Building Apache HTTP Server

Building Apache Http Web Server

The following build instructions have been tested with Apache HTTP 2.5 on RHEL 7.1/6.6 and SLES 12/11 on IBM Linux on z Systems.

NOTE: When following the steps below please use a standard permission user unless otherwise specified.
NOTE: A directory /<source_root>/ will be referred to in these instructions, this is a temporary writeable directory anywhere you'd like to place it
NOTE: For convenience vi has been used in the instructions below when editing files, replace with your desired editing program if required

1. Install build dependencies

   For RHEL 7.1 & 6.6

   yum install git openssl openssl-devel gcc libtool autoconf make pcre pcre-devel libxml2 libxml2-devel expat-devel which wget tar

   And for SLES 12 & 11

   zypper install git openssl openssl-devel gcc libtool autoconf make pcre pcre-devel libxml2 libxml2-devel libexpat-devel wget tar

2. SLES 11 & RHEL 6.6 Only - build libtool

   SLES 11 and RHEL 6.6 have too old a version of libtool available for Apache HTTP Server to build successfully so you need to build a later version

   1. Download libtool source code

      cd /<source_root>/
      wget http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libtool/libtool-2.4.6.tar.gz
      tar -xvf libtool-2.4.6.tar.gz
      cd libtool-2.4.6

   2. Configure and make

      ./configure
      make

   3. Install libtool

      sudo make install

3. Extract Apache HTTP source code (and supporting packages)

   cd /<source_root>/
   git clone https://github.com/apache/httpd.git
   cd httpd/srclib
   git clone https://github.com/apache/apr.git

4. Build Apache Portable Runtime

   cd apr
   ./buildconf 
   ./configure
   make
   sudo make install

5. Build HTTPD

   cd /<source_root>/httpd
   ./buildconf
   ./configure --prefix=<build-location>
   make

   Note: Skipping the --prefix results in Apache httpd being installed in the default location

6. Install

   sudo make install

7. Verification

   Note: All the following commands may require sudo depending on the <build-location> specified

   Update your configuration as necessary

   vi <build-location>/conf/httpd.conf

   Verify the configuration and start the server

   <build-location>/bin/apachectl configtest
   <build-location>/bin/apachectl -k start

   Test the webserver

   <build-location>/bin/apachectl -k stop

   Note: <build-location> is the prefix you specified on step 5 - if you didn't specify a prefix it should be installed to /usr/local/apache2

##References: https://github.com/apache/httpd