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5.8 World Wide Web Server

World Wide Web Server

If you installed the Apache web server (from the apache package), then your Web service is already up and running! Just point your web browser at http://localhost.

The default page shown is /home/httpd/html/index.html. You can edit this file (or completely replace it) to your liking. All the CGI programs, icons, and html pages are stored in /home/httpd, but this can be changed in the apache configuration files, all of which are stored in /etc/httpd/conf/. Logs of all httpd activity are kept in /var/log/httpd/. Setting up your web site is as easy as adding your own HTML pages and links to the /home/httpd/html/ directory. For more information on customizing your web server we recommend a reference such as HTML: The Definitive Guide by Chuck Musciano & Bill Kennedy, published by O'Reilly & Associates.


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