Configuring Apache Web Server on Ubuntu and Debian
This article shows you how to install Apache web server on Ubuntu and Debian, set it up, and access the access logs.
Apache Web Server in Ubuntu and Debian
Apache HTTP Server is a free and open source web server that is very popular.
More than half of the active websites on the Internet use the Apache web server. It is developed and maintained by the Apache Software Foundation.
Installing Apache in Ubuntu and Debian
Anyone can install and configure Apache web server on Kali Linux using the root account.
To install Apache on Ubuntu or Debian, run the following command.
apt-get install apache2
We run the command to install the Apache web server in the image below. However, the system says that the Apache web server is already installed.
Start Apache Webserver in Ubuntu and Debian
After installing Apache web server, we can start the server by running the following command.
service apache2 start
This command starts and runs the network server. We can service apache2 statuscheck the status of the server using the command.
In the following figure, we have started the Apache web server running and service apache2 statuschecked the status of the web server using the command. The figure shows that the server is actively running.
Accessing the Web Server via a Browser
We can now access the web server through our browser.
Open the browser of your choice. We used Firefox for this tutorial and entered the localhost IP address.
The symbol should look like this.
http://your_server_ip
In our example, we typed http://127.0.0.1and pressed Enter. This should take you to the Apache default page.
If you see the Apache default page, it means you have successfully installed Apache web server on your system.
Checking Apache access log in Ubuntu and Debian
After the Apache web server installation is complete, users can access websites hosted by the Apache web server.
The Apache web server logs the requests that users make to the web server. These logs can be /var/log/apache2found in .
In the image below, we use lsthe command to list /var/log/apache2the contents of the folder. The access log for a website hosted by the Apache web server can access.logbe found in the file .
We use catthe command as a pipeline operator and tailthe command to print out access.logthe last line of the file 5.
The following diagram shows the IP address of the web server request, the request, the browser used, and the version used.
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