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Linux 201: Web Server Setup

Introduction

Goals
- Setup a basic web server to serve static files
Non-goals - links to useful tutorials will be provided at the end of this lab sheet
- Setting up HTTPS - This requires a domain name

Things to mention in the slide deck

Apache vs Nginx
- Thread-based vs event-based servers

Basic Security

Creating a non-root account
- sudo permissions
- The Linux security model: Knowing why you're typing your password
SSH
- Disable root login
- SSH Keys
Firewall
- ufw
- https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/blog/article.php?article=posts/047-Linux-Security-Part-1.html

Installing a Web Server

systemd services
- Nginx is a service
Installing Nginx
- sudo apt install nginx

Configuration

/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
/etc/nginx/sites-available/*
/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*

References and Further Reading