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The prologue


Most of the articles, descriptions and instructions written here are applicable to the most common Debian-based Linux derivatives. Depending on the respective operating system, there may be minor or major discrepancies.
This website is for educational purposes only. Please do not deploy anything in manufacturing plants.
No warranty or compensation is given for loss of data or hardware.

It should be also mentioned that this modest web server is hosted on a Raspberry Pi type 4B at home.


The Raspberry Pi mini-computer board as multi-purpose server deployed
A competent allrounder for domestic purposes and micro-enterprises


Raspberry Pi : Apache as multiple web server. Print server, scan server, backup and NAS server. Raspberry Pi : Apache as multiple web server. Print server, scan server, backup and NAS Server.

Raspberry Pi is a series of small single-board computers (SBCs) developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in association with Broadcom. The mini-computer with its armv7l processor has quickly become the favourite of hobbyists. Projects can be started with suitable Linux distributions. Even an aged RasPi e.g. the models 2B and 2B+ can definitely serve to simple tasks quite well.


Installation routine


Please note that for this article we will be working under Microsoft Windows with PuTTy.

To install Apache2 standalone, execute the following command:

user@raspberry:~ $ sudo apt-get install apache2


To install Apache2 and PHP (optional) together, execute the following command:

user@raspberry:~ $ sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5


To install MySQL (optional), install a few packages with the following command:

user@raspberry:~ $ sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client php5-mysql


Change ownership


Take ownership of the web root:

user@raspberry:~ $ sudo su
root@raspberry:~# sudo chown -R pi /var/www/html


First access


Enter the IP address of your Raspberry Pi in your web browser.
You should see the page stored in /var/www/html/index.html. This is the default welcome page used to test the correct operation of the Apache2 server after installation on Debian systems.

Debian Raspbian Apache2 Default Page

How do I replace the index.html file after viewing? Just delete /var/www/html/index.html or replace it with an index.html file of your own. You should replace this file before continuing to operate your http-server. If you know some basics in HTML you can put your own HTML files and other assets in this directory and serve them as your personal website.

Check Apache service status


root@raspberry:~# service apache2 status


Check Apache status


Just in case you have to do that.


root@raspberry:~# service apache2 restart


22-Jun 2017


Install a sFTP-client




You can use an application such as WinSCP to connect via sftp which is safer and prevents the need to open up another port on your Raspberry Pi.

With Linux you could deploy https://filezilla-project.org/



root@raspberry:~# apt-get install filezilla


22-Jun 2017
Updated 04-Feb 2021


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04-Feb 2021
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