I got all this stuff and I don't know what's going on!

[leaded]

I'm somewhat of a Linux newb. I can get around through the command line and whatever. Anyway, before, using FC1, I didn't choose to install the webserver in the FC1 installation. Instead, I installed it manually later into /usr/local.

So when it came time to install FC2, I knew I wanted Apache this time so I let anaconda install it. I was pretty surprised I was able to find where the directories were. I'm also seeing things like, automatical webalizer and a control panel in System Settings -> Server Settings -> HTTP.

Is there some sort of documentation on all of this software I have now? I don't really know what all I have, where it's installed, or how to use it! I saw a directory somewhere (maybe /var?) for tomcat, and I'd like to play around with that, but since it was installed automatically, I don't know a single thing about how to work it.

Thanks in advance!
-Alan

[ilja]

man <programname>
e.g. man tomcat
or
info <programname>
e.g.
info tomcat

then
go to /usr/share/doc
and look there, there is a plenty of information. If it's not enough search on the internet.
To find out where a program is type:
whereis <programname>
e.g.
whereis httpd

[Thoreau]

Here's apache's website also. http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.1/ I was going to post the zip'ed version, but i can't

[Jman]

A tip on finding things: if you know what the package name is, you can find out the files installed. For example:

rpm -ql httpd | less

gives you all the installed files of your Apache httpd package, in a scrollable format.

And yes, /var/www is a weird place to put the web root.

[Zotter]

You can learn a lot about how your Apache server is setup for you by reading through

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

(you may wanna make a backup if you go mucking about. But, if you don't break it at least once, you're not trying - best way to learn)

Lots o comments in that file. If you installed the apache manual package, you can read the apache manual on your server at: http://localhost/manual

Between the two - you'll have both access to and info on how to setup pretty much anything that can be done with apache.

As to the webalizer stuff - see: http://localhost/usage for what it's doing now. As to configuring webalizer - start with "man webalizer" for instructions. The config file is /etc/webalizer.conf - read through it too.

Never used the GUI config tools - can't speak to those.

[leaded]

Eh.. I know about man pages and online docs, but I was wondering if there's any documentation that is Fedora-related in terms of all these packages- where the files are located, etc. But I think looking at various conf files I should be able to figure it out, right?

And has anyone used the GUI control panel for HTTP (Apache)? Does it directly edit the config files or what?

Thanks for all the responses

[ilja]

Originally Posted by leaded

Eh.. I know about man pages and online docs, but I was wondering if there's any documentation that is Fedora-related in terms of all these packages- where the files are located, etc. But I think looking at various conf files I should be able to figure it out, right?

ohh, cool we have a volunteer to write one Thank you leaded!

Originally Posted by leaded

And has anyone used the GUI control panel for HTTP (Apache)? Does it directly edit the config files or what?

Yes,it works, but it doesn't have all the options apache offers, so changing the config files will be neccessary, but the gui isnot bad.

[leaded]

ohh, cool we have a volunteer to write one Thank you leaded!

lol... I'll get to work on that....