-wx------. 1 root root 64 Aug 31 17:51 1 -> /dev/null
l-wx------. 1 root root 64 Aug 31 17:51 2 -> /usr/local/apache2/logs/error_log
lrwx------. 1 root root 64 Aug 31 17:51 3 -> socket:[259797]
lrwx------. 1 root root 64 Aug 31 17:51 4 -> socket:[259798]
lr-x------. 1 root root 64 Aug 31 17:51 5 -> pipe:[268738]
l-wx------. 1 root root 64 Aug 31 17:51 6 -> pipe:[268738]
l-wx------. 1 root root 64 Aug 31 17:51 7 -> /usr/local/apache2/logs/access_log

What do you have under /usr/local/apache2/ ?

following are the subdirectories under /usr/local/apache2/

bin/
build/
cgi-bin/
conf/
error/
htdocs/
icons/
include/
lib/
logs/
man/
manual/
modules/

Well. Under /usr/local/apache2/conf ?

Under /usr/local/apache2/conf

/extra
/original
httpd.conf
magic
mime.types

#but doesn't an httpd.conf gets created under /etc/httpd/conf while apache is installed.
#i am searching for /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

That is part of customizing while compiling apache2. So you have the conf that you wanted.

i want /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf which didn't got created while apache installation

i know /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf was present.

I wanted to make changes in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf which is absent

I am so sorry had I misunderstood your problem. But I can't understand the need for httpd.conf under /etc/ and how does it differ from the one under /usr/local/apache2.

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