Summary: How to install apache webserver on Red Hat.
Date: Around 2014
Refactor: 29 March 2025: Checked links and formatting.
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:
Install the webserver using this command:
yum install httpd
Service is for starting the httpd service:
service httpd start
Enable is for enabling the service to start automatically on system boot:
chkconfig httpd on
Testing a webservice is quite easy, you can use firefox or a text based browser like curl:
curl localhost or curl 192.168.25.128
Now you have a webserver running. The default root for html files is /var/www/html/
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:
vim /etc/sysconfig/iptables
Now append the following rule to open port 80:
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
Now save the file and restart iptables:
service iptables restart