Apache setup & Virtual servers

Initial setup

Install packages sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server libapache2-mod-php php-mysql -y

Open ports at  cd /etc/apache2/ports.conf and add the line Listen NEW_PORT_NUMBER

Creating virtual servers

Create a file named NAME.conf and add something like this

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName pdb.conorbriggs.com.au
        DocumentRoot /mnt/drives/10tb/10tb/web_servers/pdb/

<Directory /mnt/drives/10tb/10tb/web_servers/pdb/>
        Options -Indexes -FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/pdb-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/pdb-access.log combined

RewriteEngine on
</VirtualHost>

Enable the site & restart apache with sudo a2ensite site.conf && systemctl restart apache2

SSL Certificate management

Install certbot and run setup

sudo apt install certbot python3-certbot-apache
a2enmod ssl
sudo certbot --apache

Managing the apache2 service

Start, stop & restart sudo service apache2 start/restart/stop