M.Sathvik: Install Apache and PHP on Fedora

1) Change to root user

su

##OR##

su -c

2) Check or install updates

yum check-update

##OR##

yum update

3) Install Apache(httpd) web server

yum install httpd

4) install PHP and PHP modules

yum install php php-common

##PHP MODULES##

yum install php-pecl-apc php-cli php-pear php-pdo php-mysql php-pgsql php-pecl-mongo php-sqlite php-pecl-memcache php-pecl-memcached php-gd php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-xml

5) Start Apache(httpd) and start Apache(httpd) on boot

systemctl start httpd.service ##will start httpd##

systemctl enable httpd.service ##will enable httpd service on boot##

##OR##

service httpd start

chkconfig –levels 235 httpd on

6) Enable Remote Connection to Apache HTTP Server (httpd) –> Open Web server Port (80) on Iptables Firewall

6(a) Edit /etc/sysconfig/iptables :

vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables

6(b) Add following INPUT rule:

-A INPUT -m state –state NEW -m tcp -p tcp –dport 80 -j ACCEPT

6(c) Restart Iptables Firewall:

systemctl restart iptables.service

##OR##

service iptables restart

7) Test Apache and PHP

7(a) Test Apache:

To test Apache web server open web browser and type “http://localhost/”

you will see a Fedora Test page For Apache HTTPD Server

7(b) Test PHP:

Create test PHP page to check that Apache, PHP and PHP modules are working by adding following content to/var/www/html/test.php file.

<?php

phpinfo();

?>