web Server installation in raspberry pi 3

web Server installation in raspberry pi 3

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Server installation:

Apache is a popular web server application you can install on the Raspberry Pi to allow it to serve web pages.

On its own, Apache can serve HTML files over HTTP, and with additional modules can serve dynamic web pages using scripting languages such as PHP.

INSTALL APACHE WEB SERVER:

First install the apache2 package by typing the following command into the terminal:

sudo apt-get install apache2 -y

then test the webserver using browser,put the following url in address bar

http://localhost or 127.0.0.1 or your ip address. Following page will be displayed

f you see this page, this means apache server is installed succesfully on your raspberry pi 3.

/var/www/html/ is the defualt root directory of the webpages.

INSTALL PHP:

php is the server side scripting language, which is used to create a website dynamically.issue the following command on the terminal to install the php.

sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 -y


now the php interpreter is installed successfully.

Now You can create a php file named index.php as 

a first dynamic page of your website. 

Copy the following php code and save as index.php 

inside the server directory that means /var/www/html/index.php

<?php 
echo "<center><h2>welcome to the raspberry pi world</h2></center>"; 
?>

then start the apahe2 webserver using the following command

service apache2 start

the open any web browser put the ip address or 

domain name of your raspberry pi.

Your first php page is displayed in the above pic.