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:

sudo eopkg install httpd

Usage

Configuration and DocumentRoot

Unlike most other operating systems, the httpd provided in Solus is stateless, enabling us to provide out-of-the-box vendor configuration via /usr/share/defaults/httpd/, while still enabling the system administrator (or a user with the appropriate permissions) to override the vendor configuration via the system-wide configuration location, /etc.

Therefore, to make modifications to httpd's configuration, you must first create the directories /etc/httpd/conf.d/ and create your own *.conf files, which will override the vendor-provided configuration files.

Note: Modification of the vendor configuration files may result in your changes being overwritten during the next update to httpd.

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:

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