27. Setting Up a CentOS 8 Web Server
Among the many packages that make up the CentOS 8 operating system is the Apache web server. In fact the scalability and resilience of CentOS 8 makes it an ideal platform for hosting even the most heavily trafficked web sites.
In this chapter we will explain how to configure a CentOS 8 system using Apache to act as a web server, including both secure (HTTPS) and insecure (HTTP) configurations.
27.1 Requirements for Configuring a CentOS 8 Web Server
To set up your own web site you need a computer (or cloud server instance), an operating system, a web server, a domain name, a name server and an IP address.
In terms of an operating system, we will, of course, assume you are using CentOS 8. As previously ...
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