Installing the Apache web server

• To install the Apache-SSL web server with PHP support download the following files.

          http://www.php.net/distributions/php-4.1.2.tar.gz
          http://httpd.apache.org/dist/httpd/old/apache_1.3.23.tar.gz
          http://www.modssl.org/source/mod_ssl-2.8.7-1.3.23.tar.gz
          http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-0.9.6c.tar.gz
  

• Unpack the applications:

          Tar zxvf postgresql-7.2.1.tar.gz
          Tar zxvf php-4.1.2.tar.gz
          Tar zxvf apache_1.3.23.tar.gz
          Tar zxvf mod_ssl-2.8.7-1.3.23.tar.gz
          Tar zxvf openssl-0.9.6c.tar.gz
  

• Install PostgreSQL:

          cd /usr/local/src/postgresql-7.2.1
          ./configure
          make
          make install
  

• Install OpenSSL:

          cd /usr/local/src/openssl-0.9.6
          ./config -prefix=/usr/local/openssl
          make
          make test
          make install
  

• Patch Apache with mod_ssl:

          cd /usr/local/src/mod_ssl-2.8.7-1.3.23
          ./configure -with-apache=../apache_1.3.23
  

• Build and install Apache with SSL, DSO and postgreSQL support:

          cd /usr/local/src/apache_1.3.23
          SSL_BASE=../openssl-0.9.6c
          ./configure -prefix=/usr/local/apache --enable-module=ssl \
              --enable-module=so
          make
          make certificate
          make install
  

• Build PHP:

          cd /usr/local/src/php-4.1.2
          CFLAGS='-O2 -I/usr/local/src/openssl-0.9.6c'
          ./configure -with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs \
              -with-pgsql=/usr/local/pgsql --enble-track-vars \
              --with-xml
          make
          make install
  

• Edit the Apache configuration file:
  vi /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf
  and add the following lines:
  AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
  AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .php
  also add index.php to the list of valid directory files.
  <IfModule mod_dir.c>
  DirectoryIndex index.php index.htm index.html
  </IfModule>