Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 04-08-2006 Installation Manual page 752

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41.1.2 Installation
Apache on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is not installed by default. To install it, start
YaST and select Software → Software Management. Now choose Filter → Patterns
and select Web and LAMP Server. 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
Modules"
41.1.3 Start
To start Apache and make sure that it is automatically started during boot, start YaST
and select System → System Services (Runlevel). Search for apache2 and Enable the
service. The Web server starts immediately. By saving your changes with Finish, 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 de-
scription of the YaST runlevel editor, refer to
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 http://localhost/. You should see
752 Installation and Administration
correct time. See Chapter 33, Time Synchronization with NTP
more about this topic.
The latest security updates are installed. If in doubt, run a YaST Online Update.
The default Web server port (port 80) is opened in the firewall. For this, configure
the SUSEFirewall2 to allow the service HTTP Server in the external zone. This
can be done using YaST.
(page 834) gives details.
(page 769) for more information about modules.
Section 44.4.1, "Configuring the Firewall with YaST"
Section 41.4, "Installing, Activating, and Configuring
Section 20.2.3, "Configuring System
(page 396).
(page 623) to learn