FreeBSD Apacher Server installation

[robertsong]

Hi all,

I am a new comer using FreeBSD.

Having installed the freeBSD 5.2.1(minimal installation), how to install and configurate the Apache server? Do i need to download it from Apache website or it alreadly included in BSD installtion CDs?

Thanks,

Robert

[corrupt]

Though this is not the correct place to ask such a question, here is the answer. The easiest way for you to install Apache is using the ports collection that is included with your FreeBSD distribution.

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cd /usr/ports/www
cd apache2 (for Apache 2.0)
make install clean

For more information on the ports collection visit http://www.freebsd.org/ports.[/code]

[munky]

if /usr/ports does not exist, download ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports ... rts.tar.gz to /usr, and extract
i personally prefer apache 1.3, but it's up to you which you want to use

[Shane]

If you'll be using PHP and apache (a popular combo), it is preferable to use apache 1.3

I usually install apache-modssl:

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cd /usr/ports/www/apache13-modssl
make
make certificate

Follow the prompts to create the certificate.

To remove the pass phrase from the RSA key so that we don't need to type
in the pass phrase everytime we reboot the server (handy if you don't always have physical access to the box):

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cd /usr/ports/www/apache13-modssl/work/apache_1.3.29/conf/ssl.key/
openssl rsa -in server.key -out server.pem

Go back to the port directory to continue the install:

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cd /usr/ports/www/apache13-modssl
make install clean

[alexus]

why is that?

i use apache2 with php and few others just fine..

[Shane]

Wow, that's resurecting an old thread

The php docs used to state that apache2 was not recommended for use with php. However, a quick google search gave me this thread from December 2004:

http://drbacchus.com/wordpress/index.php?p=844

[HM2K]

yeah, this is an old thread.

In addition to that, most places (I think even apache themselves) say that apache 2.0 is beta. I'd use apache 1.3, you can't really go wrong with that.