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====== Apache - Install Apache ======

===== Install Apache =====

<code bash>
apt-get update
apt-get install apache2
</code>

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===== Disable the default site =====

<code bash>
a2dissite 000-default
service apache2 reload
</code>

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===== Create a directory for the website =====

<code bash>
mkdir -p /var/www/example-site/
</code>

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===== Populate the website directory =====

Place the actual html files etc. into the website directory.

Alternatively, populate the directory from another source, such as:

<code bash>
git clone https://github.com/example/example-site.git
cp -r example/* /var/www/example-site
</code>

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===== Set website directory permissions =====

<code bash>
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/example-site
</code>

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===== Create a config file for the website =====

Base the config file on the default config file.

<code bash>
cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/example-site.conf
</code>

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===== Modify the config file for the website =====

<code bash>
vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/example-site.conf
</code>

between 

<file /etc/apache2/sites-available/example-site.conf>
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName example-site
  DocumentRoot /var/www/example-site
</VirtualHost>
</file>

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===== Enable the website =====

<code bash>
a2ensite example-site.conf
service apache2 reload
</code>

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===== Try accessing the website =====

Within a web-browser enter

<code bash>
http://example-site
</code>

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