Appendix C: Configuration Of HTTP Server

The chapter will show the steps to be followed to install Http server installation in Ubuntu 20.04.2 live operating system.

Step 1: Installing the HTTP Web Server on Ubuntu.

Open the terminal. Switch to root user.

$ su root

$ enter the root login password

Type the command. $ apt-get install apache2

Step 2: Create and serve our own webpages to user

Copy the desired html files to the following directory. $ cp example.html /var/www/html/

For Example if user wants to view Diamond system webpage. Copy the Diamond system html page to the above mentioned directory. $ cp Diamond.html /var/www/html/

Step 3: Testing the HTTP Server

To confirm HTTP server works properly, type the followings in web browser address space.

http://<IP address of Saturn Board> example http://10.0.0.1

A window with a message “It Works !”appears.

To view copied desired html files in web browser, example to view Diamond webpage, type the followings in web browser address space.

http://<ipaddress of target board/ Diamond.html > (ex: http://10.0.0.1/ Diamond.html)

Note: To know the IP address assigned to the Saturn board, type following command in terminal

$ifconfig