3.3 Managing Your Web Server on Linux

After you have installed and set up your Web server on Linux, you can configure and start Apache from YaST.

  1. In YaST, click Network Services in the left pane, then click HTTP Server in the right pane.

    Apache is referred to as the HTTP Server on Linux.

    Apache service information in YaST

  2. To start Apache, click Enabled, then click Finish.

  3. To verify that Apache has started successfully, open a Web browser and view the following URL:

    http://Web_server_address:port_number

    where Web_server_address is the IP address or hostname of your Linux server and port_number is the Apache listen port, which is 80 by default. For example:

    http://172.16.5.18:80

    If Apache is correctly set up, you should see a Web page that starts with:

    Apache test page

  4. Replace the Apache test page (/apache2/htdocs/index.html) with your own home page and begin building your Web site.

For more information about Apache on Linux, see The Apache HTTP Server in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 Installation and Administration Guide.