How to make Apache run
 

I somehow or rather RedHat 7.1 finally installed for me.!!! I don't know how it went ahead and installed after 3 days of struggle and It looks pretty old stuff. Anyways,

I selected APACHE and PHP while installing software packages.

How do i make Apache run as we do in Win 2000, Control panel, services, Autostart on boot.

Where are the options to start these Apache server. As, i wanted to work with PHP based web store provided by OSCommerce.

Can some1 let me know how do i begin installing and configuring Apache to begin with.

Thanks,:newbie:

To make apache run on boot:
chkconfig --levels 345 httpd on

To start apache:
/etc/init.d/httpd restart

To configure apache - edit:
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

It is a good idea to make a copy of httpd.conf before you make any changes. It should work out of the box unless you have special requirements.

NOTE: You need to restart apache once you have changed httpd.conf

Does anybody know of any graphical configuration tools for use on X windows will make configuring Apache easier? Or a site that has a Idiots Guide to configuring Apache?

I have it pre-installed with Redhat 9 but httpd fails to start. This is probably because of the Apache config file, but i dont have enough time at the moment to read in depth documentation as I'm busy creating a web site for my sister's business.

I will be using Apache on my home system, also with osCommerce to set up and test out the site before uploading it to the actual server.

You could try webmin but personally I would do the config by hand. Make sure you make a backup first either way.

hi : )

you install apache via rpm.. issue the command:

# rpm -Uvh httpd-ver.

configure httpd.conf and before it, don't forget to check if apache needs some dependencies when installing.. then start apache by:

# /etc/init.d/httpd start


goodluck :)

Apache works now, I just reinstalled Redhat (extreme, but not really because I didn't have many files to backup) after realising it comes with Apache pre-installed (duh) and just used their HTTP server config tool.

But thanks anyway :)