I want to test some code on localhost before uploading to a live site. So I decided to install Apache. I'm running 64bit windows 7 enterprise edition. I downloaded httpd-2.0.64-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi. I installed it under C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Group\Apache2
I have set domain name and server name to localhost in my installation, and used default value for all other steps. In my configuration file httpd.conf, I have ServerName localhost:80.
I followed everything I can find on online apache installation tutorials. But when I typed in localhost in my browser, I got a 404 error :(
I know it's very hard to diagnose this way, but I just wonder if someone can spot an important step I'm missing.
I'm feeling it could be something to do with my 64bit machine, and the long folder name Program Files (x86). But I have tried to install on C:\Apache directly and failed too (even got an error during installation). Can someone help?
Finally figured it out. Apache service didn't start because another system process was listening to port 80. Refer to these two posts for solutions:
http://forums.zpanelcp.com/archive/index.php/t-5265.html
http://www.softaculous.com/board/index.php?tid=1575&title=Apache_won%27t_start
Good luck to all!
Did you start the service?
Also, you should install XAMPP or WAMPP, which offers Apache, PHP and MySQL support without all the configuration hassle.
If you got a 404 error then either the webserver is running or you failed to start it and have something very wrong with the existing network config on your machine.
The latter is a lot more likely - and you can check this by looking at the logs which it has generated - there should be entries in both the access and error log.
If the problem is the spaces in the path (you'll see an error relating to the documentroot from the entries added to the error_log at startup) then (IIRC) you can either enclose the path in double quotes or use a path for the document root which doesn't have spaces - the content doesn't have to site below the directory you installed Apache into - indeed it's arguable that using a different path is good practice. Note that several versions of mod_fcgid don't like paths with spaces even if you quote them.
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I am trying to fix one venerability on my production web server(Apache), Venerability is "The HTTP headers sent by the remote web server disclose information that can aid an attacker, such as the server version and technologies used by the web server"
For this I have gone for some solutions , some where I found that to solve the above Venerability we need to edit the httpd.conf file on server but I did not find httpd.conf file in my entire system (using windows 10 os) can any one please let me know hot find that file or how to resolve that Venerability on production ?
You can find httpd.conf in
installed folder ex Apache24
Apache24/conf/httpd.conf
On Windows, I have seen people run Apache from all kinds of weird and wonderful places.
You need to track down where your Apache instance is running from, normally its running as a service on windows. If you open the properties on the service and look at the Path to executable, it should be something similar to the below.
"C:\Program Files\Apache24\bin\httpd.exe" -k runservice
Or it could be
"D:\Some Application\Version\WEB\tool\SOFTS\HTTPD\bin\httpd.exe" -k runservice
Unless there is an -f flag, setting the location of the conf. There will be a "conf" folder at the same level as the "bin" folder regardless of the path. This location is set at compile time so unless you have bespoke version off Apache this should be the location.
If you are struggling to find the service or a launcher that is running Apache. You can use WMI with a WQL query to look for processes which are called httpd.exe and get its executable path.
wmic process WHERE name="httpd.exe" GET ExecutablePath
In Xampp Control panel, in apache row, click on "config" button and then you see the term Apache(httpd.conf).
This is my first post under the Apache tag, so not sure if I have posted it in the correct spot. Apologies if it's not.
We recently had an audit done on our Apache server. It's running on a Windows Server 2012 R2, and I installed Apache 2.4.27 through WAMP.
The results from the Audit are fairly specific, but I don't know where to go in the Config file to fix these. My IMIT department has gone through a number of changes and we no longer have someone who can help me, so I'm stuck.
The three areas I need to correct are:
1) MISSING SECURITY HEADERS Recommendation: Implement HTTP security headers in the web applications to prevent exploitation of vulnerabilities.
2) Recommendation: Make sure that browsable directories do not leak confidential informative or give access to sensitive resources. Additionally, use access restrictions or disable directory indexing for any that do.
3) The remote web server supports the TRACE and/or TRACK methods. TRACE and TRACK are HTTP methods that are used to debug web server connections. Recommendation: Disable these methods.
