Apache 2.4 Installation

In this I will explain how to install apache 2.4 on linux based systems.

First, Check httpd is installed or not

rpm -qa | grep httpd

If httpd on the system

rpm -e httpd

 Create a user apache with group apache

# groupadd -g 48 apache

# useradd -u 48 -g 48 -G users -s /bin/nologin -d /dev/null -m apache

 Download http source ball

# cd /opt/src

Compile http from tar ball

# tar -zxvf httpd-2.4.3.tar.gz

# tar -zxvf apr-1.4.6.tar.gz

# mv apr-1.4.6 httpd-2.4.3/srclib/apr

# tar -zxvf apr-util-1.4.1.tar.gz

# mv apr-util-1.4.1 httpd-2.4.3/srclib/apr-util 

# ./configure –prefix=/var/www –exec-prefix=/usr/local –sysconfdir=/etc/httpd/conf –enable-http –enable-cgi –with-ssl –enable-so –enable-ssl –disable-index –disable-action –enable-alias –enableexpires –enable-headers –enable-deflate –enable-rewrite –enable-unique-id –enable-cache –with-included-apr

# make

# make install

Any error with above do a dist clean and run configura and make sepratly and isolate the error

Modify /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf to change user and group as apache

# vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

User apache

Group apache

Test your httpd.conf for valid syntax

# apachectl configtest

Create a startup script for apache, so it launches every time at bootup

# vim /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd

#!/bin/sh

# Startup script for the Apache Web Server

# chkconfig: 345 85 15

# description: Apache is a World Wide Web server. It is used to serve \

# HTML files and CGI.

# processname: httpd

# pidfile: /var/run/httpd.pid

# Source function library.

. /etc/init.d/functions

# See how we were called.

case “$1″ in

start)

echo -n “Starting httpd: “

daemon /usr/local/bin/httpd

echo

touch /var/lock/subsys/httpd

;;

stop)

echo -n “Shutting down http: “

killproc httpd

echo

rm -f /var/lock/subsys/httpd

rm -f /var/www/logs/httpd.pid

;;

status)

status httpd

;;

restart)

$0 stop

$0 start

;;

reload)

echo -n “Reloading httpd: “

killproc httpd -HUP

echo

;;

*)

echo “Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}”

exit 1

esac

exit 0

Setup permissions for the startup script

# chown root.root /etc/init.d/httpd

# chmod 744 /etc/init.d/httpd

# chkconfig –add httpd

# chkconfig –level 2345 httpd off

# chkconfig –level 35 httpd on

Start the httpd server

# /etc/init.d/httpd start

Now httpd will be listening at port 80.