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Introduction
In this tutorial we will guide you to install Apache on Debian 8. Apache is a web server that is very popular in Linux operating systems.
Prerequisites
You will need:
- A VPS Tiger server, order at Pricing
- Getting Started with VPS Tiger Tutorial
- SSH with root access.
Update Packages
Make sure your server is fully up to date.
apt-get update
Install Apache
Install Apache web server using apt-get command.
apt-get install apache2
You will get output similar to:
... Enabling module reqtimeout. Setting up apache2-mpm-worker (2.2.22-13+deb7u12) ... [ ok ] Starting web server: apache2. Setting up apache2 (2.2.22-13+deb7u12) ... Setting up ssl-cert (1.0.32+deb7u1) ...
Boot Configuration
Enable Apache to start on boot.
update-rc.d apache2 defaults
Start Apache.
service apache2 start
Accessing Web Page
Access web page by entering your public ip address at browser.
http://server_public_IP_address/
You will get default Apache page.
You can upload your web pages at following location:
/var/www/
Configure Virtual Hosts
To access your web page via domain name, you will need to create virtual host.
nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/myhost.conf
Add following lines and save the file using CTRL + X
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName yourdomain.com
ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/yourdomain.com/public_html/
</VirtualHost>
If you want to add another domain add VirtualHost block. It will look like that:
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName yourdomain.com
ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/yourdomain.com/public_html/
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName newdomain.com
ServerAlias www.newdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/newdomain.com/public_html/
</VirtualHost>
Create the directories referenced above.
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/yourdomain.com/public_html
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/newdomain.com/public_html
Restart Apache for the above changes to take effect.
service apache2 restart
Conclusion
Congratulations! You have just installed Apache on Debian 8.