Apache server

Apache is a free, open source and most popular HTTP web server. It establishes a connection between a server and the browser like mozila, chrome, opera etc.

Here I will show you how to install Apache server on linux OS (Ubuntu 20.04)

Install Apache server on Ubuntu

First of all update your operating system, this will update all outdated packages and will make installation error free.

sudo apt-get update

Now run the foolwing command

Sudo apt-get install apache2

To verify correct installation of appache web server enter the following address in your browser on the host machine.

http://local.server.ip

The result page will be like this

Here local.server.ip is your server host ip address to know the IP address you can simply enter the following command in terminal

hostname -I | awk ‘{print $1}’

Configure the default UFW firewall to listen on port 80

sudo ufw app list

sudo ufw allow apache

This will allow apache connections through firewalls

Now to know the ufw status enter

sudo ufw status

Apache system control commands

To stop apache services 

sudo systemctl stop apache2.service

To start apache service

sudo systemctl start apache2.service

Restart

sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

Status

sudo systemctl status apache2.service

Setting up apache server