Setup and install Web server on ubuntu

In the article, I will show simple commands to install apache web server for local development and run a web page on Ubuntu.

Install Apache

$ sudo apt-get install apache2

Open your browser, and go to http://localhost/

Now, you can see the HTML file in /var/www/html/. Then, you can replace html file with yours.

For example, I clone my own web page from my github, and display it on browser.

$ git clone https://github.com/tzutalin/tzutalin.github.io.git

$ cd tzutalin.github.io; sudo cp -rf . /var/www/html/

Finally, open your browser and type "localhost", then you can see the web page

Note:

If you would like to register your own domain name, you can find DNS providers like GoDaddy, Namecheap, 1&1 Internet, Dotster.com, etc.