This is just a quick step by step guide taken from DigitalOcean’s tutorial (see the references at the bottom). The main difference is that it has less explanation – so if you know what you are doing you can just copy & paste the commands …
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install apache2
Set Global ServerName to Suppress Syntax Warnings
Next, we will add a single line to the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file to suppress a warning message. While harmless, if you do not set ServerName globally, you will receive the following warning when checking your Apache configuration for syntax errors:
$ sudo apache2ctl configtes $ sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Add `ServerName server_domain_or_IP` save and close the file.
Adjusting the Firewall
$ sudo ufw app list $ sudo ufw allow 'Apache' $ sudo ufw status
If `ufw` is not enabled do it by running `sudo ufw enable`. Make sure that OpenSSH is on the allowed list.
Checking your Web Server
$ sudo systemctl status apache2
Setting Up Virtual Hosts
Create the directory for your_domain as follows:
$ sudo mkdir /var/www/your_domain $ nano /var/www/your_domain/index.html
Add to index.html:
<html> <head> <title>Welcome to Your_domain!</title> </head> <body> <h1>Success! The your_domain virtual host is working!</h1> </body> </html>
In order for Apache to serve this content, it’s necessary to create a virtual host file with the correct directives. Instead of modifying the default configuration file located at /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf directly, let’s make a new one at /etc/apache2/sites-available/your_domain.conf:
$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/your_domain.conf
Paste the following to apache config:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName your_domain
ServerAlias www.your_domain
DocumentRoot /var/www/your_domain
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Let’s enable the file with the a2ensite tool and disable the default one:
$ sudo a2ensite your_domain.conf $ sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
Check the apache config and reload the apache:
$ sudo apache2ctl configtest $ sudo systemctl reload apache2
On your local computer edit hosts file:
$ sudo nano /etc/hosts
Add e.g `<server_IP> testtist.xyz` entry, save and quit. Open your web browser and go to `http://testtist.xyz`. You should see `Success! The testtist.xyz virtual host is working!` (i.e. Virtual Hosts is correctly configured).
Ref:
– https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-16-04
– https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-the-apache-web-server-on-ubuntu-18-04