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Downloading and Configuring Web Application Frontend

The objective of this lab will be to download and configure the frontend for our application. You will first need to download the code of the frontend from GitHub. After that, you will unpack it, move it to the correct directory, and configure the proper SELinux context for the newly downloaded files, so that they can be properly accessed from the outside world without any problems. This is a common security practice with the Apache web server. If this is not done, the files can become inaccessible, and a portion of your site will be non-functional.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 30m
Last updated
Clock icon Aug 24, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Download the Code

    1. Download the compressed files from GitHub (URL: https://github.com/ErminLA/HardeningApache/archive/master.zip).

    2. Unpack the compressed files.

  2. Challenge

    Move and Rename the Files

    1. Move the unpacked file index.html to the web server /var/www/html.

    2. Move and rename the unpacked file Linux\ Full\ Logo-01.png to LA_Logo.png.

  3. Challenge

    Configure SELinux

    1. Configure and apply SELinux Context for the index.html file.

    2. Configure and apply SELinux Context for the .png file.

  4. Challenge

    Test the Application Frontend

    Test if the application frontend works by opening a private or incognito window in your web browser and using the provided server instance public IP address http://www.<Server_Public_IP>.

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