help-center-docs/software/httpd/en.md

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# httpd (Apache)

Solus provides httpd (otherwise referred to as Apache) web server for web developers to test locally before uploading their work.

## Installation

httpd can be installed either from the Software Center or via terminal:

``` bash
sudo eopkg install httpd
```

## Usage

### Configuration and DocumentRoot

As we supply a default vendor configuration in `/usr/share/defaults/httpd/`, to make modifications to httpd's configuration, you must first create the directory `/etc/httpd/conf.d/` and create your own *.conf files, which will overwrite the default configuration. If you modify the default vendor configuration instead it will be overwritten with the next update.

By default, httpd's DocumentRoot is set to `/var/www/`, thus files you desire to be accessible via your httpd server must be copied to that location.

### Management

Managing httpd is done via systemd, using the following commands:

``` bash
sudo systemctl enable httpd # Enable on startup
sudo systemctl start httpd # Start the web server
sudo systemctl stop httpd # Stop the web server
```