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09-26-2003

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Apache: In the beginning...

Hello Everyone,

This is my first post on this forum, and I a already like it :-)

As you can tell I am a complete newbie to Apache. My mission is to setup a web server on my Suse Linux 8.1 box, initially for test purposes, and then if my ISP provider permits, then to allow other poeple to connect to it too....

Anyways, I have taken on board the advice of most forum administrators, in the sense that I looked at all of the post which are likelly to answer my question, in the hope not to bore you with trivial questions.
I have also digested numerous FAQs, and HOT-TOs, together with many google searches on Apache....

And the truth is that I still never get a straight answer to the most basic questions....
My question is: How do I use Apache ?

I have correctly installed it: OK
I have successfully started it as root (apachectl start)
I have also edited the /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf file (after making a backup of course)
and I made some changes:

Listen myipaddress:80
BindAddress *
User wwwrun
Group users
DocumentRoot "/home/RSIA_taehakkyo/usr/rsia/rsias/www"
<Directory "/home/RSIA_taehakkyo/usr/rsia/rsias/www">
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
UserDir public_html
UserDir www
</IfModule>
In all, I added all of the specifications that anyone else would in my position

Now I have copied one index.html and one cgi script to the ~user/www/ directory and ~user/www/cgi-bin directories respectively (N.B I also created these directories)
Now I try to restart the httpd, through apachectl restart, and it indicates that this went OK.

However, when I do this:
lynx
netscape
opera
...

or any other browser with :
http://myipaddress/index.html
http://myipaddress/icgi-bin/file.cgi
I get a default Suse Linux page, and nothing else.
Can someone, please tell me what I am doing wrong, and how I can overcome this issue.

I appreciate any help in this direction.

N.B last question: can I host my website (having bought a domain name) from home ?
what is the procedure ?
what are the pros & cons

Merci beaucoup mes amis !

Da Bionicfysh

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runapp::apache

RunApp::Apache(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				       RunApp::Apache(3pm)

NAME

       RunApp::Apache - Apache control for RunApp

SYNOPSIS

	use RunApp::Apache;

	$apache = RunApp::Apache->new
		   (root => "/tmp/apache_run",
		    report => 1,
		    apxs => '/usr/local/sbin/apxs',
		    # httpd => '/usr/local/sbin/httpd',
		    required_modules => ["log_config", "alias", "perl", "mime"],
		    config_block => q{
	[% IF AP_VERSION == 2 %]
	 eval { use Apache2 };
	 eval { use Apache::compat };
	[% END %]

	<Location /myapp>
	 AllowOverride None
	 SetHandler perl-script
	 PerlSetVar approot [% cwd %]
	 PerlHandler MyApp
	 Options +ExecCGI
	</Location>
	});

DESCRIPTION

       This is the class for defining a apache web server to be used in RunApp.

CONSTRUCTOR

       new (%arg)

       Required arg:

       root
	   The root for the apache instance.

       apxs
       httpd
	   If "apxs" is specified, "httpd" will be derived from it.

       required_modules
	   A arrayref to the apache modules required.

       config_block
	   The config block that will be the extra block in the template used by RunApp::Template::Apache.

       CTL The class for handling apachectl.  The default is RunApp::Control::AppControl.  You can also use RunApp::Control::ApacheCtl.

       CONF
	   The class for handling apache config.  The default is RunApp::Template::Apache.  It is used in the "build" phase of RunApp

SEE ALSO

       RunApp, RunApp::Control::Apache, RunApp::Template::Apache, App::Control

AUTHORS

       Chia-liang Kao <clkao@clkao.org>

       Refactored from works by Leon Brocard <acme@astray.com> and Tom Insam <tinsam@fotango.com>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2002-5, Fotango Ltd.

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.8.8							    2008-01-09						       RunApp::Apache(3pm)

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