Linux: Web Services

Get a web server up and running on your Linux machine. Learn how to install and configure web services in CentOS 7 using Apache.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files

1. Serve Web Content with Apache

• How a web server works
• Ensure network connectivity
• Install Apache
• Explore the configuration file
• Start up and shut down the web service
• Deploy a site
• Configure logging
• Add modules to extend Apache
• Use virtual hosts to serve many sites
• Common troubleshooting topics

2. Secure the Site and Control Access

• Secure access with SSL
• Create a self-signed certificate
• Use a certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA)
• Add an SSL certificate to your site
• Protect a site with a .htaccess file
• Rewrite a URL with a .htaccess file

Conclusion

• Other web servers
• Next steps