Apache 2 HTTP virtual host

Requirements

Before going through this tutorial, I recommend you to setup:

• MySQL server
• SSL server
• LDAP server

Installation

Apache 2

This will install web server + PHP + Perl + all required libraries.

Apache2 core

apt-get install apache2 apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils ssl-cert

Additional libraries

apt-get install libapache2-mod-fcgid libruby

Doc

apt-get install apache2-doc

Perl

apt-get install libapache2-mod-perl2 libapache2-mod-perl2-doc

SNMP

Sometimes you might encounter some SNMP errors on latest Debian based distributions.

In that case you have to install a new package and run it.

apt-get install snmp-mibs-downloader
download-mibs

source: http://www.podciborski.co.uk/miscellaneous/snmp-cannot-find-module/

PHP 5

Core

apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 php5 php5-common

Modules PHP5

apt-get install php5-cli php5-cgi
apt-get install php5-curl php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl php5-dev php-pear 
apt-get install php5-mysql 
apt-get install php5-memcache php5-xcache
apt-get install php5-mhash php-auth php5-mcrypt mcrypt
apt-get install php5-imap 
apt-get install php5-snmp

Image Magick

apt-get install php5-gd php5-imagick imagemagick

Configuration

Edit PHP config file:

vim /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

Add / uncomment the following lines in Dynamic extensions area (~ line 865)

• extension=mysql.so
• extension=gd.so

!! Note this is NOT required on Ubuntu 14.04 because these modules are enabled by default !!

Firewall

You have to open the following ports:

• Port 80 = HTTP
• Port 443 = HTTPS

$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp -m state -i eth0 --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp -m state -i eth0 --dport 443 -j ACCEPT

Restart the firewall

/etc/init.d/firewall restart

Test your installation

Restart the Apache2 server

service apache2 restart

You can now test your installation by going to 'http://localhost' or 'http://myServer'. You should see the default page.