In this tutorial you will learn how to setup the minimum amount of software required for a Web Server, following tutorials will include information on how to expand this to make it more useful to you.

For more information on the apache web server please follow these links:

• http://apache.org/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_HTTP_Server

Like most other applications, apache can be installed using the simple apt-get command, remember you will need to be root, so here is the command which you need to use:

apt-get install apache2

This will install and configure the default settings for the Apache web server. To test it out either enter the IP Address /Hostname of the server on another computer connected to the same network, and you should see the default page load up. Alternatively, if you have followed our Tutorial to install a Web Browser, then type type the following command:

lynx localhost

Which will tell the web browser to visit “localhost”, which is the name of the computer which you are using, which will display the default page assuming that everything has worked correctly.