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Install and configure an enterprise-level Web server

IBM HTTP Server is a great starting point for your Web infrastructure

William von Hagen, Systems Administrator, Writer, WordSmiths

William von Hagen has been a UNIX systems administrator for more than 20 years and a Linux advocate since 1993. Bill is the author or co-author of books on subjects such as Ubuntu Linux, Xen Virtualization, the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), SuSE Linux, Mac OS X, Linux file systems, and SGML. He has also written numerous articles for Linux and Mac OS X publications and Web sites. You can reach Bill at wvh@vonhagen.org.

Summary: Learn how Web servers are used in modern enterprise environments and how to install and integrate IBM® HTTP Server. This tutorial explains why IBM HTTP Server, a key component of IBM WebSphere® Application Server, is also an excellent choice as a stand-alone Web server because of its standard configuration and seamless upgrade path for evolving enterprise Web environments.

Date: 04 Nov 2008
Level: Intermediate
PDF: A4 and Letter (705 KB)Get Adobe® Reader®

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Before you start

Learn what to expect from this tutorial and how to get the most out of it.

About this tutorial

Web servers are the cornerstone of the Web architectures used in enterprise computing today. This tutorial provides an overview of today's Web architectures and explains how to install IBM HTTP Server and integrate it into your system's startup process. IBM HTTP Server is a commercially supported Web server that is based on the popular open source Apache Web Server and serves as the core of IBM WebSphere Application Server. After completing this tutorial, you will understand several common Web server configuration scenarios and will have a completely functional Web server.

Objectives

This tutorial provides:

A review of Web servers and common Web architectures.
An understanding of the software and hardware requirements of IBM HTTP Server.
Instructions for installing IBM HTTP Server on various platforms.
Details on how to integrate IBM HTTP Server into the system-startup process and how to start and stop the server.

Prerequisites

This tutorial is written for beginning- to intermediate-level systems administrators who may never have installed or configured a Web server and who may be unfamiliar with modern Web server architectures. To complete the examples in this tutorial, you should have a general familiarity with UNIX® command-line shells and text editors.

System requirements

To run the examples in this tutorial, you need administrative (root) privileges on a Linux® system on which no Web server is currently installed. At least 450MB of disk space must be available on the system: A minimum of 200MB must be permanently available in the file system that contains the /opt/ directory, and 250MB more must be temporarily available in the file system from which you install IBM HTTP Server. The system should have a minimum of 512MB of RAM.

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