Linux + CentOS7 + Redhat 1. Install an Apache web server on one of your VMs and

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Linux + CentOS7 + Redhat

1. Install an Apache web server on one of your VMs and verify that it works.

2. Create a DNS entry for the new web server and verify replication occurs.

3. Setup the web server to support secure connections over HTTPS.

4. Setup userdir support so that any user that has an account on the web server can setup a personal web space at ~/username (hint: think of how chewy works).

5. Explore how to use .htaccess and .htpasswd files, implement a static web page that allows access to the page only over an HTTPS connection and also prompts the user to enter a username and password.

Any guidance on commands would be great. Thank You!

Explanation / Answer

1. Installing an Apache web server:

Enter below command in terminal to install Apache web server

yum install httpd

Then you need to configure the Apache. Open below file

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Create below configuration file for website to be hosted in your apche server.

Add below lines to the config file you just created. It will enable Apache to host xyz.com on port 80

Now start the apache. Enter below command in terminal.

service httpd start

2. Adding a DNS entry for the new web server:

Open below line

/etc/bind/named.conf.local

Now add below lines

zone "xyz.com" {

type master;

  file "/etc/bind/db.xyz.com.conf";

};

Restart DNS server

service named restart

3. Setup the web server to support secure connections over HTTPS.

To do this you need to add few lines to apache configuration as below

<VirtualHost *:80>

ServerAdmin admin@xyz.com

ServerName xyz.com

ServerAlias www.xyz.com

DocumentRoot /var/www/xyz.com/public_html

SSLEngine on

SSLCertificateFile /path/to/your_domain_name.crt

SSLCertificateKeyFile /path/to/your_private.key

SSLCertificateChainFile /path/to/DigiCertCA.crt

<VirtualHost *:80>

Please note:

your_private.key : this is generated by you using below command

openssl genrsa -des3 -out private.pem 2048

your_domain_name.crt : Provided by certificate provider autority

DigiCertCA.crt : Provided by certificate provider autority

5. To force using HTTPS only you need to add .htaccess file in root folder of document directory of your website. Add below lines to .htaccess file

To user .htpasswd authentication add some extra configuration as below to your website configuration

<VirtualHost *:80>

ServerAdmin admin@xyz.com

ServerName xyz.com

ServerAlias www.xyz.com

DocumentRoot /var/www/xyz.com/public_html

<Directory "/var/www/html">

AuthType Basic

AuthName "Restricted Content"

AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/.htpasswd

Require valid-user

</Directory>

<VirtualHost *:80>

Now edit below file

/etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Change configuration as below

Now restart apache

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