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Section 24.
Web servers.

"I’d say there was a fair amount of skepticism at the time about whether the Internet held any promise. And of course I felt that it did."

Jim Clark - founder of Netscape.

24. Internet web servers.

UNIX and Linux provide the vast majority of services available on the internet. In the field of web servers UNIX/Linux platforms with the Apache web server, dominate cyberspace.

The statistics produced by Netcraft in spring 2012 show that Apache continues to be preeminent.

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The above table is for the top servers across all domains. The figures for the total active sites across all domains show a similar Apache dominance at over 67%. Interestingly on this measure since November 2011 Nginx, an alternative open source web server knocks Microsoft into 3rd place but Apache continues to have 5 times as many sites as it’s nearest rival.

The Ubuntu Apache installation Guide is at https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/httpd.html

24.1. Apache installation.

Download and install with

apt-get install apache2

24.2. Exercise.

Use the Ubuntu guide to configure 2 virtual servers on your host. Ensure that there are sufficient differences in the opening page to make it immediately apparent that a different (virtual) server has been reached.

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Picture of Clifford W Fulford - IT consultant
Clifford W Fulford BA(Hons), PGDip (Computing), PGCE. DES/DFE No. 7773034.

I started my career in computing in the days of CPM and C/CPM, building network operating systems and correcting bespoke software written to manage community transport booking and accounting systems.

I fist came across UNIX when called upon to migrate database systems from Mercator BBS to Thoroughbred Basic. Excited by the power and flexibility of UNIX in 1989/90 I studied the OS at City University night classes while developing my practical skills in a SCO Xenix environment during the working day.

In 1994 I was introduced to Linux by students in the School of Mathematics and Computing at North London University. Although initially sceptical of the ability of the fledgling OS to meet the requirements of large scale mission critical systems, I rapidly became a convert to Linux in a corporate environment.

I have now worked professionally as a systems manager and systems administrator with Xenix, AIX, HPUX, SunOS, Solaris and Linux in the City, Antwerp, McLean Virginia, Cairo, Birmingham and Nottingham for over 25 years

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Section 24.
Web servers.

"I’d say there was a fair amount of skepticism at the time about whether the Internet held any promise. And of course I felt that it did."

24. Internet web servers.

24.1. Apache installation.

24.2. Exercise.

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Section 24. Web servers. "I’d say there was a fair amount of skepticism at the time about whether the Internet held any promise. And of course I felt that it did."

24. Internet web servers.

24.1. Apache installation.

24.2. Exercise.

Trainer

Section 24.
Web servers.

"I’d say there was a fair amount of skepticism at the time about whether the Internet held any promise. And of course I felt that it did."