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Deploying Apache Web Server on RedHat/CentOS
Working with web servers is something that System Administrators should know how to do, since they are very common. In this activity, you will learn how to troubleshoot one virtual host web site which is not working, and how to create another.

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Table of Contents
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Challenge
Verify That the Apache Web Server and Lynx Web Client Are Installed, and Install the Packages if Necessary
Using the
yum
command, list thehttpd
andlynx
packages to see if they are installed. If they are not installed, then install them:sudo -i yum list httpd lynx yum -y install lynx
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Challenge
Troubleshoot site1.linuxacademy.com
Using the
systemctl
command view the status of thehttpd.service
. If it is not enabled, then enable it and start the service. Verify with thelynx
browser that http://site1.linuxacademy.com is available:systemctl status httpd.service systemctl enable httpd.service --now systemctl status httpd.service lynx http://site1.linuxacademy.com
Press Shift + Q to quit lynx.
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Challenge
Configure the virtual host for site2
List the /var/www and /var/www/site1 directories . Create a directory for the second site we're going to set up:
ls /var/www ls /var/www/site1 mkdir /var/www/site2
Use
sed
to edit thesite1.conf
file and create asite2.conf
file:cd /etc/httpd/conf.d cat site1.conf sed 's/site1/site2/g' site1.conf > site2.conf cat site2.conf
Populate the
index.html
page forsite2
:echo site2 > /var/www/site2/index.html
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Challenge
Add Entry to /etc/hosts for site2.linuxacademy.com
Add the following line to
/etc/hosts
:10.0.0.116 site2 site2.linuxacademy.com
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Challenge
Restart httpd.service and Verify site2 Is Running
Using the
systemctl
command, restart thehttpd.service
and uselynx
to view the http:///site2.linuxacademy.com site: and http:///site1.linuxacademy.com site:systemctl restart httpd.service lynx http://site2.linuxacademy.com
Press Shift + Q to quit lynx
Verify that site1 is still working correctly.lynx http://site1.linuxacademy.com
Press Shift + Q to quit lynx
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