Fun with Raspberry Pi Boards - Part 3

Below are the commands to install Apache Web Server on Raspberry Pi board:

Check for latest updates before proceeding for any installation

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt-get update

command to install Apache on raspberry pi

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt install apache2 -y

Get the host address of Raspberry using below command

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ hostname -I

After you get the above address, type the address from another system and the default .html page opens.

If one wants to create an own html page , follow below procedure:

First install php:

sudo apt-get install php-fpm

Remove the default index.html and create a PHP script to be accessed from other system:

First point to the directory where default index.html is located

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd /var/www/html

Remove the existing file

pi@raspberrypi:/var/www/html $ sudo rm index.html

Create new php file

pi@raspberrypi:/var/www/html $ sudo nano index.php

Paste the below script which displays Welcome to Embeddeddesignblog when opened

<?php echo "Welcome to Embeddeddesignblog"; ?>

To save your file: 

press Ctrl+X
followed by y,
press Enter to exit.

restart Apache server

pi@raspberrypi:/var/www/html $ sudo service apache2 restart