Configuring the IBM HTTP Server - Powered by Apache

The IBM® HTTP Server - Powered by Apache files are installed with z/OS® V2R2; however, to display Infoprint Central web pages, you must configure and start the HTTP server. The following steps describe how to set up a default configuration for the HTTP server that is used exclusively by Infoprint Central:

Create an installation directory for the server configuration files. For example:
```
cd install_directory
mkdir -p etc/websrv1
```
Change the directory to the IBM HTTP Server - Powered by Apache product directory:
```
cd /usr/lpp/ihsa_zos/.31bit
```
Run the installer program, bin/install_ihs, to install the HTTP server product files in your installation directory, do the initial configuration, and create symbolic links from your home directory to the product directory. Use these parameters to run the installer program:
- The installation directory for the configuration files.
- The non-SSL port for the web server. Select a port other than the default port of 80; for example, 8081 or 8082. You might also want to change the port on the Listen directive.
For example:
```
./bin/install_ihs install_directory/etc/websrv1 8081
```
Confirm that you successfully installed an operating version of the IBM HTTP Server - Powered by Apache in your installation directory:
1. Change to the server's installation directory:
```
cd install_directory/etc/websrv1
```
2. Run these commands to verify that the IBM HTTP Server - Powered by Apache was successfully installed:
```
bin/apachectl -v
bin/apachectl configtest 
```
  You see output similar to this example when an installation is successful:
```
# bin/apachectl -v
Server version: IBM_HTTP_Server/8.5.5.2 (Unix)
Server built:   Jul  11 2014 18:07:04

# bin/apachectl configtest
Syntax OK
```
Use this command to start the IBM HTTP Server - Powered by Apache:
```
bin/apachectl start
```
Verify that the IBM HTTP Server - Powered by Apache is running successfully by loading the default Infoprint Central web page with the host name or IP address of your z/OS system and the non-SSL port number you specified in step 3. For example:
```
http://bldserv.bldev.infoprint.com:8081/
```
If you have problems opening the web page, see z/OS V2R2.0 HTTP Server - Powered by Apache User's Guide.
Run this command to stop the IBM HTTP Server - Powered by Apache before you edit the HTTP server configuration file and environment variables file:
```
bin/apachectl stop
```