How can one access http://localhost/ using the command line

Question

I installed apache2 on ubuntu and I want to check that it works by accessing http://localhost/. The problem is I installed ubuntu(17.04) server, so there is no web browser, only the command line.

What can I do?

Answer 1

curl localhost (curl localhost:8080 if it's not port 80)

or

curl 127.0.0.1

or just test with

ping localhost

or download your index.html or something

wget localhost