This is a general how to to get a basic httpd service up and running.
Applies to:
Edit /etc/httpd/httpd.conf - Here is what you care about, change/uncomment the following lines as necessary:
vi /etc/httpd/httpd.conf # optional, require a proper DNS configuration ServerAdmin you@myawesomeserver.com ServerName www.myawesomeserver.com:80 <Directory /> AllowOverride none Require all denied </Directory> DocumentRoot "/srv/httpd/htdocs" <Directory "/srv/httpd/htdocs"> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Require all granted </Directory> <IfModule dir_module> DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.pl index.php </IfModule> ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/error_log" CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/access_log" common # Optional but nice. this creates a directory listing if index.html is missing. Include /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf # Optional Include /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-default.conf
All other default settings should be good.
Make httpd start on boot.
chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd start
HINT: With these settings, your default webpages should be put in /srv/httpd/htdocs. Your default logs should be under /var/log/httpd.
This will allow users to have individual web space (/home/user/public_html). These can be accessed from the web by adding “~username” to the URL.
Example: http://www.slackware.com/~pat
Edit /etc/httpd/httpd.conf - Here is what you care about, change/uncomment the following lines as necessary:
vi /etc/httpd/httpd.conf LoadModule authz_host_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authz_host.so LoadModule authz_user_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authz_user.so LoadModule authz_core_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authz_core.so LoadModule userdir_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_userdir.so Include /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-userdir.conf
Edit /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-userdir.conf, change/uncomment the following:
vi /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-userdir.conf <Directory "/home/*/public_html"> AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Indexes Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch Require method GET POST OPTIONS </Directory>
Restart Apache
/etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart
This enables CGI script execution on your webserver.
Edit /etc/httpd/httpd.conf - Here is what you care about, change/uncomment the following lines as necessary:
vi /etc/httpd/httpd.conf LoadModule proxy_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_proxy.so LoadModule proxy_fcgi_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_fcgi.so LoadModule proxy_scgi_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_scgi.so LoadModule cgid_module lib64/httpd/modules/mod_cgid.so <IfModule alias_module> ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/srv/httpd/cgi-bin/" </IfModule> <Directory "/srv/httpd/cgi-bin"> AllowOverride None Options None Require all granted </Directory> <IfModule mime_module> AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl </IfModule>
Restart Apache
/etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart
HINT: Your cgi-bin directory will be /srv/httpd/cgi-bin/. The scripts can be accessed by adding /cgi-bin/SCRIPTNAME to the website URL.
Example: http://www.slackware.com/cgi-bin/awesomescript.pl
NOTE: This does not apply to PHP scripts, see the below for them.
This will allow users to run CGI scripts out of their /home/user/public_html/cgi-bin directory. Their scripts can be accessed through their user directories.
Example: http://www.slackware.com/~pat/cgi-bin/webform.pl
Setup CGI-BIN as described above.
Edit /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-userdir.conf - Here is what you care about, change/uncomment the following lines as necessary:
vi /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-userdir.conf <Directory "/home/*/public_html/cgi-bin"> Options ExecCGI SetHandler cgi-script </Directory>
Restart Apache
/etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart
Edit /etc/httpd/httpd.conf - Here is what you care about, change/uncomment the following lines as necessary:
vi /etc/httpd/httpd.conf Include /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Edit /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf - Here is what you care about, add one of these entries for each virtual host:
vi /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@www.server1.com DocumentRoot "/home/server1/public_html/" ServerName server1.com ServerAlias www.server1.com ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/server1.com-error.log" CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/server1.com-access.log" common </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@www.server2.com DocumentRoot "/home/server2/public_html/" ServerName server2.com ServerAlias www.server2.com ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/server2.com-error.log" CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/server2.com-access.log" common </VirtualHost>
Restart Apache
/etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart
NOTE: I run my vhosts as users so, the document roots are under /home/user directories. You do not have to do this. You can put the document roots anywhere you like.
Example:
/srv/www/htdocs/server1
/srv/www/htdocs/server2
NOTE 2: These do not affect your default webserver setting in /etc/httpd/httpd.conf. That web server instance will still work and be the default if a plain IP in used as the URL.
If you have virtual hosts that need CGI (or need CGI in their own directory) you can do it like this:
Edit /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf - Add one of these entries for each vhost that needs unique cgi-bin directories:
vi /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf <Directory /home/server1/public_html/cgi-bin/> Options ExecCGI SetHandler cgi-script </Directory>
Restart Apache
/etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart
HINT: I usually put these with their respective <VirtualHost *:80> entries.
NOTE: Change the “/home/server1/public_html/cgi-bin/” to the correct directory location.
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