Apache2

Installation


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install apache2
sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl enable apache2
sudo systemctl status apache2 # should be active
sudo ufw allow in "Apache Full"

Testing to host

Make directory.


mkdir /var/www/html/random.com

Create index.html in /var/www/html/random.com.


<html>
<title>site1.example.com</title>
<h1>Welcome to site1.example.com Website</h1>
<p>This is my first website hosted with name-based virtual hosting</p>
</html>

Change ownership of directory to www-data.


sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/random.com

Create an Apache virtual host config file /etc/apache2/sites-available/random.com.conf.


<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@random.com
ServerName random.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/random.com

DirectoryIndex index.html
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/random.com_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/random.com_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Enable and restart apache2.


a2ensite random.com
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Add your DNS record to DNS resolver, like Route 53, by mapping Domain name to Public IPv4 address.

Conflicts

Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server. This may be caused by another load balancer nginx.


sudo systemctl status nginx
sudo systemctl stop nginx

References