Introduction

This tutorial covers How to Install Apache on SLES 16 on SLES 16. SLES 16 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management.

Step 1 — Install Apache

zypper install -y apache2

Step 2 — Enable and Start Apache

systemctl enable --now apache2

Step 3 — Allow HTTP/HTTPS through Firewall

firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http
firewall-cmd --reload
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=https
firewall-cmd --reload

AppArmor Considerations

Note: SLES 16 uses AppArmor for mandatory access control. Check AppArmor status with aa-status and enforce profiles with aa-enforce /etc/apparmor.d/<profile>.

Conclusion

You have successfully completed: How to Install Apache on SLES 16. For more SLES 16 tutorials, see our full SLES 16 series.