DevOps Apache Web Server Automation (AI-Assisted)

Overview

This project demonstrates automation of Apache web server setup using AI-assisted coding (Copilot AI). The AI helped generate the shell script to install, configure, and deploy a custom web page on an Ubuntu VM. This workflow combines DevOps principles with AI productivity tools.

Features

• AI-Assisted Shell Script: Script generated and optimized with Copilot AI
• Automated Apache Installation: Install Apache2 using script
• Service Management: Start, enable on boot, and status check with systemctl
• Custom Web Page Deployment: HTML page created automatically at /var/www/html/index.html
• Infrastructure as Code: Repeatable and reproducible setup

Script: apache_setup.sh

Steps Performed

1. Install Apache: sudo apt install apache2 -y
2. Start Apache Service: sudo systemctl start apache2
3. Enable Apache on Boot: sudo systemctl enable apache2
4. Deploy Custom Web Page: echo "

   DevOps Automation: Apache Setup Successful

   " | sudo tee /var/www/html/index.html
5. Check Apache Status: sudo systemctl status apache2

Output Interpretation

• Service Status: Active: active (running), Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled) → confirms Apache is running and enabled on boot
• Custom Web Page:

  DevOps Automation: Apache Setup Successful

  → confirms successful deployment
• Minor Warnings (non-critical): AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name → can be fixed by setting ServerName in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Verification

• Check page in terminal: curl http://localhost
• Open browser and navigate to VM IP: http://

Key Takeaways

• AI-assisted coding accelerates infrastructure automation while ensuring correctness
• Automation of Apache setup using shell scripting
• Service management and verification using systemctl
• Infrastructure as Code mindset reinforced

Author

Olajide Adedayo Email: olajide.r.adedayo@gmail.com GitHub: https://github.com/olajide-adedayo