With the help of this section, quickly set up and start Apache.
time. You must be root to install and configure Apache.
41.1.2 Installation
Apache on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is not installed by default. To install
it, start YaST and select . Now
choose and select
. Confirm the installation
of the dependent packages to finish the installation process.
Apache is installed with a standard, predefined
configuration that runs out of the box
. The installation
includes the multiprocessing module
apache2-prefork as well the PHP5 module. Refer
to Section 41.4,
Installing, Activating, and Configuring Modules for more information about
modules.
41.1.3 Start
To start Apache and make sure that it is automatically started
during boot, start YaST and select
. Search for
and the service.
The Web server starts immediately. By saving your changes with
, the system is configured to
automatically start Apache in runlevels 3 and 5 during boot. For more
information about the runlevels in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and a
description of the YaST runlevel editor, refer to Section 20.2.3,
Configuring System Services (Runlevel) with YaST.
To start Apache using the shell, run rcapache2
start. To make sure that Apache is automatically
started during boot in runlevels 3 and 5, use
chkconfig -a apache2.
If you have not received error messages when starting Apache, the
Web server should be running now. Start a browser and open https://localhost/. You should see an Apache test page
starting with If you can see this, it means that the
installation of the Apache Web server software on this system was
successful.
If you do not see this page, refer to Section 41.8,
Troubleshooting.
Now that the Web server is running, you can add your own
documents, adjust the configuration according to your needs, or add
functionality by installing modules.