Setting Up a Web Server

• Step 1: Making sure Apache is Installed - Terminal

  type this at the prompt:
  rpm -qa | grep httpd

  If it is working you be returned something like this:
  redhat-config-httpd-1.0.1-14
  httpd-devel-2.0.40-16
  httpd-2.0.40-16
  httpd-manual-2.0.40-16

• Step 2: Editing httpd.conf - gEdit

  Edit httpd.conf in the folowing directory(you need to be logged in as root to do this):
  /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

  Change the following lines:
  #ServerName new.host.name:80 to ServerName new.host.name:80
  ServerAdmin root@localhost to ServerAdmin youemail@yourprovider

• Step 3: Start the httpd server - Terminal

  Type the following: /etc/init.d/httpd start
  If all goes well, this message should appear: Starting httpd: [ok]

• Step 4: Set httpd server to start every time you boot your system - Terminal

  Type the following: chkconfig httpd on

• Step 5: Make sure the web server is working - Mozilla

  Open Mozilla, and type in http://localhost/ or type in http://youripaddress