= Red Hat WebServer =

**Summary**: How to install apache webserver on Red Hat. \\
**Date**: Around 2014 \\
**Refactor**: 29 March 2025: Checked links and formatting. \\
{{tag>redhat linux apache}}

This is a small howto on how to deply a webserver, also known as a httpd server, on Red Hat. Deploying services on Red Hat is always on the ISET method:

* I: Install
* S: Service
* E: Enable
* T: Test

= ISET the httpd Server =

Install the webserver using this command:
<code>
yum install httpd
</code>

Service is for starting the httpd service:
<code>
service httpd start
</code>

Enable is for enabling the service to start automatically on system boot:
<code>
chkconfig httpd on
</code>

Testing a webservice is quite easy, you can use firefox or a text based browser like curl:
<code>
curl localhost

or

curl 192.168.25.128
</code>

Now you have a webserver running. The default root for html files is {{{/var/www/html/}}}

= Firewall =
If your firewall is enabled and you cannot access the webserver from a different computer, but can from the localhost port 80 is probably blocked. Open it by editing /etc/sysconfig/iptables:
<code>
vim /etc/sysconfig/iptables
</code>
Now append the following rule to open port 80:
<code>
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
</code>

Now save the file and restart iptables:
<code>
service iptables restart
</code>