For security reasons, running the server as an unpriviledged user and group is strongly encouraged. groupadd apache && useradd -c apache -d /dev/null -g apache -s /bin/false apache Build and install Apache by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --sbindir=/usr/sbin \ --libexecdir=/usr/lib/apache \ --datadir=/var/www \ --sysconfdir=/etc/apache \ --localstatedir=/var/www \ --includedir=/usr/include/apache \ --enable-mods-shared=all && make && make install