Installing Apache HTTP Server on FreeBSD

###Installation using FreeBSD ports

Login as root, then to make sure our server’s hostname can be identified locally we need to edit /etc/hosts.

# ee /etc/hosts
::1               localhost localhost.example.com
127.0.0.1         localhost localhost.example.com
192.168.1.11      host.example.com

Install Apache HTTP Server using following command, choose default for options, select OK.

# cd /usr/ports/www/apache22
# make config; make install clean
# rehash

After installation proses finished, change Apache configuration file.

# ee /usr/local/etc/apache22/httpd.conf
ServerAdmin you@example.com
ServerName host.example.com:80

To enable SSL support, uncomment following line.

Include etc/apache22/extra/httpd-ssl.conf

Save, then exit ee and open Apache’ SSL configuration file.

# ee /usr/local/etc/apache22/extra/httpd-ssl.conf
ServerName host.example.com:443
ServerAdmin you@example.com
SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/openssl/certs/host.example.com-cert.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/openssl/certs/host.example.com-unencrypted-key.pem

Save and exit.

###Testing Apache HTTP Server Installation

Check possible error on configuration files.

# apachectl configtest

If it shows Syntax OK then there is no error in configuration files. Change /etc/rc.conf so that Apache can start at boot time.

# ee /etc/rc.conf
apache22_enable="YES"
apache22_http_accept_enable="YES"

Save and exit from text editor and start Apache with following command.

# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache22 start

Test Apache by opening our domain in internet browser.

http://host.example.com/

Test SSL support by opening our domain in HTTPS protocol.

https://host.example.com/