How to Install Apache on Debian 12

Apache is an HTTP Server, which is also referred to as Apache. It is one of the most known, common, and widely used web servers globally by web developers and web engineers. This platform is an open-source platform as any number of software are developed and then maintained by Apache Software Foundation. This Apache server is known for having great performance, stability, and flexibility, which makes it the primary choice to host websites and applications.

Apache is and can be compatible with many hardware configurations and numerous operating systems.It can run and easily be installed on Windows, MacOS, Unix, and systems. We can configure each installation as per the available capabilities of our hardware.

Update Debian 12

Updating our Debian will allow us to have everything latest and will also make sure that we can install our Apache server easily.

$ sudo apt update

Install Apache

The installation of Apache is really simple. We need to run a simple command.

$ apt install apache2

Start and enable Apache Service

After installing it, we need to start the Apache service in our Debian 12.

$ systemctl start apache2

After starting it, we need to enable it as well. For that, we have a command. Upon execution of the following command, we might be prompted to enter our password.

$ systemctl enable --now apache2

Confirm the Installation

To confirm if Apache got installed or not, we need to open our web browser and access the localhost like this; http://localhost/ and hit enter.

Here we can see, our Apache server is accessible and working. We can start creating web applications and deploying them with the help of an Apache server.

Uninstall Apache

To uninstall our Apache, there are simple ways. We just need to follow one command in our terminal.

sudo apt-get remove apache2

After that, lets remove unnecessary packages from Debian as well

sudo apt-get autoremove

Conclusion

The Apache Server installation process is one of the simplest ones when we talk about the installation of any web-based server, service or tool.

With the help of this tool, we can manage, create, and deploy our web-based content over the internet. The good thing about this platform is, we can set it up on almost every platform.