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Setting up a web server

Setting up a web server

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Setting up a web server

- [Instructor] The area behind our Ubuntu router serving as a network firewall is a demilitarized zone or DMZ. We call it DMZ because it's a relatively safe place after our first layer of firewall filtering our goal is to provide an HTTP service on our Ubuntu local host in the DMZ. Let's start by installing a popular Linux web server called apache type sudo, space apt space install, space apache two press enter type Y press enter. Now you have a working HTTP or web server on the Ubuntu local host. Let's check the status of the apache web server type sudo space system ctl space apache two space status press enter wrong sequence type sudo system ctl space status apache two press enter. The web server is up and running. If it's down, start the web server by typing sudo system ctl apache two space start and then press enter an ultimate test to check if the web server is up and running is…

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