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Mastering Linux Network Administration

You're reading from   Mastering Linux Network Administration Master the skills and techniques that are required to design, deploy, and administer real Linux-based networks

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784399597
Length 260 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Setting up Your Environment FREE CHAPTER 2. Revisiting Linux Network Basics 3. Communicating Between Nodes via SSH 4. Setting up a File Server 5. Monitoring System Resources 6. Configuring Network Services 7. Hosting HTTP Content via Apache 8. Understanding Advanced Networking Concepts 9. Securing Your Network 10. Troubleshooting Network Issues Index

Installing Apache


As usual, installing Apache on your system is just a matter of installing the proper package from your package manager. On a CentOS system, you can obtain Apache by installing the httpd package, and on Debian systems with the apache2 package (yum install httpd or apt-get install apache2 respectively, as root). Once you install the package, Apache's daemon is now present with a default set of configuration files. You will be able to confirm the existence of the daemon on your system with systemctl, though the name of the daemon is different depending on your distribution.

Use the following command on Debian:

# systemctl status apache2

Use the following command on CentOS:

# systemctl status httpd

By default, Debian starts and enables the daemon for you. As is typical, CentOS makes no assumptions and does neither. You can start and enable the daemon easily with the systemctl command:

# systemctl enable httpd
# systemctl start httpd

Once you install and enable Apache, you technically...

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