Installing & Configuring Apache 2.4 (64bit) on Linux Machine

This post is divided into 3 sections: Installation, Configuration & Verification. 

So let's start the process.........

Installing Apache 2.4 (64bit) on Linux Machine :

1. To install apache 2.4, we need the source code & than need to build it. This will generate the binaries.
2. Download the source code from http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi#apache24 to your Linux 64bit box.
3. Pre-requisites:
1. Download & configure Apache Portable Runtime Libraries.
2. Download, Install & Configure PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions).
4.  Download APR & APR-Util:

1. bash$> wget http://apache.tradebit.com/pub//apr/apr-1.5.1.tar.gz
   bash$> wget http://apache.tradebit.com/pub//apr/apr-util-1.5.4.tar.gz

1. Untar both the archives.

                  bash$> gtar -xvzf apr-1.5.1.tar.gz

         bash$> gtar -xvzf apr-util-1.5.4.tar.gz

      4.  Now we need to copy the files from apr & apr-util unzipped folder to the apache 

           downloaded source code folder under "srclib".

               bash$> mv apr-1.5.1/* /scratch/ckukreja/apache24/srclib/apr

               bash$> mv apr-util-1.5.4/* /scratch/ckukreja/apache24/srclib/apr-util

      5.  Download the PCRE from http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcre/files/pcre/8.36/ 

1. Install the pcre. 

          bash$> wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcre/files/pcre/8.36/pcre-8.36.tar.gz/download

              2. Configure it.

           bash$> gtar -xvzf pcre-8.36.tar.gz

           bash$> cd pcre-8.36

           bash$> ./configure --prefix=/scratch/ckukreja/pcre

              3. Do make & make install 

            bash$> make

            bash$> make install        

          

      6.  Now we need to configure the environment for building the apache2.4 source code, for this 

           it is required to execute the 'configure' script present in the directory.

           For eg: /scratch/ckukreja/apache24/httpd2.4.10 is the directory where you have unzipped 

                       the source code

                       

                       bash$>ls -ltr configure

      7.  Execute the 'configure'  script.

./configure --with-included-apr --enable-so --with-pcre=/scratch/ckukreja/pcre/ --prefix=/scratch/ckukreja/myapache

      8. Now we need to build & install the binaries. Do the following:

• make
• make install

     9. Now go to the directory where you have install "myapache"

• Move to bin folder and execute the 'file' command on httpd executable file.

                 bash$> cd /home/ckukreja/myapache/bin 
                 bash$> file httpd
httpd: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped

• 'file httpd' - It's output will show you the type of file is it. Here it should show 64bit, if not than the binaries are of 32bit. Check the steps again.

    

Configure Apache 2.4 on Linux Box:

 As you have installed the apache 2.4 on your Linux Machine. Now it is required to configure it before we start the server.

1. Go to the "myapache" installation directory. Move to conf folder.

         bash$> cd /scratch/ckukreja/myapache/conf  

     2. Open httpd.conf file to edit it. 

          bash$> vi httpd.conf

• Change the port from '80' to the one you want. Like we use '8880'.
• By default username & group are configured as 'daemon'. Change them to the one you are logged in with.
• Save the changes & close the file.

      3. Now come out of the conf folder & change your directory to bin folder.

          

         bash$>cd /scratch/ckukreja/myapache/bin

      4. Execute the apachectl executable. It will start the httpd server process.

• ./apachectl -k  start

Verify the installation & configuration steps:

Try to access the default resource present on apache 2.4 server like index.html.

Syntax: http://<hostname>:<port>/index.html

Eg: http://slc0010:8880/index.html

It will display the "It Works!!!"

So guys you are done with the Installation & Configuration of Apache24-64bit on your Solaris Sparc Machine..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)

Install & Configure Apache 2.2 (64bit) on AIX Machine

Install Apache 2.2 (64bit) on AIX Machine:

Follow the steps:

1. To install apache22, we need the source code & requires to build it. This will generate the binaries.
2. Download the source code from http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi#apache22 to your AIX64 box.
3. Now we need to export setting, that is per-requisties before we start the build process:
1.  export OBJECT_MODE=64

     4. Untar the source zip. Change the directory to unzipped folder
     
     5. Execute the configure script present in the folder as follows:

LDFLAGS="-maix64" LD=gcc CFLAGS="-maix64" ./configure --prefix=/scratch/anikukum/chalja --enable-so --with-included-apr

 Note:

• Here we are using  'gcc' as complier, you can use other like 'xlc' etc.
• The flags CFLAGS & LDFLAGS are ensuring the 64 bit compilation to be done.
• --with-included-apr <this ensures that the APR, APR-Util library will be included>
• --prefix <here you need to provide the path where you want to install the apache22>

     6. Compile & install.

• make - it will compile the source code
• make install - this will install the binaries & other files at the location provided in 'prefix'.

     7. Now go to the directory where you have install apache22

• Move to bin folder and execute the 'file' command on httpd executable file.
• 'file httpd' - It's output will show you the type of file is it. Here it should show 64bit, if not than you have missed some step.

Configure Apache22 on AIX:

 As you have installed the apache22 on your AIX Machine. Now it is required to configure it before we run the server.

1. Go to the apache22 installation directory. Move to conf folder.
2. Open httpd.conf file to edit it.

• Change the port from '80' to the one you want. Like we use '8889'.
• By default username & group are configured as 'daemon'. Change them to the one you are logged in.
• Save the changes & close the file.

      3. Now come out of the conf folder & change your directory to bin folder.

      4. Execute the apachetl exe file. It will start the httpd server process.

• ./apachetl -k  start

Verify the installation & configuration:

Try to access the default resource present on apache22 server like index.html.

Syntax: http://<hostname>:<port>/index.html

Eg: http://slc0010:8889/index.html

So guys you are done with the Installation & Configuration of APache22-64bit on your AIX Machine.

Enjoy :-)