Assignment 1: Apache Virtual Hosts

You have installed a Linux server in VirtualBox, now we will start using the server in one of most utilized ways that a Linux server is used: Hosting web pages.

We will use the Apache web server A of the widely known and used web server configuration LAMP ( Linux - Apache - MySQL - PHP ). To host the webpages we will use Apache Virtual Hosts.

#Reading

(ca: 10 study hours)

#Course literature

DV1563 Read the following:

1. The Linux Command Line
   • Ch1 What Is The Shell?
   • Ch2 Navigation
   • Ch3 Exploring The System
   • Ch4 Manipulating Files And Directories

DV1466 Read the following:

1. A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux (3rd edition)
   • Part 1 Installing Ubuntu Linux
   • Part 2 Getting Started with Ubuntu Linux
   • Part 5 Using Clients and Setting up Servers
     • Ch26 Apache: Setting up a Web Server

#Exercises & Assignments

(ca: 10 study hours)

#Exercises

1. Work through the guide “Install web pages with Apache Name-based Virtual Hosts” to practice for the assignment below.

#Assignments

These assignments are to be completed and handed in.

1. “Create a web page on Apache Virtual Host”.

#Hand In

(ca: 2 study hours)

When you have completed all assignments above do the following command to publish all code to the student server.

dbwebb publish me

Then on the education platform Canvas do a hand in for assignment 1 with a text containing reflective answers to the questions below.

• How does the concept of Apache name-based Virtual Hosts work? Do you recognize the concept?

• We have used a lot of different commands in the terminal. How does it feel to work in a command based operating system?

• Reflect on how you feel about the Linux operating system so far?

Your grade on this assignment and points towards the final grade is given based on the following criteria:

As a last text describe what you have done in this assignment and make an argument for the grade you deserve. The grading of your assignment will use this text as the starting point.

#Revision history