You're reading from Mastering Ubuntu Server Gain expertise in the art of deploying, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting Ubuntu Server

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800564640

Length 702 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Tools

Ubuntu Server

Concepts

System Administration

Author (1):

Jay LaCroix

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Table of Contents (26) Chapters

Preface

1. Deploying Ubuntu Server

2. Managing Users and Permissions FREE CHAPTER

3. Managing Software Packages

4. Navigating and Essential Commands

5. Managing Files and Directories

6. Boosting Your Command-line Efficiency

7. Controlling and Managing Processes

8. Monitoring System Resources

9. Managing Storage Volumes

10. Connecting to Networks

11. Setting Up Network Services

12. Sharing and Transferring Files

13. Managing Databases

14. Serving Web Content

15. Automating Server Configuration with Ansible

16. Virtualization

17. Running Containers

18. Container Orchestration

19. Deploying Ubuntu in the Cloud

20. Automating Cloud Deployments with Terraform

21. Securing Your Server

22. Troubleshooting Ubuntu Servers

23. Preventing Disasters

24. Another Book You May Enjoy

25. Index

Installing and configuring Apache

The best way to become familiar with any technology is to dive right in. We'll begin this chapter by installing Apache. But first, what exactly is Apache? For those that aren't already aware, Apache is a popular application that is typically run on Linux and Unix servers to serve web pages to users. It runs in the background, and serves HTML pages to those that request a URL that exists on your server.

Installing Apache is very easy; it's simply a matter of installing the apache2 package:

sudo apt install apache2

By default, Ubuntu will immediately start and enable the apache2 daemon as soon as its package is installed. You can confirm this yourself with the following command:

systemctl status apache2

In fact, at this point, you already have (for all intents and purposes) a fully functional web server. If you were to open a web browser and enter the IP address of the server you just installed Apache on, you should...