Apache2 Web Server
Installing the Apache2 web server on Ubuntu was easy. I just opened the package manager and chose the apache2 packages that I wanted to install. Ubuntu did the rest.
Once I figured out where everything is, it wasn’t too hard to figure out how to stop and start the web server. It’s changed a bit since I worked with apache a little over the years. Instead of everything being included in the httpd.conf file, that file seems to have been split up. Now there are folders in the apache2 folder that do different things that the httpd.conf file used to do.
To enable modules, instead of loading them inside the config file, I just add them to the mods-enabled folder. For the virtual hosts, I add them to the sites-enabled folder.
Instead of configuring things in the httpd.conf file, I now have to change the apache2.conf file.
So far, so good. I’m setting up some of my virtual hosts now so we’ll see how it goes.
I also installed MySQL and PHP. They seem to be working ok, but I haven’t fully tested everything out yet.
I installed phpmyadmin as well, but I haven’t a clue as to how to start it yet. I’ll have to figure that out when I get Apache set up like I want it. And then it’s on to setting up the mail server.