Hey all, new to linux today. Wanting to learn it in order to have more control over my dedicated server and at some point get rid of Server Management Company.

So I installed CentOS5.4, Apache, PHP, mysql from repositories. Then according to tutorial i should have created a file index.php with the following in it: <? phpinfo(); ?> so in VMWare I did this:

cat > index.php
<? phpinfo(); ?>
CTRL+D

then

mv index.php /var/html/www

then went to firefox (windows outside of vmware)and entered the following
http://localhost > Nothing
http://192.0.0.1 > Nothing

did ifconfig and a few addresses come up:
lo inet addr: 127.0.0.1
virbr0 inet addr: 192.168.122.1 Bcast: 192.168.122.255
tried all of those and nothing.
also tried the subnet ip address that shows up in vmware edit menu.

All these things and no php info page coming up. Not sure what i've done wrong any hints as to which direction to go in order to find out whats not working would help greatly.

Thanks.

Well you should put that file in /var/www/html. Can you see the difference?
And make sure your apache server is running and listening.
service httpd start should start the service.

hey thanks for the help!

I'm pretty sure my typing of /var/html/www was a typo and I have it in the correct directory, however I do not know how to confirm this.

Also, service httpd start was completed before, and i had Issues then when I entered the ip's and localhost it didnt even bring up Apache Test Page all this prior to creating the index.php

Thanks for the continuing help! I've googled and searched but as I am new to Linux im sure im not using the correct terminology and have come up with nothing

Also wanted to edit to add that it is CentOS 5.4

If your apache is setup correctly and is up and running, you should get the apache default start page. And if you are unable to see the page, you should first setup your apache first. And then host the pages. It should not be too difficult though if you have used yum to install everything. It should already be configured.

Open the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, search for the line:
Edit the line in the following way:
Save and exit, then restart the apache and try again.

ok so i've figured out how to get into httpd.conf and find ServerName field edit and save via nano, now my question is I have a ton of different IP like numbers I get from different places. Which IP do I use when running ifconfig from the centos command line?

Ok so after a bit of reasoning this morning, I realize that I had the right IP, but when I went to port forwarding website it said my port 80 is not open. And that many residential ISP's block this port.

So is there a way around this?

Yes, you need to use a service such a DynDns to redirect port 80 requests to another port such as 8080 and have your server listen on port 8080. My advice to you is to stick with server management company until you have acquired sufficient knowledge to safely deploy a secure server on the internet. Start by setting up an internal one and make your mistakes in private.

I am stickign with server managment. I am learning linux via an Install through VMWare on my computer.

Thanks for the help I will try what you said.

In that case might I suggest you get a copy of Rute. You can but the book or download it. It is an excellent learning resource for Linux.