LAMP:lab-xx

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Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Apache 3 Initial Questions 4 References 5 Manpages used in this lab 6 Going a little further

Apache Web Server

Pedagogical Objectives

• Introduction to the administration of LAMP technologies
• ....

Developed by:

• Alessio Gaspar

Synopsis

Apache

• Installing and configuring web services
  • Apache-2
  • Logs monitoring
  • virtual servers
  • redirections
  • cgi-bin directories configuration

Initial Questions

READING:

• If your system already has Apache installed: How do you determine what version of Apach is installed?
• Should user authentication be done in the .htaccess files?
• List two main reasons why .htaccess files should or should not be used?

EXERCISES:

• configure apache to allow a user's web page. configure the apache configuration file to allow access to user directories specifying the "public_html" directory.

References

Apache web site

• http://apache.org

• http://smarty.php.net/whyuse.php
• http://adodb.sourceforge.net

Manpages used in this lab

Going a little further

This lab was originally meant to go a little further by introducing LAMP technologies system administration. It has then been refocussed on apache2 only since there's quite a lot to say on that topic alone. Future extensions will cover the basics of other LAMP components;

• http://dotdeb.org/ fresh list of LAMP packages for our preferred debian / sarge / stable
• http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/357 (Except we'd like to do it the "debian way")

phpmyadminn web page

• http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

mysql web page

• http://www.mysql.org

You can also have a look at this url if you need further motivation to study apache web servers system administration: http://news.netcraft.com/archives/web_server_survey.html