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Unit 12: Server Role: Linux as Web Server

Running Apache by means of a terminal window is good for debugging, though it blocks that notes
shell. You can, certainly, type Ctrl+C to kill that job, but in that case Apache won’t exit cleanly.
Ideally, you should open another command window and cd to the Apache directory, then run
the command:
apache -k shutdown
If you are running an edition of Windows that supports services, for example Windows NT or
Windows 2000, you can install Apache as a service using the following command:

apache -d path_to_apache -i
In the above example, the path_to_apache variable should be replaced by the path to your Apache
directory. Thus, if you accepted the defaults in your install, this command will appear like:

apache -d C:\lyris\apache -i
If you would like to uninstall the Apache service, run the following command:
apache -u
If the Apache service is installed, and you want to rapidly start and stop it without using the
“Services” applet, you can use the “net” utility given by Windows. The syntax of the “net”
command, with respect to stopping and starting services, is:
net [stop | start] apache

Note Most of the Apache configuration features are cross platform. That means that
if you make a modification to Apache on Linux, that same adjustment, or one extremely
similar, is available on other various flavors of Linux using the same syntax!

12.4 Configuring your Server for Apache

Once you’ve got the files, you need to tell your machine where to find everything by configuring
the source files. The easiest way is to believe all the defaults and just type:
./configure
Of course, most people don’t want to accept just the default choices. The most significant option is
the prefix=PREFIX option. This specifies the directory where the Apache files will be installed.
You can also set specific environment variables and modules. Some of the modules I like to have
installed include:
mod_alias - to map different parts of the URL tree
mod_include - to parse Server Side Includes
mod_mime - to associate file extensions with its MIME-type
mod_rewrite - to rewrite URLs on the fly
mod_speling (sic) - to help your readers who might misspell URLs
mod_ssl - to allow for strong cryptography using SSL
mod_userdir - to allow system users to have their own web page directories

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