Install Apache 2.4 with PHP 8.0.7 on Linux

There are steps that involve 'wget' command. For the host server to speak to a target mirror (target server), one needs to verify the proxy settings of the host server.

Check if you are able to do a wget. If wget is not working:

1. Download the files required to the local computer prior to start of this installation
2. FTP the downloaded files to the required path (location)
3. Proceed with other installation steps

Dependancies:

yum install expat-devel pcre-devel openssl-devel libxml2* curl-devel libicu* libpng* libldb-dev libldap2-dev ldap* openldap openldap-devel libtool*

Apache Download and Installation:

1. Change Directory (cd command) to the desired path (location). Here location is /scratch/installation
2. wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/httpd/httpd-2.4.39.tar.gz
3. tar -xzvf httpd-2.4.39.tar.gz
4. cd httpd-2.4.39/srclib/ (Observe the path before the next wget)
5. wget http://mirrors.estointernet.in/apache/apr/apr-1.7.0.tar.gz
6. tar -xzvf apr-1.7.0.tar.gz
7. wget http://mirrors.estointernet.in/apache/apr/apr-util-1.6.1.tar.gz
8. tar -xzvf apr-util-1.6.1.tar.gz
9. cd apr-1.7.0
10. ./configure && make && make install
11.  cd ../apr-util-1.6.1/
12.  ./configure --with-apr=/scratch/installation/httpd-2.4.39/srclib/apr-1.7.0 && make && make install
13. cd ../../
14. ./configure --prefix=/scratch/installation/apache2 --enable-module=so --enable-ssl
15. make
16. make install

~~~~~END OF INSTALLATION~~~~~

Start the server:

/scratch/installation/apache2/bin/apachectl -k start

Stop Server:

/scratch/installation/apache2/bin/apachectl -k stop

Restart the Apache

/scratch/installation/apache2/bin/apachectl -k restart

~~~~~END OF STARTING APACHE SERVER~~~~~

PHP Setup:

1. cd /scratch/installation/
2. wget https://www.php.net/distributions/php-8.0.7.tar.gz
3. tar -xzvf php-8.0.7.tar.gz
4. cd /scratch/installation/php-8.0.7
5. yum install sqlite-devel
6. yum install oniguruma-devel
7. export ORACLE_HOME=/scratch/orcleapp/opt/oracle_db/product/19c_client {path the Oracle client}
8. ./configure --prefix=/scratch/installation/php --with-oci8=/scratch/orcleapp/opt/oracle_db/product/19c_client --with-apxs2=/scratch/installation/apache2/bin/apxs --with-config-file-path=/scratch/installation/apache2/conf --enable-sigchild --with-curl --with-ldap --with-gd --enable-ftp --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --enable-bcmath --enable-calendar --enable-wddx --with-openssl --with-gettext --enable-sockets --enable-mbstring --enable-soap --enable-pcntl --with-mysqli=mysqlnd --with-iconv --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd --enable-fileinfo --enable-phar --enable-intl --with-pdo-oci
9. make
10. make install
11. libtool --finish /scratch/installation/php-8.0.7/libs
12. Add the below line in bash profile
13. vi ~/.bash_profile
14. Add below line before “export PATH”
15. PATH=$PATH:/scratch/installation/php/bin
16. Add below line after “export PATH”
17. export ORACLE_HOME=/scratch/orcleapp/opt/oracle_db/product/19c_client
18. Save the file
19. source ~/.bash_profile
20. cd /scratch/installation/php-8.0.7
21. cp php.ini-development /scratch/installation/apache2/conf/php.ini
22. Add the below code in apache configuration files
23. vi /scratch/installation/apache2/conf/httpd.conf

    #
    # This next section will call PHP for .php, .phtml, and .phps files

    #

    AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

    AddType application/x-httpd-php .phtml

    AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

    #

    # This is the directory containing php.ini

    #

    PHPIniDir "/scratch/installation/apache2/conf"

24. Save the file using ESC, :wq and Enter keys
25. Disable Directory listing
26. Open the httpd.conf file and modify the line
27. vi /scratch/installation/apache2/conf/httpd.conf

From

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

To

Options FollowSymLinks

~~~~~END~~~~~

Restart the Apache

/scratch/installation/apache2/bin/apachectl -k restart

Testing

• Create a test script file: vi /scratch/installation/apache2/htdocs/phpinfo.php

add the below content

<?php

phpinfo();

?>

• Save and close the file when you are finished.
• Test by opening the url in browser

http://<domain>/phpinfo.php