This document provides steps to install and configure Apache HTTP Server on Windows. It describes downloading and extracting the Apache files, adding Apache as a Windows service, and making configuration changes to the httpd.conf and httpd-vhosts.conf files to set the server name, enable modules, and set up a reverse proxy virtual host.
This document provides steps to install and configure Apache HTTP Server on Windows. It describes downloading and extracting the Apache files, adding Apache as a Windows service, and making configuration changes to the httpd.conf and httpd-vhosts.conf files to set the server name, enable modules, and set up a reverse proxy virtual host.
This document provides steps to install and configure Apache HTTP Server on Windows. It describes downloading and extracting the Apache files, adding Apache as a Windows service, and making configuration changes to the httpd.conf and httpd-vhosts.conf files to set the server name, enable modules, and set up a reverse proxy virtual host.
This document provides steps to install and configure Apache HTTP Server on Windows. It describes downloading and extracting the Apache files, adding Apache as a Windows service, and making configuration changes to the httpd.conf and httpd-vhosts.conf files to set the server name, enable modules, and set up a reverse proxy virtual host.
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1. Navigate to Apache Website - (httpd.apache.
org) 2. Click on "Download" link for the latest stable version 3. After being redirect to the download page, Select: "Files for Microsoft Windows" 4. Select one of the websites that provide binary distribution (for example: Apache Lounge) 5. After being redirect to "Apache Lounge" website (https://www.apachelounge.com/download/), Select: Apache x.x.xx Win64 link 6. After downloaded, unzip the file httpd-x.x.xx-Win64-VC15.zip into C:/ Step 2: 1. Open a command prompt: Run as Administrator 2. Navigate to directory c:/Apache24/bin 3. Add Apache as a Windows Service: httpd.exe -k install 4. In the event of the following error follow Step 3 otherwise jump to Step 4: "The program can't start because VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem" Step 3: 1. At Apache Lounge website, check the section "Apache 2.4 VC15 Windows Binaries and Modules" on the main page 2. Download the file from the link vc_redist_x64 (I.e https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/VC_redist.x64.exe) 3. Install Visual C++ 2017 files 4. Repeat Step 2 Step 4: 1. Open Windows Services and start Apache HTTP Server 2. Open a Web browser and type the machine IP in the address bar and hit Enter
Starting Apache : Httpd.exe –k start
Stopping server : Httpd.exe –k stop
If service is not stopping manually the use below command for kill forcefully
1) Netstat –ano | findstr :80 or 443
2) Taskkill /PID <PID number as get from first command > /f
C:\Appache\httpd-2.4.41-win64-VS16\Apache24\conf\extra\httpd-vhost.conf Changes in httpd.conf follow as below
3) SRVROOT should have qualified path of apache eg: C:\Appache\httpd-2.4.41-win64-
VS16\Apache24 4) Listen Should have *:80 / *:443, in case of 80 http request will be handled and in case of 443 https request will be handled 5) All this moduled should be open/uncommect
