Installation Procedure

  1. Download the file Apache24.zip from the Path mentioned in source field of Apache Server.
  2. Extract the contents of zip file and place it in desired location e.g.: C:\Apache24 .
  3. Go to Control Panel  System and Security  System  Advanced System Settings. Click Environment Variables. A new dialog box appears. Click New under System Variables section.
  4. Add the system environment variable name ANT_HOME with the path where Apache is unzipped C:\Apache24
  5. To the system environment Variable Path, add the below installation paths:
    • C:\Apache24\bin
    • C:\Apache24
  6. Download the certificates from the Path mentioned in Apache Server. After unzipping the certificates, copy them to the desired location or folder. e.g.: (C:\Program Files\Certificate or E:\certificate)
  7. Create system environment variable name PythonCertificate with path value as the above path where certificates are pasted. In the figure below we pasted the documents in E:\certificate which can be any path
    Figure 1. Apache Server Installation (Cont.)
    C:\Users\spavith\Downloads\image (3).png
  8. By default, TLS1.3 will be enabled on Apache, if needed to go with any specific version open httpd.conf file in ANT_HOME/conf path.
  9. Follow these steps to enable specific TLS version else cont. with step 10.
    1. Check for the version which needs to be enabled, from the lines
      # To enable SSL protocol TLS1.1 uncomment the below line
#SSLProtocol -all +TLSv1.1
# To enable SSL protocol TLS1.2 uncomment the below line
#SSLProtocol -all +TLSv1.2
# To enable SSL protocol TLS1.3 uncomment the below line
#SSLProtocol -all +TLSv1.3
# To enable and integrate SSL protocol TLS1.2 and TLS1.3 uncomment the below line
#SSLProtocol -all +TLSv1.2 +TLSv1.3
# To enable SSL protocol till TLS1.2 uncomment the below line
#SSLProtocol +SSLv2 +SSLv3 +TLSv1 +TLSv1.1 +TLSv1.2
    2. If needed to go with TLS1.2 then uncomment, and copy paste the line in the specified conf file just below the line “SSLEngine on” and save the file. E.g.: TLS 1.2 enabled in the below screenshot.
      Figure 2. Apache Server Installation (Cont.)
  10. Open the Command Prompt as Administrator and run the following command to install the Apache Service:
    httpd -k install
    Figure 3. Apache Server Installation (Cont.)
  11. Go to Run (Windows + R) and type services.msc and start the Apache service if the status is not already Running.
    Figure 4. Screenshot of the Apache Service