Install Apache on Ubuntu
Apache has been a go to for PHP development as it is one of the LAMP stack devfinitions. A is for Apache
Installing Apache is really easy especially on Ubuntu. It can be accomplished in just one line from the commandline.
sudo apt-get install apache2
Apache just like in MAMP, WAMP, XAMPP, you'll need to restart Apache to start using it.
Securing ApacheIf you just want to run your Apache install as a development server and want to prevent it from listening for incoming connection attempts, this is easy to do.
$ gksudo "gedit /etc/apache2/ports.conf" $ password:
Change ports.conf so that it contains:
Listen 127.0.0.1:80
Now, Apache will now listen to only your localhost on port 80.
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