Configure Multiple Instances of Apache (HTTPD) on Same Server

There are many cases where I need to work with multiple instances of Apache Server. This article tells you on how to configure multiple instances of Apache on the same server.

1. Duplicate the Http Configuration File

    cp /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf /etc/httpd/conf/httpd1.conf

2. Duplicate the conf.d location

    cp -pr /etc/httpd/conf/conf.d/  /etc/httpd/conf/conf.d2/

3. Change the PID file Name, Listen port number and include the conf.d2 location

    Change PidFile run/httpd.pid to run/httpd.pid2

    Listen 80 to Listen 81

    Include conf.d2/*.conf

4. Start the Second Instance using

    httpd -f /etc/httpd/conf/httpd1.conf -k start

5. Start the First Instance using

     Start httpd start

We can confirm using “netstat –tulpn | grep 80|81” Or we can access the localhost:80 , localhost:81

More to come, happy learning J