Install Apache on Centos 6x

how to install apache on centos 6.x This guide shows howto install Apache HTTP Server (httpd) with PHP 5.4.7 and following modules on Fed...

how to install apache on centos 6.x

This guide shows howto install Apache HTTP Server (httpd) with PHP 5.4.7 and following modules on Fedora 17/16/15/14/13/12, CentOS 6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8 systems.

    * APC (php-pecl-apc) – APC caches and optimizes PHP intermediate code
    * CLI (php-cli) – Command-line interface for PHP
    * PEAR (php-pear) – PHP Extension and Application Repository framework
    * PDO (php-pdo) – A database access abstraction module for PHP applications
    * MySQL (php-mysql) – A module for PHP applications that use MySQL databases
    * PostgreSQL (php-pgsql) – A PostgreSQL database module for PHP
    * MongoDB (php-pecl-mongo) – PHP MongoDB database driver
    * SQLite (php-sqlite) – Extension for the SQLite V2 Embeddable SQL Database Engine
    * Memcache (php-pecl-memcache) – Extension to work with the Memcached caching daemon
    * Memcached (php-pecl-memcached) – Extension to work with the Memcached caching daemon
    * GD (php-gd) – A module for PHP applications for using the gd graphics library
    * XML (php-xml) – A module for PHP applications which use XML
    * MBString (php-mbstring) – A module for PHP applications which need multi-byte string handling
    * MCrypt (php-mcrypt) – Standard PHP module provides mcrypt library support


Install Apache HTTP Server (httpd) and PHP 5.4.7
1. Change root user
su -
## OR ##
sudo -i
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2. Configure & Install Remi repository

## Remi Dependency on Fedora 17 / 16 / 15 ##
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

## Fedora 17 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-17.rpm

## Fedora 16 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-16.rpm

## Fedora 15 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-15.rpm

## Fedora 14 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-14.rpm

## Fedora 13 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-13.rpm

## Fedora 12 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-12.rpm
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CentOS and Red Hat (RHEL)

## Remi Dependency on CentOS 6 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6 ##
rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm

## CentOS 6 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm


## Remi Dependency on CentOS 5 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5 ##
rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm

## CentOS 5 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5 ##
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-5.rpm
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3. Install Apache (httpd) Web server and PHP 5.4.7
Fedora 17/16/15/14/13/12

yum --enablerepo=remi install httpd php php-common

CentOS 6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8

yum --enablerepo=remi,remi-test install httpd php php-common
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4. Install PHP 5.4.7 modules

Select what you need: APC, CLI, PEAR, PDO, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQLite, Memcache, Memcached, GD, MBString, MCrypt, XML

More info about PHP APC from PHP APC Configuration and Usage Tips and Tricks.
Fedora 17/16/15/14/13/12

yum --enablerepo=remi install php-pecl-apc php-cli php-pear php-pdo php-mysql php-pgsql php-pecl-mongo php-sqlite php-pecl-memcache php-pecl-memcached php-gd php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-xml

CentOS 6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8

yum --enablerepo=remi,remi-test install php-pecl-apc php-cli php-pear php-pdo php-mysql php-pgsql php-pecl-mongo php-sqlite php-pecl-memcache php-pecl-memcached php-gd php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-xml
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5. Start Apache HTTP server (httpd) and autostart Apache HTTP server (httpd) on boot

/etc/init.d/httpd start ## use restart after update
## OR ##
service httpd start ## use restart after update

chkconfig --levels 235 httpd on
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6. Create test PHP page to check that Apache, PHP and PHP modules are working

Add following content to /var/www/html/test.php file.

<?php

    phpinfo();

?>
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7. Check created page with browser

Access following address, with your browser. http://localhost/test.php