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Apache 2 Web server on Ubuntu 24.04 22.10 20.04.5 18.04.6 16.04.7 install

Install Apache2 web server ...

sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2

Edit file:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Add:

ServerName 127.0.0.1

<Directory /var/www/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Commands:

sudo systemctl restart apache2
sudo systemctl status apache2
sudo apache2ctl configtest
sudo a2enmod rewrite

Edit:

sudo nano /etc/hosts

Add:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 youdomain.com
127.0.0.1 mail.youdomain.com
127.0.1.1 ubuntu

Add ruls to ufw:

sudo ufw allow in "Apache Full"

Creating directories and granting privileges ...

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/youdomain.com/public_html
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/youdomain.com/public_html
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/youdomain.com/public_html

Enable ssl with command ...

sudo a2enmod ssl

Create Apache Virtual Host for you web site youdomain.com

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/youdomain.com.80.conf
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/youdomain.com.443.conf

Enable http 80 port addn to file youdomain.com.80.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName youdomain.com
        ServerAlias www.youdomain.com
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        DocumentRoot /var/www/youdomain.com/public_html
        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

  <Directory />
    Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
    AllowOverride All
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Enable https 443 port addn to file youdomain.com.443.conf

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName youdomain.com
    ServerAlias www.youdomain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/youdomain.com/public_html

    SSLEngine On
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/youdomain.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/youdomain.com.key
</VirtualHost>

To disable Virtual Host:

sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf

To enable Virtual Host:

sudo a2ensite youdomain.com.80.conf
sudo a2ensite youdomain.com.443.conf

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