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Apache is the most commonly used Web server on Linux systems. Web servers are used to serve Web pages requested by client computers. Clients typically request and view Web pages using Web browser applications such as <application>Firefox</application>, <application>Opera</application>, <application>Chromium</application>, or <application>Internet Explorer</application>.
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serverguide/C/web-servers.xml:18(para)
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Users enter a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to point to a Web server by means of its Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) and a path to the required resource. For example, to view the home page of the <ulink url="http://www.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu Web site</ulink> a user will enter only the FQDN:
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Located in
serverguide/C/web-servers.xml:24(para)
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To view the <ulink url="http://www.ubuntu.com/community">community</ulink> sub-page, a user will enter the FQDN followed by a path:
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serverguide/C/web-servers.xml:32(para)
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The most common protocol used to transfer Web pages is the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Protocols such as Hyper Text Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS), and File Transfer Protocol (FTP), a protocol for uploading and downloading files, are also supported.
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serverguide/C/web-servers.xml:38(para)
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Apache Web Servers are often used in combination with the <application>MySQL</application> database engine, the HyperText Preprocessor (<application>PHP</application>) scripting language, and other popular scripting languages such as <application>Python</application> and <application>Perl</application>. This configuration is termed LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl/Python/PHP) and forms a powerful and robust platform for the development and deployment of Web-based applications.
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serverguide/C/web-servers.xml:43(para)
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The <application>Apache2</application> web server is available in Ubuntu Linux. To install Apache2:
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serverguide/C/web-servers.xml:52(para)
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At a terminal prompt enter the following command:
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Located in
serverguide/C/web-servers.xml:58(para) serverguide/C/lamp-applications.xml:37(para)
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Apache2 is configured by placing <emphasis>directives</emphasis> in plain text configuration files. These <emphasis>directives</emphasis> are separated between the following files and directories:
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serverguide/C/web-servers.xml:73(para)
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<emphasis>apache2.conf:</emphasis> the main Apache2 configuration file. Contains settings that are <emphasis>global</emphasis> to Apache2.
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Located in
serverguide/C/web-servers.xml:81(para)
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<emphasis>httpd.conf:</emphasis> historically the main Apache2 configuration file, named after the <application>httpd</application> daemon. Now the file does not exist. In older versions of Ubuntu the file might be present, but empty, as all configuration options have been moved to the below referenced directories.
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Located in
serverguide/C/web-servers.xml:87(para)
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