In this guide, we will show you how to install Apache httpd Server on CentOS 7 hosted on DigitalOcean or Alibaba Cloud or any other cloud server.

Install Apache Server using yum

sudo yum -y install httpd httpd-devel

Replace ^ with #& in welcome.conf

sudo sed -i 's/^/#&/g' /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf

Start Apache server

sudo systemctl start httpd.service

Enable it to start automatically when you reboot the server

sudo systemctl enable httpd.service

That’s it. You’re ready to use Apache httpd server.