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How to Install Apache Web Server on Amazon Linux 2

Mohammad Abu MattarPublished: 24 Oct 202202 Mins read02 Mins listen

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Introduction

In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Apache web server on Amazon Linux 2. We will also learn how to configure Apache web server to serve a simple HTML web page.

Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial, you will need:

An Amazon Linux 2 EC2 instance.
A user with sudo privileges.

Install Apache web server and serve a simple HTML web page

Step 1: install Apache web server

Before we start, we need to update the package list and upgrade the installed packages:

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sudo yum update -y

Now, we can install Apache web server:

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sudo yum install httpd -y

Step 2: start Apache web server

Now, we can start Apache web server:

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sudo systemctl start httpd

And configure Apache to run on system boot:

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sudo systemctl enable httpd

Step 3: configure the firewall

Now, we need to configure the firewall to allow HTTP traffic:

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sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http
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sudo firewall-cmd --reload

Step 4: create a simple HTML web page

Before we can test Apache web server, we need to change the permissions of the /var/www/html directory:

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sudo chmod 777 /var/www/html

Now, we can create a simple HTML web page:

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sudo vi /var/www/html/index.html

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<!doctype html>
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<html>
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  <head>
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    <title>Apache Web Server</title>
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  </head>
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  <body>
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    <h1>Apache Web Server</h1>
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    <p>This is a simple HTML web page.</p>
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  </body>
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</html>

Step 5: test Apache web server

Now, we can test Apache web server by opening the public IP address of our Amazon Linux 2 EC2 instance in a web browser:

Apache Web Server

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Apache web server on Amazon Linux 2. We also learned how to configure Apache web server to serve a simple HTML web page.

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