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Apache web server

The Apache HTTP Server is a free and open-source cross-platform web server software, released under the terms of Apache License 2.0. Apache is developed and maintained by an open community of developers under the auspices of the Apache Software Foundation - Wikipedia

Install

Debian

open terminal and enter this command

sudo apt install apache2

Start, Stop and Restart

I'm using service command. To install service use sudo apt install sysvinit-utils

Start

service apache2 start

Open browser and type localhost to access your server. You will see something like this.

Stop

service apache2 stop

Restart
Every time you edit something in apache configuration file you need to restart it.

service apache2 restart

Port

By default apache2 use port 80. Change file content here /etc/apache2/ports.conf. The first Listen 80 is default port. Apache will only listen port that is listed in this file. In this case just 80. To listen more port just add Listen {port} next to Listen 80

# If you just change the port or add more ports here, you will likely also
# have to change the VirtualHost statement in
# /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

Listen 80

//...

Directory

Directory configurations file is located here /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

Change root directory

By default apache use port 80, so we need to change port 80 configuration. If you changed default port then edit that port instead of 80.

//...
<VirtualHost *:80>
        //...

        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html
         
        //...
</VirtualHost>
//...

Add directory with a new port

Here I'm adding a path for port 8080 to store file like phpmyadmin, etc.
1. Just duplicate port 80 configuration and replace port 80 with 8080 and changed Document root. In this case I'm using /var/www/other.
2. Add port 8080 to ports.conf

//...
<VirtualHost *:80>
  //...
</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost *:8080>
 
  ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
  DocumentRoot /var/www/other

  ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
  CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

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