Apache on Solaris 10

The apache webserver is already included in Solaris 10. We just need to enable it. Following are the steps to enable it.

1.Create a default apache config file. All apache file’s are in /etc/apache2 directory.

# cd /etc/apache2

# cp httpd.conf-example httpd.conf

2. Enable the http/apache service

Ckeck to see if its already running

# svcs -a | grep -i http

disable        10:00:00 svc:/network/http:apache2

Use the svcadm command to start the webserver. This will also make it automatically start if your machine reboots.

svcadm -v enable /network/http:apache2

Use the following svcs command to make sure it worked:

# svcs -p /network/http:apache2

STATE          STIME    FMRI
online         10:00:00 svc:/network/http:apache2
               10:00:00     5354 httpd
               10:00:01     5355 httpd
               10:00:01     5356 httpd
               10:00:01     5357 httpd
               10:00:01     5358 httpd
               10:00:01     5359 httpd

This is showing that the webserver is online and working.

3. Add the web contents.
Put your html page in the /var/apache2/htdocs directory. If everything went OK, you should have a functioning apache webserver.

For apache webserver we need to type http://localhost:80 on the web browser.

4.Troubleshooting

If the svcs -p command from the above step doesn’t show a STATE of online, do the followig:

# svcs -a | grep -i http

You’ll probably see that it’s in maintenance mode:

maintenance    10:00:02 svc:/network/http:apache2

For more detail run following comand

# svcs -x http

svc:/network/http:apache2 (Apache 2 HTTP server)
 State: maintenance since September  2, 2010 10:15:26 AM CDT
Reason: Start method failed repeatedly.
   See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-05
   See: httpd(8)
   See: /var/svc/log/network-http:apache2.log
Impact: This service is not running.

Look for the log file and restart the server

# svcadm restart /network/http:apache2

# svcadm -v enable svc:/network/http:apache2

# svcs -p | grep -i http
online         10:22:36 svc:/network/http:apache2
               10:22:36     5391 httpd
               10:22:37     5392 httpd
               10:22:37     5393 httpd
               10:22:37     5394 httpd
               10:22:37     5395 httpd
               10:22:37     5396 httpd