Question

I am trying to help a friend to set up a PHP Application on Ubuntu and Apache 9.0, they have a public IP to use but they are clueless on how to configure the application to make it visible on the internet using such IP.

I have tried to lookup online and here but I couldnt find anything clear/helpfull enough, so I wonder if you guys could provide me of some info on how to achieve this.

Their Apache version is 9.0 and their distro is Ubuntu Server 9.1

Answer 1

First wherever you purchased your domain, you need to go into the DNS controls and set an “A” record pointing to that public IP address of yours. It will take a little while to propagate, but to accept that you need to setup a virtual host.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/examples.html

In your apache config (/etc/apache2/apache2.conf) Find these values and set them.

• Listen 80
• NameVirtualHost *:80

Then you will need to setup a virtual host.
In the command line type these out and be mindful of “yourdomain”, “your_main_site_folder” that you need to replace that with relevant items.

 cd /etc/apache2/sites-available

Then edit your file

sudo nano yourdomain.com.conf

Now paste in this and edit it to your needs:

< VirtualHost *:80 >

DocumentRoot /var/www/your_main_site_folder

ServerName www.yourdomain.com  

< /VirtualHost >

Once you’re done type Ctrl+O to save and Ctrl+X to exit the nano editor.

Then in the command line again type:

sudo a2ensite yourdomain.com.conf

Then reload apache, and you’re done.

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload