Beginner..., I have it installed but...

[Braulio]

Hi,

I m a dummy beginner..., I installed Linux last weeks ( mandrake 7.2), and now I have installed Apache ( the version that came with the linux cd), now I have it on my computer and I would like to test it only as local, but I have run httpd and it seems that nothing happens, can anybody help me

Thanks a lot, bye
Braulio

 

[Sonix]

If 'nothing happens' it actually means that the server started without any problems.

But double check by running this in a command window

ps -ef | grep httpd

If you see a list like ...

root   2323 ...    ./httpd
nobody 2324 2323   ./httpd

It means that its running OK (p.s. to shut down Apache you can use kill 2323 or whatever the top number is in the list). As you're wanting to run it locally you can now run up Netscape, type

http://localhost

. This should show you Apache's default page. If you're server wasn't running you wouldn't get this page and would actually get an error message.

 

[bigmatlem]

when it's booting check the status of httpd look to see if it passed or failed. login as root and run ps -A from console. if you httpd running as a process it's running. To test it do the following. Run your web browser and type

http://(your

local ip address):80 and you should see the test screen it not... then check the httpd.conf file and see what's wrong. repost later or e-mail me @ bigmatlem@thewebonramp.zzn.com with your httpd.conf file attached and i'll look at it.

good luck.