Apache web server on Debian

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Procedure

As root:

apt-get update apt-get install apache2 apache2-doc apache2-utils 

Explanation

Apache is one of the most widely used web servers and is the one we will use in this guide. Debian comes with Apache 2.4, the latest stable version of the program.

To install Apache 2, you have to write the following command in the console as root:

apt-get update apt-get install apache2 apache2-doc apache2-utils 

At that moment, the following information appears:

We confirm the dependencies and wait a few minutes. Once the installation is finished, the service will start and will do so every time we start the computer. To check that the web server is working correctly, we just have to access the local IP of our server from a web browser:

By default, the files of the web server are stored in /var/www/html where you will find the 'index.html' file that is shown by default (the page shown above). That file should be replaced by your index.html.

The route can be changed (we will see it in the next chapter). In any case, you can start uploading your content to that folder and it will be accessible from now on.