The default web integration implementation uses at its core an Apache
http server. The binary for the server is called
httpd
, and it is generally run as a
daemon. The binary package and the installation instructions for it can be
found at http://apache.org.
Before the server can be accessed, Apache must be told where to find
the appropriate server files. This involves putting a symbolic link to the
appropriate directory in Apache's DocumentRoot, for
example /var/www/html/
. For example,
in FantasyDemo, the path to the server files might be /home/mf/fantasydemo/src/web/php/
, so in order
for Apache to be able to find these files, a symbolic link to that path must
be placed in /var/www/html/
. To do
this for FantasyDemo, run the following as root:
# ln -s /home/mf/fantasydemo/src/web/php/ /var/www/html/fantasydemo
The name of the link will be used as the URL segment after the server
address, for example, if the link is called fantasydemo,
as in the command above, then the URL for the server will be
<machine
address>
/fantasydemo.
Make sure that the Apache configuration directive
FollowSymlinks is on for the directory containing the
symlink, and that the web server user has full read access to the target
directory, for example /home/mf/fantasydemo/src/web/php
, and all
individual directories in its absolute path. This is likely to require
modification only at the top level: the server user's home directory. To
grant read access, run the following as root:
# chmod o+rx /home/<server-user>
SELinux can prevent access to an Apache server if its setting is too strict. To modify the SELinux setting, run the following as root:
# system-config-securitylevel
From here, set the SELinux level to be no higher than Permissive. That is, the setting must not be Enforcing.
Restart the Apache server by running the following as root:
# /etc/init.d/httpd restart