The IBM HTTP Server can be installed from the product CD-ROM or from
files downloaded from the IBM Web site. This document contains
instructions for installing the IBM HTTP Server from downloaded files and for verifying that
the installation was performed correctly.
Perform the following steps to install IBM HTTP Server 1.3.12 from
.tar or .tar.Z files you downloaded:
- Ensure that you are logged into the machine with superuser privileges
(that is, log in as root).
- Uncompress and untar any .tar or .tar.Z files to
extract the IBM HTTP Server packages.
- Start the Solaris admintool utility, as follows:
# admintool
- Click Browse > Software. The Software screen is displayed.
- Click Edit > Add. The Set Source Media screen is displayed.
- From the Software Location field's menu, click the Hard Disk option.
- In the Directory field, type the path name for the directory that
contains the IBM HTTP Server packages, and then click OK. The Add
Software screen is displayed.
- From the Software list, select the packages that you want to install,
and then click Add. The admintool utility installs the selected
packages in the /opt/IBMHTTPD directory.
- After installation is complete, exit from the admintool utility.
Perform the following steps to verify that the IBM HTTP Server is
installed correctly:
- If necessary, start the server by entering the following command:
# /opt/IBMHTTPD/bin/apachectl start
- Open a Web browser window and type the name of your local machine as the
URL (http://local_machine_name). If you see the Welcome to the
IBM HTTP Server page shown below, the server has been installed
correctly.
Note that you can need to make configuration adjustments to the server
in order to run it successfully on your system. See the IBM
HTTP Server documentation for more information.