Re: Config file name of Apache 2.2.9 and its default location on Ubuntu 8.10??? (Apache Users)

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 2:17 AM, Doug Bell <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Apr 15, 2009, at 3:13 PM, Jimmyboy wrote:

Hi,

I am following the Quickstart Guide for installing NAGIOS using http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/quickstart-ubuntu.html.

One of the prerequisites is Apache2, which I installed, and was successful in getting "It Works!!" for http://127.0.0.1.

However, I am unable to understand which one of 'apache2.conf' & 'httpd.conf' happens to be the server's config file. Some say, it is 'apache2.conf', and others say, 'httpd.conf'.

Because you installed from source, you want /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf. The ubuntu package (from APT) uses /etc/apache2/apache2.conf.

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I installed Ubuntu 8.10 desktop OS in my VMWare. I also installed Apache2.2.9 using the apache2-2.2.9.orig.tar.gz file.

"ps -ef | grep httpd" shows the result below.

"root 17723 1 0 05:51 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start" followed by a couple of lines for the daemon service holding different PIDs. The httpd.pid file under '/usr/local/apache2/logs' shows '17723' as above.

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When I stop the service by issuing the command '/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k stop', I do not find any result for "ps -ef | grep httpd". Neither does http://127.0.0.1 work. The httpd.pid file under '/usr/local/apache2/logs' no longer exists.

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Excerpt from the error_log file under '/usr/local/apache2/logs':

[notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[notice] Apache/2.2.9 (Unix) configured -- resuming normal operations

Looking at the description above, can I say that Apache is installed correctly?

Yes.

Also, the website https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/serverguide/C/httpd.html talks about editing the config file apache2.conf. Is it true in case of Apache on Ubuntu 8.* as well?

Yes, but only for the ubuntu packages (from APT).

Doug Bell -- Senior Developer, Plain Black Corp.

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