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HTTP / Apache / Web Server Configuration

         

Apache is the most useful Web Server used today it’s based on http. Apache provide simple and secure access to all types of content using the regular http protocol.

Configuration procedure:

1.    Install the package needed by provided the service. The RPM packages required by Apache are included in the web server package group

2.    Configure the SE Linux to support the service.

3.    Configure the service to start when system is booted.

4.    Configure the service for basic operation.

5.    Configure host based & user based security for the service.

Configuration Files:

1.    /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Daemons:

1.    httpd

Requirements:

1.    YUM

2.    DNS

# yum install system-config-httpd    (Install all 7 required packages)

1.    system-config-httpd                   5.   httpd

2. alchemist                                  6.   libxslt-python

3. apr                                           7.   postgresql-libs

4.    apr-util

# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf                             (open httpd configuration file)

Assign line no through :se nu and go to below line and change.

971 erases # sign and write IP of server after Name VirtualHost.

984 erases # sign and write IP of server after VirtualHost.

985 erase # sign and write http admin name after ServerAdmin and

Server FQDN name.   

986 erase # sign and write /var/www/ after Domain Root

987 erase # sign and write server  FQDN name after ServerName

990 erase # sign

Then :wq!

Ex:-

971 NameVirtualHost 192.168.1.3:80

984 <VirtualHost 192.168.1.3:80>

985 ServerAdmin root@server.linux.com

986 DocumentRoot /var/www/

987 ServerName server.linux.com

990 </VirtualHost>

# vi /var/www/html/site                  (For create a file in html dir. in this file we can write  script of HTML) then save it with :wq!

HTTP/ Apache / Web Security

1^st Step:

# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf                 (Open httpd.conf file and add some new lines)

987

988  <Directory /var/www/html>

989  AllowOverride Authconfig

990  </Directory>

991

992

993 </VirtualHost>

           

2^nd Step:

# vi /var/www/html/.htaccess                  (Make ht.access file in html & write below line)

AuthName “Restricted stuff”

AuthType Basic

AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/htpasswd

Require valid-user

# adduser nilesh                                                     (Add a user for access http)

# passwd nilesh                                                      (Assign encrypted password of user)

# htpasswd –cm /etc/httpd/conf/htpasswd nilesh     (For assign http password)

Here:  -c = Create the passwd file

            -m= For MD5 encryption of passwords

# vi /etc/httpd/conf/htpasswd                              (This is http users passwd file)

# chgrp apache /etc/httpd/conf/htpasswd           (For change Group to apache)

# chmod g+r /etc/httpd/conf/htpasswd                (For assign read permission to apache)

# ll /etc/httpd/conf/htpasswd                               (For checking permissions)

# service httpd restart                  

Client Side Configuration:-

# service network restart

# firefox

                  Give http://ipofserver/html/filename (who is save in /html for open the http)

Ex. http://192.168.100.1/html/site