need help setting up busybox httpd and apache 2.

[texasdave1]

I am trying to setup a httpd server. my first choice is busybox httpd but when i installed php on debian i notticed apache 2 got installed. either would work i just want use it to document my journey into the linux world. no plans on going public. any advice or suggestions will help. I have debian 10, busybox httpd, apache 2 php 7.x, msqli.

 

[gvisoc]

Is there any reason to prefer busybox over Apache? If it’s just to document your Linux trip, Apache would do great.

Sometimes standard distribution packages depend deeply on Apache, or expect it to be there, and if you replace it by busybox you may break something in the process: I would recommend to install busybox in addition to apache2. Most likely you’ll only have to change either apache2 or busybox port, and that’s just changing a configuration file.

Another option would be to install docker and pull a busybox image from docker hub, just to have it contained and avoid breaking anything in the host system.

 

[captain-sensible]

what linux are you "setting up" on ?

 

[gvisoc]

Debían 10 as per his original post.

 

[captain-sensible]

oop just waking up !

 

[captain-sensible]

i'm not a Debian user, but i do use Apache for web development. To me there are two elements :

1) Getting Apache
2) Some tweaks eg using virtual host

So are you saying OP the install didn't work?
usually people refer to using html,php on apache on Linux as : LAMPP
is this any use : https://www.digitalocean.com/commun...ux-apache-mariadb-php-lamp-stack-on-debian-10