CIS 527

Lab 6 - Web Servers

Web Server

• Listen For & Respond to HTTP Requests
• Handle Many Simultaneous Connections
• Multiple Websites
• Server-Side Scripting
• Caching

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23% Sites / 34% Domains

Source: Netcraft

LAMP Stack

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19% Sites / 23% Domains

Source: Netcraft

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36% Sites / 26% Domains

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Scripting Languages

• PHP
• Python
• .NET
• Java
• JavaScript

Lab Assignment

• Set up Web Server
• Configure Domain
• Configure Security
• Install Application