Installing Apache on NetBSD

Primer-> I just started at NetBSD, and really not very good at *nix's anyway, though I'm quite computer-smart.

I have set up NetBSD 1.6.1 fine.
Did pkg_add <etc...>/apache-2.0.44.tgz, ran fine.
Now I don't know what to do.
I've searched all over (perhaps missed a bit) for a setup file or startapache file or something, and I can't find anything.

Would anyone know where it is or what I need to do next to get my NetBSD apache server going?

This is my first time in these forums so I'll see what their worth.

~Yanno

well first u need to edit the httpd.conf. dont where thats located in NetBSD but in FreeBSD its in /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf so you could check there. after ur done setting that up, start the service, apachectl start

Do a whereis apachectl and it'll tell you where apachectl is located (should be /usr/pkg/bin or something like that).

Like Scorpions said, it will be located in /usr/pkg/bin and that should be in your $PATH so a simple apachectl start at your prompt should get it running. It's config is probably somewhere in /usr/pkg/etc.

You mean /usr/pkg/bin should be set in my path already/automatically? or do I need to "set PATH $PATH;/usr/pkg/bin"?

/usr/pkg/bin should be in your path. If not, set it like this:

for csh, tcsh etc:
setenv PATH ${PATH}:/usr/pkg/bin

for bash, ksh, sh etc:
export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/pkg/bin

Okay, so when I do apachectl start, it does something but how can I tell that it is running? Should I switch over to the apache forum yet?

Try accessing it; look to see if an httpd process is running

ps -xa | grep httpd

If you see multiple lines with httpd in them, then it is running. If you only see the "grep httpd" line, then it isn't running.

Okay, it's not automatically running. I can start it, but how do I put it in the "startup" or boot run list?

One other way to check if apache is running is to open up your browser and point it to http://localhost -- you should get a page which congratulates you on a successful Apache install. If, OTOH, Apache isn't running, your browser will complain about not being able to connect to the (local) server.

<edit> IIRC, you can use a light browser such as lynx, should work as well </edit>

As to starting it up on bootup, there should be a filed named apachectl.sh.<something> somewhere off your /usr/bin tree. Sorry I can't tell you which directory, my FreeBSD drive died some months back . There should be someone in this forum whose memory is better than mine.

Regards.

>>how do I put it in the "startup" or boot run list?
http://www.netbsd.org/guide/en/chap-rc.html
There's even an example here for apache