These are the basics steps to setting up a server in Ubuntu.
This tutorial will show how to set up a basic LAMP server for testing your .php and .html pages locally.
You can even make your webserver live, which will be covered at another time.
Using the terminal enter the following commands.
sudo apt-get install update
Install apache2
sudo apt-get install apache2
Install mysql-server
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Install php5
sudo apt-get install php5
Install php5-mysql package, which binds mysql to php
sudo apt-get install php5-mysql
Install the GD Library for image manipulation
sudo apt-get install php5-gd
You have now installed a basic LAMP server. How easy was that?
Open up firefox and enter http://localhost in the address bar. If everything goes as planned you should see the Apache welcome screen.
You can now place your webpages in /var/www/ which is the default directory for apache2.
MAKING YOUR SITE LIVE
You need to accept connections on port 80 through your router and enter the ip address of your server.
You also need to set port 80 in your apache ports.conf file.
If everything goes as planned, you should be able to access your home server by typing your main ip address.
STOPPING, STARTING RESTARTING APACHE
To start Apache use the following command:-
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start
To restart Apache use the following command:-
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
To stop Apache use the following command:-
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
Whenever you make changes to apache.conf file always restart Apache.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
You may want to change the directory of where your webpages are uploaded. By default pages webpages are stored in /var/www ,but I decided to create a public_html directory on my desktop.
I edited the etc/apache2/sites-available/default document using
Code:-
thebigtechguide@thebigtechguide:~$ sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
I then chmod777 on the public_html folder by using the following command
Code:-
thebigtechguide@thebigtechguide:~$ chmod 777 /home/ade234uk/Desktop/public_html
You can't get to your IP from your IP. If you want to see your server on your own network then simply add this to the /etc/hosts in the computer you are browsing with.
your_servers_ local_IP_address your_domain_name.
For example it might look like this
192.168.0.200 server.domain.com
Then when ever you use you domain name that computer will point to your severs IP address.
I found this will not work with non standard ports, so you can open up port 80 for your LAN in apache and leave any other port set up if you are using non standard ports.
Enter your root password if required.
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