Apache tips

This tips were prepared for Install Tracks 2.5 on Ubuntu 20.10

log-files-locations

the directory /var/www is where Apache2 expects to have the websites (in Ubuntu, Debian flavors)

For debugging the Apache error log files are typically located in /var/log/apache2/

To enable or disable the automatic start of Apache2 service when you boot your machine use

>systemctl enable apache2.service

>systemctl disable apache2.service

To start or stop manually the Apache2 service use

>systemctl start apache2.service

>systemctl stop apache2.service

If you have a name inside /etc/hostname you can also use that name instead of localhost.

some errors I encountered

when checking the stauts I get

AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name

If you get this kind of error go to /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and insert the following line to the file

ServerName localhost

after the changes you need to reload apache

>systemctl reload apache2

the previous error should disappear