Apache Setup

The document root on bsd1 is here:

/usr/local/www/apache24/data

To install version 2.4:

$ pkg install apache24

To run apache www server on startup, add this to /etc/rc.conf:

apache24_enable="yes"

Add ServerName to the httpd.conf configuration file:

vi /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf

then add this:

ServerName 192.168.1.49

Start up Apache the first time by running:

/usr/local/sbin/apachectl start

From a PC on the network, point a web browser at:

http://192.168.1.49

It works if you see the Apache Test Page.

Installation

http://apache-server.com/tutorials/ATgetting-started.html#downloading

  1. Get apache_1.3.31.tar.gz source code from www.apache.org and install it in a directory

     /usr/local/apache-2

  2. Unzip and expand the file

     gunzip apache_1.3.31.tar.gz
 tar xvf apache_1.3.31.tar

  3. Configure, make, then install

     cd /usr/local/apache-2/apache_1.3.31
 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache
 make
 make install

Note: Excellent documentation at /usr/local/apache-2/apache_1.3.31/README.configure

Troubleshooting

Problem

When visiting http://192.168.1.101/ in web browser, no page would display. Instead, getting connection refused.

httpd would not start:

$ /usr/local/sbin/apachectl start
/usr/local/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started

and getting this error at:

cat /var/log/httpd-error.log

[Fri Jan 22 23:18:43 2016] [alert] mod_unique_id: unable to gethostbyname("bsd1")
[Sat Jan 23 17:28:33 2016] [alert] mod_unique_id: unable to gethostbyname("bsd1")

Solution

vi /etc/hosts

then, add this line. Ensure the hostname “bsd1” resolves to 127.0.0.1:

127.0.0.1               localhost bsd1

Start apache again:

$ /usr/local/sbin/apachectl start
/usr/local/sbin/apachectl start: httpd started

This line appeared in /var/log/httpd-error.log:

[Sat Jan 23 21:59:25 2016] [notice] Apache/1.3.29 (Unix) configured -- resuming normal operations

$ /usr/local/sbin/apachectl configtest
Syntax OK