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[I have already installed and set up Apache2; this is not a duplicate question, please see below]

I have uploaded a HTML file to the Apache2 localhost web server, using the default :8000 port. I want this file to be accessible via a web browser on another device in another location, by entering a WWW domain into a search engine. In other words, I want to create a fully accessible website while keeping the HTML files for my website on the Apache web server.

I would appreciate any help I can get.

Ruairí Másún
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Place the file like this /var/www/html/index.html. Then go to /etc/apache2/sites-available, here create a file index.conf and add the following

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName test.com
        ServerAdmin info@test.com
        ServerAlias www.test.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html

        <Directory /var/www/html>
                Require all granted
        </Directory>

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

As I did forgot and E. Yagmahan mentioned save your file and run this command:

sudo a2ensite index.conf

This command will enable your configuration file.

After all that run this:

sudo systemctl restart apache2
thirteen4054
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  • Thanks, I will try this out. By the way, I was advise by a friend who does CS not to use the :80 port, and to use another one instead. Is he right, or is there any reason in not wanting to use the :80 port? – Ruairí Másún Jan 05 '19 at 19:20
  • https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/vhosts/examples.html read this. Port 80 is used for http making it a reserve port. – thirteen4054 Jan 05 '19 at 19:34
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    @RuairíMásún if you intend `http://domain.tld/` to go directrly to the site you need to use port 80. Your friend who does "CS" is not familiar with IT networking, but they're probably trying to shield you from *typical* HTTP based attack vectors and port scanners, but that's just security through obscurity and is useless in the long run. (FYI: I'm an IT Security professional so I'm speaking from some levels of experience here.) – Thomas Ward Jan 05 '19 at 19:35
  • If you have a *custom application* that does not run as `root` or doesn't get served directly by Apache, then *yes* you would use port 8000. But that's not the case when Apache itself is serving the files. – Thomas Ward Jan 05 '19 at 19:36
  • I can't create a new file in the /etc/apache2/sites-available directory directly. Am I able to do this using Terminal? If so, how do I do it? I've opened the Terminal in that directory. – Ruairí Másún Jan 05 '19 at 19:55
  • Yes it is done using terminal. Go to this directory `etc/apache2/sites-available` and type `sudo nano index.conf`. Once you have added contents in the file press `Ctrl+O` to save it. – thirteen4054 Jan 05 '19 at 20:56
  • @thirteen3054 I am having trouble doing this still. I have followed all of the steps you have made, in this order: First, I created the index.conf file in the /etc/apache2/sites-available directory by opening the Terminal there and going "touch index.conf" (I had already put my index.html file in the /var/www/html/ directory). Then, I opened the Terminal again in the same place and ran this command: sudo a2ensite index.conf – Ruairí Másún Jan 06 '19 at 03:23
  • @thirteen3054 Then, I ran this command in a new Terminal window: ServerName test.com ServerAdmin info@test.com ServerAlias www.test.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html Require all granted ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined And finally, I ran this command: sudo systemctl restart apache2 – Ruairí Másún Jan 06 '19 at 03:26
  • @thirteen3054 However, this didn't work. When I enter my localhost address (127.0.0.1) it just opens the file as before (http://127.0.0.1) and I can't give it a web address. Do you have any other suggestions I can make? – Ruairí Másún Jan 06 '19 at 03:28
  • @E. Yagmahan The steps above did not work. Do you have any other solutions? – Ruairí Másún Jan 06 '19 at 03:28
  • @RuairíMásún you are not to run `...` I did not said that. this snippet needs to be in index.conf file. After that run `sudo a2ensite index.conf` in same directory. – thirteen4054 Jan 07 '19 at 18:12
  • @thirteen3054 How do I edit the file once it's in the etc/apache2/sites-available directory? I open the file using a text editor, and when I try to save the updates, it says permission denied. I assume there is some way I can do this using the Terminal with a sudo command. – Ruairí Másún Jan 07 '19 at 20:44
  • from terminal go to the `sites-available` and and type `sudo nano index.conf` – thirteen4054 Jan 08 '19 at 00:26
  • @thirteen3054 Thanks for your help so far. I have created an index.conf file in the sites-available directory with all of the information you suggested and have run the suggested commands after that. However, when I search in the URL bar for 127.0.0.1 the web page comes up as a normal directory still. How do I make the webpage accessible via a WWW domain? – Ruairí Másún Jan 08 '19 at 19:45
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In addition to the answers of thirteen3054:

After creating the new file index.conf you should enable it via:

sudo a2ensite index.conf

Doing that enables the specified site within the apache2 configuration. It does this by creating symlinks within /etc/apache2/sites-enabled. (Likewise, "a2dissite" disables a site by removing those symlinks.)

E. Yagmahan
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Place the file like this /var/www/html/index.html. Then go to /etc/apache2/sites-available, here create a file index.conf and add the following

ServerName test.com ServerAdmin info@test.com ServerAlias www.test.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html

    <Directory /var/www/html>
            Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

save your file and run this command:

sudo a2ensite index.conf This command will enable your configuration file.

After all that run this: /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Hokesh Sai
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