I have looked in the config and in various documentation online but the Windows install for Apache seems to be unique, and I don't want to risk screwing up something that breaks the install.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Chris
Find httpd.conf file. It should be in the conf folder in the localization where Apache is installed like for ex:
C:/Apache/Apache/conf/httpd.conf
If you're not sure where that is - open task manager, find httpd.exe and check it's properties.
Then add required configuration there.
Check out this helpful github:
https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-apache/blob/master/dist/.htaccess
You can check your configuration files for syntax errors without starting the server by using apachectl configtest or the -t command line option.
I purchased a fancy little "visual menu maker" over at envato (Code Canyon) from here: https://codecanyon.net/item/z-menu-maker-drop-down-and-mega-menu/9240528
I was using their sample app where you can test out the tool and I was able to create a nice little menu for my site. But you have to purchase a license to export the code.
I purchased the license and the first "Getting Started" requirement is to "Start your Web Server and open the index.html file. This is where I'm lost. BTW... for reference, you can scroll to the bottom of that documentation page to see all the files that were included in the download.
When I try to open that "index.html" file in my browser, it doesn't load.
I followed some instructions to get my native Mac Apache server running, and everything seems to be working, with my localhost, but I don't know how to open this file through my Apache Web Server.
Any help would be so appreciated!!
I am assuming you have your Apache installed on your Mac under /etc/apache2 folder
If you want to serve your html files and related components, you need to tell apache from where to find your files
So , you need to configure apache so that it can server your files.
first you need to open an terminal from lunch menu then go to the apache2 installation directory
cd /etc/apache2
Then you need to open httpd.conf file and make necessary changes,
sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
You will see "DocumentRoot" line/. Change it with your directory where you put your files.
Change also Directory path with yours. (It should be in same config file such as
with
<Document "some_path">
Then you should restart apache server with command
sudo apachectl restart
Now you can try to access your file . you can also check http://localhost to validate
You need to put the files somewhere within the DocumentRoot of your Apache web server, and then you should be able to visit them with http://localhost/ (assuming the index.html file is in the root of the DocumentRoot).
I'm not familiar with the default setting of DocumentRoot on the Mac port of Apache, but you should be able to find that quite easily in the configuration. On Linux that would commonly be found somewhere under /etc/apache2 or /etc/httpd.
There may be further configuration needed if the files expect some sort of server-side module to be activated (e.g. PHP), but it sounds like they are just plain HTML.
Some good answers were given but I think this particular app needed a few extra steps in order to work properly.
The developer got back to me and told me I'd need to install a MAMP solution in order to run the app.
So I installed that and then took the unzipped folder and all its contents in this folder /MAMP/htdocs/
Then when I visit http://localhost:8888/ZMenuMaker/ the app runs without a hitch!
Hi so basically what I am trying to do is get my spring web-application to run on port 80. I have installed tomcat8 and apache on a Ubuntu server and everything is running smoothly on myDomainName.com:8080, I have tried installing Authbind to help but it says I must set AUTHBIND=yes in the file location /etc/default/tomcat but for some reason this file is not present.
I have read previously that this file is not created if the installation was done from extracting the target file, this was my approach and this seems to me why the file is not there, I have no other solution.
Is there another way to set this authbind to yes or will I have to use Ip tables, or forward requests from Apache to tomcat. if i cant set authbind what in your opinion is the best solution.
Sorry if I left anything out, any help/suggestions would be of great help.
Thanks!
I would just completely reinstall the Tomcat on to your system. I had a similar problem and this was the only solution for me.
I recently installed Apache and enabled "localhost" with Windows. When I type "localhost" in my browser, it brings me to a page explaining that the Apache installation was successful. I just don't know where to find this. Is it reading some index.html file? If so, I just can't find it.
I tried going to C:\inetpub\wwwroot but the "localhost" in the browser is not reading it from this location. Where else is it reading localhost from? I use Windows 7.
This is usually found in \apache\htdocs on a Windows default install. The 'Pre-Installation' steps covered in this Apache, PHP and MySQL setup guide might be helpful.
If you use a default install of WampServer, it will be in C:\wamp\www