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Configuring Apache Web Server

1. Install Apache2 on an Ubuntu virtual machine by updating packages, installing Apache, upgrading packages, and checking the Apache configuration and IP address. 2. Mount a USB flash drive to copy files to the Apache web directory by finding the device, creating a mount point, mounting the drive, copying files, and unmounting the drive. 3. Configure Apache virtual hosts by editing configuration files to set the document root, directory permissions, and enable authentication using .htaccess and .htpasswd files.

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Configuring Apache Web Server

1. Install Apache2 on an Ubuntu virtual machine by updating packages, installing Apache, upgrading packages, and checking the Apache configuration and IP address. 2. Mount a USB flash drive to copy files to the Apache web directory by finding the device, creating a mount point, mounting the drive, copying files, and unmounting the drive. 3. Configure Apache virtual hosts by editing configuration files to set the document root, directory permissions, and enable authentication using .htaccess and .htpasswd files.

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/*Installing Apache2*/

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Open webtek.ova
Log in user: webtek pass: webtek
Set Network to Bridge Adapter from Host only under Settings
update ova with sudo apt-get update
install apache with sudo apt-get install apache2
upgrade with sudo apt-get upgrade
check inet addr with ifconfig (eth0)
type sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
(check configuration)
9. open a browser and type the Inet Address (eth0) to see if It works! appear
/*Mounting flash drives
1. USB > find your device and check it
2. ls /dev | grep sd
// check if there is sdb or sdb1 - means device is mounted
3. sudo mkdir /mnt/Nameofdirectory
// place the files in the Fd to a temporary directory as resource to cop
y
4. sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/Nameofdirectory
5. ls /mnt/Nameofdirectory // check if the files are copied
/*Now that you copied the files you want from your flash drive
you can transfer the copied files to a specific directory for
organizing purposes
6. sudo mkdir /var/www/idnumber //create your directory where sites will be plac
ed
7. sudo cp -r /mnt/Nameofdirectory /var/www/idnumber
explanation. //-r = include subfolders
//the first path is the file(directory) you want to copy
and the second path is where you want to copy the files
Unmount USB
/* to configure
1. sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
2. type this
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName <yourservername.com>
ServerAlias <www.Yourservername.com>
DocumentRoot /var/www/<yourdirectory>
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/<yourdirectory>>
Options Indexes FollowSymlinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All #Note: All to enable .htaccess and None to dis
able
Order, allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ usr/lib/cgi-bin/


<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +ExcecCgi -MultiViews +SymlinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
#For the logs
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error,log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
3. Go to your inet address e.g 192.168.x.x where x's are number assigned to your
terminal
/* .htaccess and .htpasswd
1. create .htaccess and .htpasswd file before the directory of your sites
e.g /var/www/Group20/idnumber //where your sites lives inside idnumber
create .htaccess and .htpasswd inside Group20 directory
sudo nano .htaccess
sudo nano .htpasswd
2. inside .htaccess type this
AuthUserFile /var/www/Group20/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Please Log In"
AuthType Basic
require user 2112345
//note that you are defining that you can only use 2112345 as a username in pass
word
3. inside .htpasswdtype this
2112345:(generated password)

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