How to Install Apache 2.4 and how to enable FastCGI

How to install apache 2.4 and how to enable FastCGI?

In this documentation, we can discuss about how to install apache 2.4 and enable fastcgi. To perform this, please follow the below given steps.

 

Apache

1) First you need to install Dependencies before installing apache and fastcgi.

$ yum install gcc -y

2) Download tar file of apache2.4

$ wget http://apache.techartifact.com/mirror/httpd/httpd-2.2.22.tar.bz2

3) Extract the tar file.

$ tar -xvf httpd-2.2.22.tar.bz2

4) Configure and install apache 2.4

$ cd httpd-2.2.22

$ ./configure –prefix=/usr/local/apache2.4  –enable-so  –enable-mods-shared=”most” –enable-suexec  \ –with-suexec-caller=”nobody”

$ make

$ make install

5) Restart the newly installed apache.

$ pkill httpd

$ /usr/local/apache2.4/bin/apachectl  restart

6) Now you need to check the port is opened.

$ netstat -ntlp | grep :80

The output will be look like the following:

tcp        0      0 :::80     :::*       LISTEN      31097/httpd

7) You can check the newly installed apache is working properly by doing the following steps.

Open your browser and access http://127.0.0.1 or http://your IP, then you will get a test page.

 

PHP

1) Install necessary dependencies.

$ yum install libxml2-devel -y

2) Download the PHP source file.

$ wget http://in3.php.net/get/php-5.4.8.tar.gz/from/this/mirror

3) Extract the tar file.

$ tar -xvf php-5.4.8.tar.gz

4) Configure and install the php file.

$ cd php-5.4.8

$ ./configure –prefix=/usr/local/php5.4

$ make

$ make install

$ cp  /php-5.4.8/php.ini-production  /usr/local/php/lib/php.ini

 

Mod FastCGI

1). Download fastcgi tar file.

$ wget http://apache.techartifact.com/mirror/httpd/mod_fcgid/mod_fcgid-2.3.6.tar.gz

2) Extract the tar file.

$ tar -xvf  mod_fcgid-2.3.6.tar.gz

3) Configure and install the fastcgi file.

$ cd mod_fcgid-2.3.6

$ export APXS=/usr/local/apache2.4/bin/apxs

$ ./configure.apxs

$ make

$ make install

Let’s check whether the module has been loaded or not?

Create a PHP info page in the apache home directory using the following command.

$ touch info.php

Open the info.php file using your favorite text editor and add the following code into the file. Here I am using the ‘vi’ text editor.

$ vi info.php

<?php

phpinfo ();

?>

Then access http://yourIp/info.php

 

Important configuration files

Apache configuration file:

/usr/local/apche2.4/conf/httpd.conf

Apache home directory:

/usr/local/apache2.4/httpddocs