Now that we have Apache installed and running on our CentOS 7 server we can check the status and the version of the Apache service, with: sudo systemctl status httpdĬopy Sudo firewall-cmd -permanent -zone=public -add-service=https Use the following commands to open the necessary ports: sudo firewall-cmd -permanent -zone=public -add-service=http If your server is protected by a firewall you need to open HTTP and HTTPS ports, 80 and 443. Once the installation is completed, enable and start the Apache service: sudo systemctl enable httpd To install the package run the following command: sudo yum install httpd On CentOS and RHEL the Apache package and the service is called httpd. Install ApacheĪpache is available in the default CentOS repositories and the installation is pretty straight forward.

The following instructions describe how to install and manage the Apache web server on your CentOS 7 machine. It is a free, open-source and cross-platform HTTP server providing powerful features which can be extended by a wide variety of modules. Apache HTTP server is the most popular web server in the world.

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