How To Install the Apache Web Server on Ubuntu

The majority of the worlds’ website is hosted on apache web-server. It is the most powerful server with features like robust media support and extensive integration with other popular software

In this article, we will explain to you how to install an Apache web server on Ubuntu server. So let’s get started 🙂

Step #1 : Installing Apache web-Server

Before installing Apache web server update your local repository, since apache is already available on our repository by default, you just need to run the command as follows;-

sudo apt-get update

To Install apache2 package

sudo apt-get install apache2

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Step #2 : Check your Apache web-Server Status

sudo systemctl status apache2

Sample Output

Access the landing page for in your browser for confirmation

http://your_server_ip

You will see the default apache2 landing page like this-

Step #3 Setup Virtual Host

By default apache2 directory is /var /www/html , if you want to host any website then go to that directory and save your projects there in order to host your project on the web

Open the following directory to make a new virtual host file at /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf:

sudo vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf

Paste the following VirtualHost Configuration

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com/html
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file you are almost done!

Enable the file with a2ensite:

sudo a2ensite example.com.conf

Disable the default site defined in 000-default.conf:

sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf 

Test for configuration errors:

sudo apache2ctl configtest 

You should see the following output:

Output
Syntax OK

Restart Apache web server

sudo systemctl restart apache2

All done now apache will serve your domain!!