Hi, > sudo apt-get install apache2 > > to start,stop and restart the server > > sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start > sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop > sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
A few things about the above: 1. Apache is one of the easiest to install, and also has lots of documentation and help available. It also is ver scalable, and powerful. However, if you just want to do some basic development work on localhost, you can also give lighthttpd a try. It is popular among linux users, and you can find decent documentation for it. 2. To run any script in /etc/init.d, the newer (?), recommended way is to use the invoke-rc.d command. I quote the man page of invoke-rc.d: "All access to the init scripts by Debian packages’ maintainer scripts should be done through invoke-rc.d." Here's an example of how to use it: sudo invoke-rc.d <name of script> <option> So, the above example of starting Apache becomes: sudo invoke-rc.d apache2 start 3. For Apache, Ubuntu (and debian also i guess), the command to control Apache is 'apache2ctl'. So, all Apache starts, stops and restarts are supposed to be done with this command. sudo apache2ctl <start|stop|restart> More options are available. You can check the man page :) Ninad S. Pundalik http://ninadpundalik.co.cc/blog GPG Key Fingerprint: 2DF7 B856 C75E C9F9 0504 C0EF D456 1946 7C45 2C69 -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
